Nigeria Matters

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

President Jonathan, His Unbridled Tongue and South West Rascals

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan clearly went out-of-line with his utterances. While his camp might do damage control by claiming that he was quoted out of context, had a slip of tongue or used the wrong word to express what he had on his mind; many Nigerians are now watching the president very closely...

Party Politics And The 2011 Elections

In Nigeria, history has consistently shown that the people who cast the votes decide nothing; it is those who count, that is, rig, the votes that decide everything. This is one of the reasons why the late legal icon Gani Fawehinmi said that in our country, "corruption has many grand children". Corruption is multifaceted...

Princewill: From PDP Registration to Voter Registration

Without much emphasis, it is in the news that King TJT Princewill is the first Professor to be anointed a King in Rivers State and also the first Kalabari King to head the Rivers State Traditional Council of Chiefs...

These Nigerian Aspirants:  To Rule-Up Or Run-Down The Nation?

The people of Nigeria are pinning their hopes that their plight and wishes are addressed by the next government regardless of the ethnicity-trend...

Our hopes for 2011…

Rather than mouth the Happy New Year greeting like I used to at the beginning of each year, I’d rather keep my mouth shut.  And pray and hope harder. Pray and hope harder? Yes. Pray more for myself and for my country and hope that the 2011 general elections will actually be free and fair...

Death of zoning…!

For me, the bombs that were flying around, the killings that wore the hood of religion, and the kidnappings that resonated across the land, were all symptomatic of the disease brought by the zoning clone...

Journalists on SSS radar…

Look at the predicament of the Nigerian-American columnist and professor who came home recently. The security people seized both his passports and asked him to report for an interrogation. When he showed up, the SSS made him understand that his name was on a watch list simply because the government of Umaru Yar’Adua did not like him...

Get Involved

Nigerians are electing new leaders this year (2011). Therefore, it makes sense that all eligible adults should participate and get involved with the electoral processes. Make sure you vote and guard your votes...

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The New Sheriff: Killing Our Economy

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'ThisDay', Nduka Obaigbena And His Powerful Friends!

Just last week Thursday bombs went off in 'ThisDay' offices in Kaduna and Abuja claiming lives and registering other casualties. Boko Haram, the dreaded bomb-wielding terrorist organization terrorising the north claimed responsibility...

The Nigerian Image Project

Do we all have to meet personally with every one of our public officials to believe that they mean well for the nation?

Europe’s $1 Trillion Defense Surge: A New Cold War Over Africa?

In an unprecedented move, European nations are collectively ramping...

Africom: The security need for 21st century Africa

Africa is confronted with lack of internal security which becomes a deterrent force in the economic advancement of the continent...

Should We Have a Lavish 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration?

The news is almost stale that the Federal Government has budgeted a whopping N10 billion for the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary come October 1st 2010...

Heritage Premieres in London

Asked why he has not ventured into the burgeoning home video market at the UK premiere of his new movie, veteran filmmaker Ladi Ladebo reveals that he “hates the idea of going to video”. He asserts that celluloid is “cleaner and requires a different discipline…"

The Future of Igbos Under Delta State (Anioma) Presidency

There are many ways through which unbridled unity can be achieved among the Igbo through the creation of a sense of oneness. Arguments from both sides of the divide should be greatly scrutinized and attended to...

Nigeria: The Stockholm Syndrome and other Psychological Disorders

Stockholm Syndrome "is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages...

Gory Lamentations and the Spilled Milk Syndrome: Is Nigeria Really in Jeopardy?

I have thoroughly studied General Olusegun Obasanjo’s terse 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The letter dealt with the state of the nation, the disintegrating political  party, the PDP, the ineffectiveness of societal institutions...