Nigeria Matters

This piece is about an uncommon fellow, a man popularly known for his political savvy, calm disposition and undisguised love for humanity.  This man is Dr. Sam Egwu who turned …

It was a full house recently in the palatial home of Ben Okoye in the Lekki area of Lagos where prominent Anambra indigenes gathered for an interactive session to discuss …

Was MKO Abiola an international drug baron? Or was that pinned on him by his local and foreign enemies as grounds to deny him his deserved electoral victory?

It’s no longer news that the Molete high chief is dead. The last time I saw Nigerians jubilating after the death of someone was when the death of Gen. Sani …

The Ijaws and the Niger Deltans in general are becoming victims of abject neglect in this nation. The government is frowning at her responsibility to salvage the people in the …

A lot has happened in the ten years since I left you. I understand that at least you and the kids are well taken care of by my military brothers …

By it’s impractical provisions, the Electoral Act 2006 creates a lacuna, a window for electoral offenders to evade justice…

For those of us who retain pleasant memories of our time in Ibadan, we hope that it never again has to endure the sort of experience that it has over …

At the risk of sounding immodest, something I detest, let me declare that the dirt in my fingernail remains infinitely greater than the entirety of Olusegun Obasanjo…

Lack of accountability and transparency, the hallmark of various administrations in the past, can to a large measure be held responsible for the level and intensity of corruption in the …

It is debatable whether the troika of Babangida, Buhari and Abdulsalami Abubakar would insult us with the recent suggestion of Abacha saintlihood were Obasanjo not the woeful failure he was …

The setting is in limbo, a GRA  for  both the important and unimportant, those that the cosmic master himself has placed on a waiting list of cases yet to be …

If Nigeria wants to connect all the major cities in Nigeria by a world-class rail network and excellent world-standard standard good roads within the next 10 years, I have no …

If the VP is a Doctorate degree holder and lecturer, how come he glossed over his wife’s grammar over the years to the point that it has turned to a …

Here lies the political monster whose political exploits had blood, sorrow, tears and fear woven around them; here lies an old political beast who mastered the art of political mischief …

It is only in Nigeria…only in Nigeria…would people like Buhari, Babangida and Abubakar be seen in public, let alone speak at any public forum, and let alone have their speeches …