Nigeria Matters

The president of Nigeria speaks so eloquently of the need for moral uprightness and his resolution to continue the process of cleaning Nigeria of corruption. Yet, there are so many unanswered questions …

Some Nigerians are springing to the defense of thieving Governor Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa state, but why are they doing this? Whatever happened to shame and embarrassment? Why do thieves and criminals …

Governor Kalu of Abia State is the PDP enfant terrible! He often speaks before he thinks! It has become a common practice among some Nigerians to behave like Governor Kalu. …

Most discerning persons are aware of the pervading influence of corruption in our polity.  In our experimentation with government military or civilian, corruption has been prevalent.  This corruption is often …

Ha, Alamieyeseigha’s wahala, if guilty, must not become Ijaw’ wahala; for this man has set us the Ijaws back two decades in terms of growth and development. He was already …

If the masses of Nigeria are yearning for the slightest bit of relief and happiness, they will have to look beyond the irredeemably corrupt and soulless Obasanjo dictatorship, because, from …

Alamieyeseigha and his boys stole and stole and stole and stole and stole some more as though stealing in anticipation of their great-grand-great children. Haba, what greed can do! DSP …

There are abandoned, neglected and decaying public infrastructures in Nigeria, but public officials of Nigeria are greedily amassing mansions upon mansions in America and Europe, where public infrastructures do work …

The PDP, under the leadership of President Obasanjo, appropriated Nigeria’s resources and has continued to manage these as they would a personal estate. Any attempt by the Nigerian people to …

I have maintained in the past that I abhor corruption because of its consequences. You would think that all reasonable persons, especially Nigerians, are united against the corruption scourge, and …

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife’s, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the …

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife’s, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the …

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife’s, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the …

Whatever the outcome of Nigerian Labour Movement’s “appropriate response” to the current hike in the pump price of fuel in Nigeria is, it is certain that nobody in Nigeria will …

General Obasanjo left office in 1979, not “voluntarily,” but at the nudging of the “Northern Power House.” They had just lost one of their own and they wanted back in …

Leaving petrol prices in Nigeria to the whims and caprices of international spot market rate is leaving Nigerians vulnerable to the speculators on Wall Street and Main Street. In fact, …