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...

An “Ibori-tized” Nation

Last week was simply terrible for former Governor James Onanefe Ibori and his wife, Theresa Nkoyo Ibori. In a London court, an enterprising, no-nonsense Crown prosecutor put Mrs. Ibori through a grueling cross-examination. Theresa Ibori is being tried in London for aiding and abetting her husband’s money laundering during the eight years he presided over the affairs of Delta State...

Timipre Sylva, enough of insult on non-Bayelsans

It is very sad that some public office holders in Nigeria can do anything to stay in office. This is what we have observed the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Strategy is doing...

Asari: When a non-Nigerian wants to upturn Nigeria?

Alhaji Mujihad Dokubo-Asari is at it again! He has been making comments that are capable of upturning the fragile peace and stability that exist not only in Rivers State, but in the country...

Of Nigerian Democracy, Governance And Profligacy

But we are going to pay Gowon, Shagari, Obasanjo, Babangida, Buhari, Abdulsalaam, and even Shonekan and their families, awesome pensions for life. And what about the families of Tafawa-Balewa, Aguiyi-Ironsi, Abacha and Umar Yar 'Adua? Are they going to get their late fathers' pensions too? 

The Need For The Electoral Crimes Commission

The truth is that when someone stole an election and benefited from its fruits without any sanctions extended to him after he was caught, others are encouraged and emboldened to do even worse in order to have the 'key' to the state treasury...

PDP's web of double-standards the vehicle riding against Nwodo

The event that saw to the emergence of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as the Peoples Democratic Party's national chairman was a two-horse race between him and the former National Vice Chairman, Mr. Chukwu Ozichukwu...

Policing ourselves: imagine that!

I wonder why we need to be policed all the time, why voluntary compliance is so lacking. Self-discipline has been thrown out the window, and we need the brutal arms of uniformed men to coerce compliance out...

Burnt Markets

Incidences of fire on our markets, are becoming a threat to the nation's economic growth/development. Physical markets in Nigeria are perhaps the largest employers of labour in the private sector...

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Ogoni Struggle and the Nonchalant Nigeria

And to the extent that the Ogoni story is still today kept on the backburner by the three warring giant elephants is enough proof that interests of ethnic minorities in Nigeria are still peripheral...

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli: Requiem for a Fallen Hero

The gap in life expectancy between the average Africans...

The Politics of Sports Development and Privatization in Nigeria

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of politics and privatization on sports development in Nigeria, within the context of the recent pronouncements by Patrick Ekeji, that a decision has been made to invite the private sector to adopt and fund sport federations in Nigeria...

Giving Militancy a Bad Name

Let us call a spade a spade and hit the nail on the head: Islam or Sharia is not the cause of this militancy in the north, or for that matter in the Niger delta or anywhere else it may happen in Nigeria; the fundamental causative agents are failure of political leadership and corruption and underlying issues of poverty, unemployment and education...

Amaechi’s 2nd Term Without Opposition: Which Way Rivers State?

The people cannot be ruled by force, and tyrants can never be part of democracy. The All Progressive Grand Alliance in Rivers State had said that the April 9 National Assembly elections in the state was marred by massive electoral fraud...

Diplomatic and Economic Sanctions and International Trade

There has been unrest in the Boardrooms from Wall Street to the City of London as politicians play Russian roulette, while their accountants report marginal profits and losses...

Seeking Local Sustainable Funding Source for Development Work in Nigeria

by Innocent Edemhanria President Donald Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle...

It is Not in the Name!

Genuine, tangible and constructive changes must be premised only on structural revolution which addresses leadership, content and character – in essence, the human element...

Oil Gas Industry Activity and the Niger Delta Environment: The Role of Environmental Law

Practically all stages and operations of oil & gas exploration and production are accompanied by undesirable discharges of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. They include many hundreds of individual hazardous compounds...

Orji Kalu and Bank of Industry: Old Wines In New Skins

In Nigeria, we intimidate each other by the extent of our network. It is a question of who hobnobs with you and how far reaching your influence can attract the people that matter.