Nigeria Matters

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Police: Nigeria’s Boys in Black

The Nigerian police has a fearsome reputation for excessive use of force and extrajudicial killings. Annual reports from local and international human rights organisations document, in a gruesome parade of statistics,  fatalities from brutal police assault...

The Subsidy Crises: A Way Forward (The Nigerian Front)

We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of The Nigerian Front, after a process of consultation and reflection, have come up with a roadmap to provide some solutions for the nation...

Nigerian Marmaton Harmattan: The Nigerian State in Suspended Animation

Nigeria's political history is full of chance happenings, of not-well-thought-out policies that very often suffocate the polity and put it  suspended animation...

Occupy Nigeria – Atlanta

Nigerians, both at home and abroad seem to have found unison in decrying the lack of progress in the development of their country.  Continuous corruption, a lack of leadership, lack of security, the menace of Boko Haram terrorism...

Sustain the Aluta, Combat the Lies

In the next few days, our patience will be tested. This government and her sympathizers will begin to plant moles in our midst to create chaos and then kill the protesters. The idea is to discredit the movement...

For the love of Nigeria

There was a sea of heads from many different parts of the country, irrespective of religion, tribe or social status, all united for one cause. The policemen were actually protesters’ friends as they sat peaceably around, sucking on pure water sachets and giggling at some mischiefs...

FAO Messrs Belgore and Kolade

Justice Alfa Belgore's group has the task of dialoguing with organized labour and other stakeholders.  Dr. Christopher Kolade, on the other hand, has been appointed to chair the spending committee, his own group has been charged to oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of projects to be funded with savings accruing to the Federal Government from the subsidy removal...

The Nigerian Front: Subsidy Removal is not the Issue

It is our considered view that the government ignores and fails to understand the fundamental problems facing the Nigerian economy. This is manifested by its failure to prioritise its actions, tackling the issue of subsidy without addressing the nature of the bloated machinery of government and the root causes of corruption in the oil and gas sector...

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The Supreme Court of Nigeria vs the Corruption War

For lawyers, the Supreme Court of Nigeria is what St. Peter's Basilica is to devout Catholics! The Supreme Court is to lawyers what Mecca is to devout Muslims!

If You Obasanjo Me…I Will Atiku You!

What do we do about these two men who have decided to blindly pursue their own selfish goals without minding the calamity that will befall the nation?

It is Not in the Name!

Genuine, tangible and constructive changes must be premised only on structural revolution which addresses leadership, content and character – in essence, the human element...

While we pray for Mr. President…

Power is everything. Without it, we revert to living like the Neolithic and the Neanderthal, stone age people who eked a living hitting rocks against each other to produce weak fires to roast a cob of maize for dinner...

A Rejoinder to Goodluck Jonathan: The Suspicion, The Resentment And The Consequences II

The Niger Delta is quite flux, and it is difficult to know from afar who is indeed a Freedom Fighter and who is not...

A Tale Of Two Citizens: The Nigerian Unknown Woman And Mr. Governor

I urge fellow Nigerians to read the two narratives below and draw their own conclusions as to what manner of persons we have as our leaders in Nigeria...

The Movie ‘76: Princewill from a tycoon, to politician, and now film maker

The name Prince Tonye Princewill does not need any...

 Of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Babangida

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria...

In Search of An African Husband

Some Igbos still have inhibitions about marrying 'white people' due to the cultural differences that may rock the marriage in the future. During courtship these may not be so much a problem but in marriage they play a big role...

Christmas: Satan-Santa Claus, Lucifer-Conifer tree, Mass plus

Today, the celebration of Christmas is a mixture of pagan Babylon's “‘mystery’ idolatry in its purest form, imported through Pergamos into Rome, and there incorporated into her pagan religious ritual, and from thence introduced into the world by the Roman Catholic Church as a commemoration of Christ's birth...