Nigeria Matters

At a time when the suspicions and rumors are rife that the constitutional review process is part of a hidden agenda to ensure President Obasanjo remains in power after 2007, one …

Murder is murder, in Maiduguri or in Onitsha. Nigeria Must Redefine Citizenship, regardless of religion, ethnicity or region. All Nigerian citizens must feel safe in every part of Nigeria, whatever their …

Ah, Beko… so you finally stepped into the molue that races newly minted gods to the pantheon of the brave. Good for you, Beko, good for you. You must be …

Mr. President, I am not one of those beer drinking Nigerians that say your administration is the worst in the history of our nation. Far from it. You have done some …

When a certain head of state died in the middle of the night at the height of his power, even some of his supporters said it was the hand of …

President Olusegun Obasanjo did not catch politicians unawares with his ‘third term’ agenda. Even the most naïve among them would have noticed Mr. President’s scheming for a life presidency long …

President Olusegun Obasanjo did not catch politicians unawares with his ‘third term’ agenda. Even the most naïve among them would have noticed Mr. President’s scheming for a life presidency long …

 There is absolutely no excuse for the mayhem that plays out in Nigeria every day. Under the watch of a greedy cabal of intellectuals, pastors, priests, imams, and our agbada-clad weevils, …

President Obasanjo, while I admire some of your good attributes in government, would it not be advantageous to come out to say openly and to clear all the fuss like …

Can anyone think of Nigeria in the last thirty-five years or so without Obasanjo? He is the custodian of political-goodies, the man with both raw and refined power and unbridled …

Perhaps the people of Oyo State are now realizing that the integrity of the law has been eroded by political expedience and that not all of their judges could be …

Perhaps the people of Oyo State are now realizing that the integrity of the law has been eroded by political expedience and that not all of their judges could be …

“Papa Nkiru, agaghim ekwe nkea. Nkiru must finish her secondary school before she gets married. Nkechi got married like that, and now you want Nkiru to follow suit…”

“Papa Nkiru, agaghim ekwe nkea. Nkiru must finish her secondary school before she gets married. Nkechi got married like that, and now you want Nkiru to follow suit…”

It is startling to fathom how these brothers led their individual lives, each in his atypical manner, in the bid to change the lot of the ordinary man in Nigeria …

Abuja’s political graveyard is littered with such yesteryears’ men and women but like every other Nigerian that has ventured into Abuja in search of either fame or fortune, they dare …