Nigeria Matters

I say so without blinking that our Constitution is useless because it was foisted on us by a power mad military despot, and determining our fate on that paper alone …

A unique set of circumstances were presented in Nigeria very recently. General Theo Danjuma of Nigeria announced a hundred million Dollars surplus with which he intended to do public good…

The February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra state has come and gone. As victory sinks in, it is not clear whether others that had earlier accepted the announced outcome …

President Obama’s administration does not have a policy on Nigeria. The only semblance of US policy toward Nigeria can be summarized as snubs and slaps and collusions with unsavory characters …

Since time immemorial, Nigerians have cried to God for vindication and intervention in the affairs of the country, and the rescue of the nation from the strong forces of opportunists …

They tell you this all the time as a journalist in this country: “This profession is like the military. Once you are told ‘go’ you just go. Nobody cares how …

Amaechi may be hiding under the guise of the Rule of Law to hoodwink the masses, but keen observers know that if there is any government that is corrupt in …

The making of Goodluck Jonathan, the Acting President, is a true evidence of how Nigerians can exercise their powers. Power belongs to the people…

It was distressing that the Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab botched Christmas day bombing incident has put Nigeria too on the global terror map. But the chilling news is that to Al-Qaeda, …

One hopes that the Obama who went to Accra and spoke eloquently about Nigeria’s leadership crisis has not permitted himself to be led into the contradiction of prescribing IBB as …

Attempts to sustain democracy in Nigeria tend to receive threats from those who are keeping awake all-night to crunch into power by hook or crook…

The possibility that Anambra State might live up its motto: The light of the Nation – is emerging. The politics of Anambra State might spearhead the revitalization of Nigeria’s polity…

The evil, corrupt, barely educated political elite, especially those in the ruling party, PDP, have played a sleight of hand to subvert the rule of law and do away with …

In theory and in practice Africa has always been the primary focus of Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust. History and the political realities of colonial and post-colonial Africa dictated much of …

Going forward, it is important to review the actions, pronouncements and neglects to act during the subsistence and tenure of Michael Aondoakaa’s Attorney Generalship. He will be remembered as intransigent …

Last Saturday was the day when gladiators of Abuja and Anambra politics outwitted and outsmarted one another in what seemed like a do-or-die affair…