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...

Kwara: Mr Saraki Out, Ms Saraki In?

When a few years ago the former Governor of Kwara State, Mohammed Lawal, died in a foreign hospital after a 'protracted illness', tongues started wagging as whether his death was of normal natural cause or caused by other factors chiefly human...

Nigeria: Path to a New Beginning

Nations are  not exactly run like business enterprise or interest specific organizations. Yet, strategy that are employ by business/organization to ensure success and growth could be applied to  government at all level to ensure overall improvement and  efficiency...

Nigeria may be ‘fragile’, Not a failed State!

Political violence has by and large been a part of the nation’s political lexicon for a very long time. In a sense, therefore, one could say that it is all part of the process, that indeed in our effort towards creating a fully functioning system of democracy, it is quite natural for us to come to terms with such realities...

What manner of representation is this?

Can any Nigerian among the many who are daily buffeted by sundry poor service providers ever walk into the office of any parliamentarian anywhere in the country and get heard and helped in any way? Do most Nigerians even know the constituency offices of their so-called representatives?

My Nigeria and my social responsibility

Patriotism may indeed be the last refuge of Nigerian people. But despite that, it is never a wise thing to question a person’s integrity only because he or she does not agree with the accuser...

Atiku’s drumbeaters the sound of their talking drum

While Atiku may be rejoicing now for the way he scaled the Northern Political Leaders' Forum screening, he should as well be remembering the days he narrowly escaped the PDP’s waiver magnet during the period he defected from the Action Congress...

Revealing Port Harcourt!

In Port Harcourt, as I’m writing this piece, the nightmarish traffic congestion is no more. In almost all parts of the city, there is no more regular load shedding, loss of underground water level, severe environmental pollution, over-flooding of storm drainage, no more lack of adequate open space and play areas...

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Doctrine of Satan, Sin and Eternal Soul

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Thoughts on American Republicanism

The American people know what happened under George Bush and how Obama rescued America from Republican misrule,  which created a feral underclass...

The Hijab Controversy: Why Schools Should Be Secular

The banning of religious clothing and symbols in public...

God Is On Facebook

Facebook is fast becoming a medium for self-promotion, for grandiose statements, for keeping and for settling scores, for venting their frustrations, and for shamelessly espousing their religiosity...

Osun LGs: ‘Yes/No’ and the ‘Sit-at-Home’ Conundrum

The political developments in Osun State provide a case...

Time for a New Anti-Corruption Manual

Those watching for clues to emerge of the tone and mettle of Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency will have the opportunity, much sooner than they expect, to take a measure of the man. In fact, there will be two early opportunities...

When Courageous Tunisian Meets Moronic Nigerian

The ‘okada’ riders, recharge card sellers, jobless youths, thugs, motor park touts, ‘Bolekaja’ drivers, armed robbers, hungry artisans, yahoo yahoo 419ers, gay hunters, ‘gbajumo onijibiti’, ‘olori ebi gbajue’, pure water hawkers, prostitutes, female Aristos and masked assassins are Nigeria’s own Bouazizis but all lacked the inner fire to set off a revolution...

Forgotten Protectors: The Need for Police Pension Reform

The social contract theory posits that individuals surrender certain...

COVID-19 And Nigeria’s Pathetic Leadership Deficite

There is no better warning about the growing confusion...

The Purpose of our Existence Here and Hereafter

In life three vices stand out as the 'undoing' of men. From generations men are known to be addicted or passionate for one of these three 'great evils' - smoking, drinking or womanising...