Nigeria Matters

Many analysts are of the view that if the Obasanjo administration was “selective” in the anti-graft war, President Yar’Adua has simply failed, two years in office, to dispel the widespread …

The Nigerian Railways is set to bounce back to life if the contract with CCECC as is being renegotiated by the transport minister sees the light of day…

Everybody thought that if there was any other assignment that Nigerians desperately needed Akunyili to handle, it could have been as health minister, mostly because of the relationship that NAFDAC …

I agree with most of the recommendations of the police reform committee since it is aimed at improving the security situation in the country. Security is paramount for any venture …

Nigerians need an explanation from the Nigerian Army, the Defence Headquarters and the Presidency, on why these soldiers did not receive their salaries in the first place, which opened the …

For the past 49 years, it has been a vicious cycle of absurdities for Nigerians, held ransom by greedy, inconsiderate and corrupt leaders and their acolytes and sycophants, so much …

The historical development of nation states have proved that we can not develop as a nation unless we condition ourselves to be able to engage each other in a more …

If the number of elections held in 2003 that has been asked to be redone is anything to go by, Maurice Iwu and his INEC are failures…

For Gods sake, we do not need Angels to tell us that the solution to our electoral problems is the re-introduction of Option A4. This is a tested and trusted …

One finds it befuddling that our fathers who supposedly lived in the Dark Age are surprisingly healthier and seem to have a better shot at longevity despite our claims to …

Majority of the people do not see government property as theirs. Otherwise why will people willfully damage public property so callously? They do not even know that these are procured …

Days before President Umaru Yar’Adua literally wept openly over alleged bastardisation of the 2009 Budget by the National Assembly, indications were rife that the visibly discontented President would head to …

Mr. President, the presidency of any country, even the smallest country on the face of the earth, is an office that very few souls ever attain and one that confers …

At the moment, Nigeria is a stout source of credit to many countries including the US, UK, South Africa and Australia. What is more, the Nigerian Naira has attained a …

What an historic opportunity we in Nigeria have wasted. With our British legacy of parliamentary democracy, we could have been different, a model and beacon for the rest of the …

Not content with the daily looting of treasuries, bribes and all other forms of corruption perpetrated on the Nigerian people, home and abroad, it seems officials of the Nigerian Government, …