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...

Between Majority Tyranny, Democratic Space and PDP’s Zoning

A liberal democracy is an embodiment of a gamut of civic rights and individual liberties geared towards preventing it from degenerating into a tyranny of the majority.  The extent to which these liberties are guaranteed and the degree to which they are protected differ from one democracy to another...

The Co-Efficient of Friction in Nigerian Politics

How Nigerians treat their compatriots is directly responsible for the high co-efficient of friction in Nigeria...

Nigeria @ 50: No Compromise, No Surrender

While I agree that Nigeria's 50 years of independence have little to show for its strength and age, writing it off as a failed nation-state is erroneous, misleading and reflects impaired judgment...

Fayemi: Let The Truth Be Said And Applied Always

The judiciary is the last refuge of the common man in any social and political community. Over the years, many Nigerians have been betrayed, and continue to be betrayed, by the corrupt legal system in our country...

Lack of Vision

Nigerian politicians are used to just making speeches during elections not knowing that whatever they say goes a long way in showing how concerned and serious they are about positively affecting the lives of Nigerians...

Will You Vote For These PDP Politicians?

As the clock continues to tick towards the coveted 2011 general elections in Nigeria, political activities have resumed in full earnest. And, expectedly, the concomitant intrigues have continued to, by the day, snowball into an avalanche of great spectacle...

Message to October 1st Bombers

On my way to the office, a bit close to the Yar’Adua centre, I notice that the ground shook after a thunderous blast – twice.  I looked up in the sky. Unusual helicopters looking like giant dragonflies sped past...

Babs Fafunwa: The Man Who Kept His Name

How could a man so graceful and rich in his humanity, so accomplished yet so gregarious and approachable, a man possessed of the deepest, most resonant laughter I ever heard – how could such a man die?

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Between Majority Tyranny, Democratic Space and PDP’s Zoning

A liberal democracy is an embodiment of a gamut of civic rights and individual liberties geared towards preventing it from degenerating into a tyranny of the majority.  The extent to which these liberties are guaranteed and the degree to which they are protected differ from one democracy to another...

Return Of The Retired Generals

Nigerians, having been battered from several years of military violence, have come to accept "obey the last order" as a means to get things done within a civil setting...

Life in America: New House Blues

Lik a dutiful husband, I accompanied my wife to new home developments and we traipsed from model home to model home in search of that home that was powerful enough to kill the disease in my wife’s eyes. We ooohed and aaahed over tastefully furnished homes that we would never live in unless we won several hundred million dollars in a mega-lottery...

Immigration to Canada as a Skilled Worker

Have you thought about immigrating to Canada and making a better life for yourself and your family? You are not alone...

Why Donald Trump Shouldn’t Dare the Smiting Power of Women

Donald Trump should be advised not to thread the...

When God Taught Me Lessons On Faith

Though God gave us mental abilities, he still expects us to seek his opinion before we take off on our tangent. And because we rely and trust he has good plans for us, a relationship with him develops and grows in intimacy as we continually depend on him...

What can President Obama do for Black America?

Past inspiring, Mr. Obama during his presidency must commit himself to tackling the important areas of concerns to African Americans if he wants his name in gold...

The Co-Efficient of Friction in Nigerian Politics

How Nigerians treat their compatriots is directly responsible for the high co-efficient of friction in Nigeria...

The Rapture (1): Earnest Expectation of the Creature

Before the rapture, there is a way believers should live! Faith of our fathers is living still, no matter how men and ‘ministers’ wrest the scriptures. Jesus is coming very soon for His Church...

Waiting for the 90th: Two poems to WS @ 70 and 80

ENIGMATA (TO WOLE SOYINKA @ 70) You hated fruitless journeys...