Nigeria Matters

Tafa Balogun was accused of corruption and of extorting some government functionaries. Whatever became of those allegations? What happened to the vice president after being accused of illegally amassing real …

Publication of a letter to an individual in our national newspapers, oftentimes, offend and serve no purpose…

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict to free Amina Lawal, the chest thumping began and personalities and groups claimed her acquittal was a victory for themselves and their …

No one is going to rescue us from our burden. No one is going to free us. We know what to do to get out of the mess we are …

Over the years, Nigerian political parties and parliaments have sometimes proved to be the most discredited institutions, with low levels of trust from the electorates…

In the past one hundred and six days, Africans all over the continent, those who could afford cable tv subscriptions or a television set for those who caught the programme …

I want to ask the men and women that stroll along the corridors of power in the various tiers of government, just one question: Are you all blind? I am …

Nigeria must resist not only the symbolism of harbouring Mr. Taylor in exile. As a nation, it is time to show leaders like him that not a single country would …

Having been denied true leadership in recent times, many Nigerians will not be able to recognize one if they saw it. Any critical analysis of successive civilian and military Nigerian …

It is impossible to read, or hear about the track-records of Mr. Taylor and feel any sympathy or empathy toward, or for him. And if the allegations against him are …

Charles Taylor had nowhere to go except Nigeria, where criminals go unpunished; where the wronged get no justice. I believe his place should not be in the safe ensconce of …

Each time we fall victim to 4.1.9., we forget our part in the crime…

If African countries can't govern themselves, they should say so and allow the West to take over the day-to-day administration of their countries…

Mr. Obasanjo, it is now time for this IG to be allowed to go home to Ila Orangun to a nice retirement…

There are countries in Africa that shouldn’t have been nation-states in the first place. These are countries that are just too small, too poor, and vastly undereducated…

One of the characters in the Ngige abduction drama has warned the PDP that he will tell the whole world how the elections were rigged in the East if the …