Nigeria Matters

Hello! Be Wise As The Campaigns Begin

Barring any divine intervention, and never ruling out the unpredictability of the cosmic regime, the 2027 general elections in Nigeria will be held. The...

Nigeria Is Dying In Bondage

The calls came to me in quick succession - from the United States and some cities in Nigeria - concerning the health and accommodation...

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...

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...

April Polls: Are Nigerians Ready?

It is election time again and the enemies of Nigeria are seeking the votes of poor Nigerians. Would Nigerians keep rewarding politicians who loot our treasury with their votes?

Preppies and Pikins: Between Hope and Despair

Reports from bystanders at the recently concluded voter-registration exercise around the country have confirmed that the much-touted sanity in our electoral process is yet a mirage...

A Memo to the Emerging Leaders of a New Nigeria

There is no country in the whole world that does not have a Nigerian community and professionals in all different fields. With all the returns from the oil sector, our leaders have found it difficult to provide undisrupted electricity supply and clean tap water for all...

Political Profile of Irrational Voters

A constant trait in the profile of an irrational voter is her mindset towards that one vote she manages. Rarely, does an irrational voter convincingly consider her vote an important and powerful tool to shape her world by influencing the choice of policy and policy makers around her...

Princewill’s Abandoned Upland Riverine Political Mentality

Princewill is beyond the politics of ethnicities, and he has shown that. With this new twist in the political landscape in Rivers State, the Rivers State masses should not find themselves at crossroads...

INEC’s Poor Remuneration of Security Operatives

Jega promised a free and fair election, but the state governors who have access to state resources already have an edge over the opposition by doling out money to security operatives that worked for INEC...

Ogboru: Uduaghan’s Rejoinder and Grammar

It is no longer news that my piece “Take a Trip to the Three Warri LGAs” published in the Vanguard of Tuesday February 7, 2010 has attracted a balderdash full-page rejoinder from Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Consultant...

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Naija Notes: Someone is after me!!!

If you are thinking of coming home for Xmas and plan to spend time in Lagos, my unsolicited advice is simple: stay put where you are.

An Open Letter to my Ijaw Kinsmen and Women

How do these peddlers of secession position the Ijaw with regard to the plight of the black person not only in Nigeria, but on the African continent? If they are only about what we could do with the oil in our backyard, should we not be suspicious of their claims of altruism?

As Onovo Becomes The Second Igbo Man to Be IGP

Ogbonnaya Onovo is now a star. He’s one of the few Nigerians who have had the privilege of enjoying national support, sympathy and yes, having the entire nation fight for him to get to the position he wanted...

EFCC: The Next Level

Much has been written about the selective investigation & prosecution of the EFCC. Some have openly canvassed that Ribadu is a tool in the hand of the current President being used vindictively against the enemies of President Obasanjo...

Owa Obokun: Heritage, Reality, Aspiration (3)

Yorubaland's royal institutions face significant challenges, threatening their traditional...

Again, who killed Bola Ige?

It is eighteen years since Bola Ige, Afenifere chieftain...

Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: Prospect and Frontiers!

In order to survive an economic recession, the best thing to do is to have an emergency fund like a "Sovereign Wealth Fund" set up in case a job is lost...

Church, State and 2023 General Elections

Originally, in the secular world, the State comes before...

Inside the Niger Delta, Nigerians are Sacrificial Lambs!

One example of sheer lack of accountability can be seen in recent allocation of funds by this government. Regarding the funds released by the government to the Niger Delta states at various intervals for ration...

Understanding the Life and Times of Fidel Castro

The late former president of Cuba, Dr. Fidel Castro,...