Nigeria Matters

Are the Niger Delta Militants justified in taking up arms against the Federal Government?

The 2007 elections were concluded last week. The exercise was deemed free and fair by both the EFCC and the International Monitoring Group, as well as by all Nigerians at …

A lot of the governorship aspirants fall within the forty or forty something range. I hope you realize what this means in terms of the kind of parentage and the kind of …

Everyone now knows that Iwu and his INEC were simply unprepared or unwilling to take Nigerians beyond the usual sad, discomforting stories that had attended past elections in the country…

Everyone now knows that Iwu and his INEC were simply unprepared or unwilling to take Nigerians beyond the usual sad, discomforting stories that had attended past elections in the country…

The experts believe that because many Nigerians cry foul at losing the elections in favour of the dominant political party, then, they really must be poor losers…

Do you know that those meyguards at Trafalgar & Locke House will not allow me to see Mr. Abati? On Monday they told me I didn’t have an appointment to …

The Nigerian people woke up on the 14th of April and met a different country and a determined leader who wanted to win elections by sheer coercion…

On Sunday 15th April, 2007, Nigerians woke up to witness the worst shock of their lives. Professor Morris Iwu’s abracadabra had defied their wildest imagination…

I shake my head and bemoan an opportunity lost. If anyone tells you an election took place on Saturday, call such an individual a bold faced liar…

If we were really interested in building a strong, prosperous and united nation, we should be interested in choosing the best among us, irrespective of his tribe or origin…

Why do you think that it is only PDP that ‘rigged’ the elections? You can not blame only PDP and leave out the other political parties. They are all complaining …

The New York Times editorial, “Nigeria’s Imperiled Elections” published on 11th April 2007, clearly highlighted the open secret that most western media and their governments only moan about democracy when …

The forces of darkness that are bent on holding Nigeria down are still at work as has been conclusively proved by last Saturday’s governorship and State Assembly elections…

How many people can the Federal Government count on today to pick up arms happily, voluntarily, to defend its territory in case of an attack? Are you ready to pick …

It’s been five weeks since I retuned to Nigeria, am still trying to get a handle on a lot of things. And although I am very happy to be back …