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,...

Nigeria’s disunity: Buhari’s detribalization!

Struggling for Nigeria unity, it is necessary to combat firmly the fabricators and abettors of division. It is dishonest towards the integrity of Nigeria ethics for anyone to claim  injustice out of prejudice on differed dialect, culture and background...

Short changing the Ndigbo: Victims and Perpetrators

When it comes to pain and joy, no one is different. Like the rest of the country, the people of the southeastern part of Nigeria need politics to deliver good governance that will facilitate the creation of safe neighborhoods, good roads, decent schools, efficient health system and of course stable electric supply...

Ohakim’s Parting Address to Incoming Governors

One of the bright spots in Nigeria’s recent series of elections was the exclamatory decisiveness with which the voters in Imo State defeated Mis-governor Ikedi Ohakim...

An Open Letter from Awo, Balewa and Zik to President G. E. A. Jonathan

n behalf of all Nigerians in heaven, we are using this forum to congratulate you for winning the recently concluded general elections that will usher you in as an elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the 29th of May...

Farewell to OGD

OGD made history of which one dreams through his natural ability to unify a disparage humanity of intelligent, proud, articulating, educated and sophisticated people of Ogun state...

Nigeria's 2011 Elections: Free but NOT fair!

The 2011 elections have come and gone. Winners and losers have been declared-and members of the Judiciary are pungently salivating. The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has already offered a verdict...

Zoning of Public Office and Its National Relevance

Zoning as a concept has its pros and cons especially in a multi-composite society like Nigeria. We co-habit in a society but divided in a variety of ways...

Ndi'Igbo, Looking For Good luck

It is palpable today that the South-East zone of Nigeria is looking for its good luck in the political equation of President Goodluck Jonathan...

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The 2015 Elections: There May Be Another Country

The tension is palpable. Naked fear walks through the...

Yes, Yar’Adua, Let The Immunity Clause Go!

Last week’s call by President Umar Musa Yar’Adua on the National Assembly to expunge the irredeemably iniquitous Immunity Clause from the Nigerian Constitution, most surely, ranked, in my opinion, as the most significant thing the man had uttered since he assumed office...

Doing The Write Thing

As a beginning author like me with zero name recognition in the publishing or author circuits, getting a reputable publisher to sign you on is like asking for Zuma Rock to be relocated to Owerri...

Obama’s Inauguration as a Global Face-Lift!

Barack Obama becomes president of the United States this Tuesday, 20th January, 2009. That time, he will have little breathing room to deal with ‘the horrible mess’ left by his predecessor...

Offerings are for the Poor, not for your Pastor

For my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge....

The Nigeria of Our Dream

At the moment, Nigeria is a stout source of credit to many countries including the US, UK, South Africa and Australia. What is more, the Nigerian Naira has attained a world currency status seconded by the Chinese yuan and the US dollar...

Amaechi: My Own House Rent!

Rivers masses live below poverty level. Many can hardly afford one good meal a day. If Amaechi does not know, he should research, and be shocked by the mammoth crowd of people complaining about the high cost of living in Rivers State...

Six Year Term: A Detour to President Jonathan's Transformational Agenda

Unfortunately, barely four months into his four year term, Dr. Jonathan is singing a new tune that implies a loss in focus. The President who promised to tackle the nation's problems appears adrift...

For Jonathan, Obasanjo as Parable

Unless the equivalent of a judicial earthquake happens, it is safe to assume that Goodluck Jonathan is going to spend the next four years at the helm of Nigerian affairs. What manner of leader does he plan to be?

World Diplomacy and the Limits of Human Intelligence

Men and women who get into political office, either by hook or crook, quickly adopt counter-insurgency measures to remain in power. These measures  range from military intelligence operations, diplomacy,  geo-politics, realpolitik, dirty tricks, scheming, intrigues and subterfuge...