Nigeria Matters

We need a sincere, dedicated leader who knows how to practice tough love with a passion for result and an understanding of how to reenergize the nation under a new …

Home is where you go to feel safe from the marauders. Home is where you go when the whole world is against you. For the Niger Delta to continue to …

In Nigeria, selecting party chairmen is always subject to the zonal system of picking our political leaders. Every position is zoned to a particular area regardless of merit and need. …

Buhari made obvious mistakes when he ruled the nation and he is yet to come out outright and acknowledge that, so he can begin to live an honorable life and …

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

A rabid, malignant cancer of tribalism has eaten deeply into our national psyche so much that all mental and physical actions of almost every Nigerian are dictated by personal and …

As Mr. Ige’s body is set to commence its decay in the bowel of the earth, there remains the unresolved imbroglio between Governor Ngige and those who used the deceased …

So, what type of political intrigue does Anambra State define? Certainly not one that promotes democracy; its state governor is right in the warning that the political upheaval may subsume …

Why must Nigeria continue to go along with ex-military leaders to guide our ship of State? More than 30 years of pure Military rule and 8 years of transitional para …

Since 1993 what has IBB done to improve himself? Did he go back to school? Has he now got any training in Economics, a Law degree, MBA in Management or …

All of what is happening in the Peoples’ Democratic Party is parallel to the mischief characterised by the British Conservative Party in the United Kingdom immediately after the departure of …

Almost every Nigerian of voting age is aware of the atrocities committed by the various military leaders who had unleashed their autocratic reigns on our nation in the past. IBB …

Modern ifa like the rest of us is not stupid. It instinctively knows who is qualified to be King at a time the town's people no longer financially support their …

I must confess that I do not always agree with Achebe, especially on his views about Christianity, which like many intellectuals, he sees from a negative and largely misunderstood perspective…

I do not discuss my family because along the years, I have had to determine who is in and who stays out. I come from one of those families with …

A wife gets home to her home in Iyana Ipaja, and makes to prepare a special meal of white rice with fresh fish stew for her husband. It is their …