Nigeria Matters

Osun Election: Victory For The People

The result of the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State still resonates across the country at deafening decibels. Everybody is celebrating the Accord Party’s...

Osun election: Between hope and fear

Hope springs eternal, and with elections just days away to determine the next governor of Osun State, we should strive to keep the hope...

President Tinubu’s Recent Lines of War

President Bola Tinubu recently set Nigeria’s political spaces on fire by declaring that “all is fair in politics”. According to the president, killing, cheating,...

Agenda For The New Rivers House of Assembly

Good governance is what majority of the Rivers masses want, and this must be enthroned. We cannot achieve this in Rivers State if there is no transparency...

Nigeria as one open toilet

If you want to gauge how badly Nigerians have been animalized, then pay attention to how, and where, many of them defecate. Just recently, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported that 33 million Nigerians have no access to decent toilets...

Nigeria: From Federal to a Confederal State?

In Nigeria, people jump from one party to another seeking political appointments. If this opportunistic behavior continues, party political development will be stunted...

Princewill Didn't Lose Sight

Princewill campaigned for Governor Amaechi’s re-election in the April 2011 elections so that someday somebody would campaign for him to become the governor of Rivers State...

Time to tackle youth unemployment challenge

Yearly, scores of young men and women are churned out as graduates of differing academic disciplines from the nation’s institutions of higher learning into the country’s profoundly saturated Labour market...

Fellow Nigerians, Evil Days Are Here

On his campaign train, GEJ didn’t promise the earth and Nigerians aren’t expecting heavens from him. Before the bombs began to explode nationwide, Nigerians had constant electricity as the top priority for the government. But now, their request has changed...

Bankole, Other Thieves and the London Superwoman Landlady

Now for the uncommonly wealthy and powerful like the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, the Police, EFCC and the SSS treated him like a victim of sadistic justice system in Nigeria. The guy was accused of stealing N10billion public money and none of the arresting agencies had the courage to handcuff, beat, abuse or ill treat this high profile thief...

Orji, National underdevelopment, the gods and cults

To tackle the problems of this country is to tackle the problem of bad leadership and to tackle the problem of bad leadership is to tackle the cults squarely. There is no better way any Nigerian leadership can signpost success...

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A Case for Renewable Energy

The now commonplace rhetoric about sustainability and climate change re-emphasizes the need to be more responsible about the future and generations to come...

Obasanjo and the Quest for Statesmanship

Why is our nation, home to brilliant minds, rich traditions, rich in natural and mineral resources and centuries of wisdom, culture and morality, withering in poverty while most other nations rapidly move ahead of us?

What Does It Mean To Be a Nigerian Woman in America?

I'm still single, which is baffling to me because I'm actually a really pretty woman, very nurturing, respectful, and considerate. My family says its because I'm not Nigerian enough...

Middle East Conflict: The Reality in Nigeria

The US and Israel are on one side. Iran...

Goodnight to Our Beloved Brother, Uwais Adekunle Balogun Alias “Awesun”

(Inna llilai Waheenah illahim Rajihunna - From God we...

Yar’Adua to live forever; Nigeria may die

Many of us following the argument that a comatose Umaru Yar’Adua is fit to run Nigeria must have a sense of déjà vu. Nigeria is not the only country that falls into the hands of inept, clueless leadership...

Before President Buhari’s official visit to the United States

President Buhari's forthcoming itinerary on a state visit to...

On Party Politics and the People’s Choice

Once upon a time, almost every candidate of the...

Abati: The Invalid, The Nincompoop

Dr Reuben Abati, the controversial Nigerian presidential spokesman, was in his best element when he 'opened' yet another front in the 'war' against the critics of President Goodluck Jonathan...

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

The urge in the beginning had been to entitle...