Nigeria Matters

Mr. Acting President, you should proceed immediately to set up a Commission of Enquiry to look into the events that happened while our President was admitted in a Saudi Arabian …

‘9ja is a typical case of the Biblical nation of Israel that only draws near to God in times of troubles, afflictions and dire need. When all is well, they …

The Acting President, Dr. Jonathan Good Luck, should collaborate with the National Assembly, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Justice to verify and ascertain the medical condition …

Ok, I’m still trying to rationalize this. The commander in Chief just got usurped by the Chief of Army Staff?  This is beyond Ordinary. I thought the Chief of Army …

From the obscure position of a powerless Deputy Governor in the oil-rich Bayelsa State where he was at the shadow and mercy of the crumbs falling from the table of …

Now that the president has returned, we welcome him back and wish him quick recovery. But then we need to see him and get him to talk to the nation …

Everything happening in Nigeria today points to the fact that the end game is getting to its critical stage. This should be expected from a country with such convoluted and …

President Umaru Musa YarAdua’s departure from Saudi Arabia and arrival in Nigeria is very dramatic and, quite possibly pregnant and loaded with intrigues and meanings…

From all indications, a few unscrupulous individuals with no interest of the country at heart have continued to hoodwink and manipulate the rest of us. We all are aware that …

As Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first post independence Head of State, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was to Nigeria, what George Washington is to America, Nkrumah is to Ghana, Nasser is to …

Dim Ojukwu has always been a risk taker. It is a defining feature of his personality. In matter of fact, it is to risk taking that he owes his international …

 Let us presume that our absentee President is not going to be fit for purpose after this Saudi trip and I don’t think he will because the handwriting is on …

By swearing in Jonathan Goodluck as the acting president, the law makers have put a stop – at least temporarily – to the public ridicule and embarrassment that Yar’Adua has …

In a particular reported incident, a young Nigerian student heading to school in Ukraine was repeatedly questioned till he broke down in tears. Why? His first two names were Umar …

I do not envy Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Not many rational and reasonable people would. It is hard to imagine the kind of nervous tension he must have, and is going …

The history of Nigeria, since 1914 until the present time, has been a history of failures, conflicts, failed promises, shattered hope, endless pain and agony…