Nigeria Matters

Politicians are meant to jaw jaw rather than war war. Issues are meant to be articulated and settled using intelligence, persuasion, respect for other opinions, compromise and sound self control…

The Nigerian Minister earns more than his American, British or German counterpart, and of course enjoys perks of office those ones cannot even dare dream of – for doing next …

Nigerians seem to be in constant search for public heroes – competent little messiahs who will not hesitate to put their conscience above their life or subordinate self to the …

The news is almost stale that the Federal Government has budgeted a whopping N10 billion for the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary come October 1st 2010…

The stage for an epic political battle is gradually being set. For a long time now, Nigerians have been apprehensive about the possibility of holding the 2011 election…

The 2011 election will turn out not to be different from the previous experiences except we urgently address some fundamental flaws inherent in the system and not who leads INEC…

Nigerian politicians are not in the habit of giving up power, even when they have no idea how to deploy the resources of their office to solve problems…

The desperation of Ribadu to serve his fatherland under questionable personalities whom he made us known are treasury looters speaks volume about his least known side…

There is so much panic among the people whenever there is a perception that the state cannot provide adequate security for its citizenry. This has resulted in every community developing …

This year, it will be 50 years exactly since the Union Jack was lowered and Nigeria declared an independent country. How have we fared within these 50 years? What are …

This year, it will be 50 years exactly since the Union Jack was lowered and Nigeria declared an independent country. How have we fared within these 50 years? What are …

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the one time strongman of the financial crime buster EFCC, who sneaked out of Nigeria into self-imposed exile some eighteen months ago in the face of apparent …

James Ibori is the quintessential raw material for a thriller writer. He is the value-neutral, graft-drunk dude from rogue to riches and because he could swing backwards, he is also …

Where does one begin? That this governor does not harass us the citizens with daily wail of sirens like his thirty-five other counterparts cannot wait to do? That this governor …

It may at this point be categorically stated, that, the factors which orchestrated the cancelation of the June 12 elections, our immediate reaction and how the post-June challenges were taken …

It is striking that while the US government, knowing “just how precious the Louisiana wetlands are”, have been firing on all cylinders to cause the BP to pay for a …