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...

Dateline 2011: Okenwa For President!

I come before you as an angry patriot seriously disturbed by the way and manner our great nation is being run down by the mediocre 'leaders' since our flag independence...

Niger Delta: Why Should They All Die?

The Niger Delta has known more deaths than any other part of Africa by the hands of exploitative leaders and the furious force of nature or environment despoliation occasioned again by unmindful and uncaring leaders...

The Victims of Corruption

No other issue seems central to the state we find ourselves in this country than corruption. Corruption is not the exclusive preserve of our leaders but also the followers. The truth of the matter is that we all seem corrupt; and it seems to run in our blood and DNA...

Jega: We Must Have A Perfect Election in 2011

For the third time in recent times, I have read the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega warn us not to expect perfect elections in 2011. From all possible indices, that warning has become his most passionate response to our collective and unflagging demand for electoral sanity...

End of the Ibori-Uduaghan siege in sight

Nigerians may not easily comprehend the theatre of absurdity that has been Delta State these past eleven years...

So, Nigerians Are Deeply Uninformed?

What has so far surprised me is not that Nigerians did not know most of what has happened and is happening as released by Wikkileaks. Shocking is the level of shock being expressed in newspapers across the country...

The Babangida File (2)

It is alleged that two of the presidential candidates within the fold of the PDP have collected money from one of the leaders of the Maghreb Arab nations. The leader of the Arab nation is a tent-dwelling Bedouin with unorthodox style of governance and one who possesses fatalistic interest in Nigeria and the promotion of Islamic fundamentalism in the North...

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon: A 'Rebel' In The House?

Democracy has been bastardised in Nigeria to the extent that 'Mr and Mrs Corruption' now win most of the elections from the highest to the lowest levels of governance. What we now have in the place of democracy is what looks like a government of rogues...

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Nigerian Banks Shine At The London Stock Exchange

Ten listed Nigerian banks made a grand appearance at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Friday June 8th 2007, preaching the gospel of Nigeria’s rising investment potentials and opportunities...

What It Means To Be Calm Before The SAT…

It is important that we clarify what we mean when we tell our candidates to be 'calm' before a near syllabus-less exam like the SAT or TOEFL...

Thoughts On Nigeria Realities

In assessing ten years of civilian rule in Nigeria, our citizens have expressed misgivings. Many have said that they are not satisfied with the journey so far, while some have said that they are disappointed...

Yar’ Adua’s Health Crisis And The Options Before Nigeria

The main issue from the national crisis occasioned by Yar A’dua’s recent health crisis is that the country, must as of compulsion, discuss the possible alternatives open to the country should Yar A’dua drop dead...

Heavenly Hits of Legendary Musicians for Mama Nwokoye

The best way to send a sweet mother home...

Prospects And Challenges Of Wiring Nigeria For Development (2)

Of what use is Internet access in a village without water? What use is half a gigabyte of RAM when the people need food? How will digital technology be available to all when the national provider of energy source is an epileptic government agency?

From Sacred to Circus: How Clowns Have Taken Over My Father’s House!

The Church, once the hallowed ground where men and...

Poet of the People: Niyi Osundare

Poets from all over the world today do not...

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...

Nigeria's 419 Constitution 3: Bakassi, Obasanjo's Sacrificial Lamb to The West

Can't you see that after unjustly incarcerating Dokubo for years, the federal government is now negotiating with him "on his own terms." What this means is that the federal government understands only the language of force...