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...

If I were the New I.G. of Police…

The inefficiency of the Police force regarding maintenance of law and order became more obvious with the widespread kidnappings, institutionalised bribery, extra-judicial killings, unwarranted searches...

An Open Letter To Okada Riders (Motorcyclists)

The most vulnerable part of a motorcycle rider is the head. Head injuries are the main cause of death to motorcyclists. Your chances of survival will increase if you wear a standard crash helmet...

Abia: Can Orji Dethrone Orji?

Without equivocation I hold that Orji Uzor Kalu, the former Governor of Abia State and the ex-BOT Chairman of the defunct PPA party, has been demystified politically...

Hurdles Before ‘President’ Dele Momodu

Dele Momodu is befuddled with glamour, paparazzi and flashing lights that he might not fathom the darkness that has covered most parts of the nation. The glitz of showbiz could also make it impossible for him to conjure up ways of tackling the looming dim that spells doom for Nigeria...

Jonathan’s New Men

Jonathan’s new picks for the helms of the various services must realize that the timing of their appointment helps feed the perception that they are being positioned to facilitate rigging. It’s up to each man to recognize that there’s a price to pay these days...

Between A Future Presidency And The Reconciliation Of The Eastern People

With the emergence of a Nigerian president of Ijaw extraction and his political ambition, the Igbo and their input, I suggest, should be guided by the burden of history...

Nigeria For Sale: The Insult Of Babangida/Odili And Saraki Presidential Ambitions

This is the time to sensitise the Nigerian electorate to the risks in electing Babangida-Odili to even act as road-diggers or dog-catchers for Nigeria. Open your eyes; use your ears and use your brains!

Revamping The Nigerian Leadership: Applying What We Know

A society that finds itself losing grip or veering off the course of basic leadership responsibility has a superior responsibility to redirect its course which in many cases would mean a change of the status quo...

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The World Economic Crisis; Remote And Immediate Causes: A Reminder To G-8 Leaders

Massive investment in Africa, which lead to prosperity, will enable African governments to clean up their societies and not wait for wild, hope-raising promises at G8 meetings that are never meant to be honoured...

CBN's Puerile Defence Of Nigeria's Weak Banks

Before Sanusi's advent at the CBN, many of the rating agencies showered encomiums on a good number of Nigerian banks including the ones that failed the apex bank's stress test. Not a few of the banks were rated AA or won awards as best banks in Nigeria or Africa. It was after the interventions that the international community awakened to the fact that there was serious rot in the Nigerian banking system...

Democratic Options

Is President Obasanjo a holder of public office? If the answer is in the affirmative, then he ought to be bound by the Code of Conduct which he made his ministers sign...

The Rotimi Amaechi Factor, the APC and 2023 Presidential Race

Little by little, the haze on the political landscape...

Ndigbo as Migrants in Nigeria?

Three years ago, I travelled to the United States...

Pope Francis’ Departure from Tradition: A Troubling Shift for the Catholic Church

In a shocking turn of events, Pope Francis has...

Have You Seen Tunde Babalola?

The Babalola family has been thrown into anguish and sorrow over their son Tunde, who has been missing since Monday June 19th 2006...

Chasing Shadows In The Anti-Corruption War

Our Minister for Justice and Attorney General has always been a barrier and stumbling block to progress in the anti-corruption fight. I really cannot comprehend how Nigeria came to have such people as Aondoakaa and others of his ilk in government...

Jega Goes Jaga-jaga

Confusion has taken over the entire land of Nigeria. To...

Taking The Niger Delta To The Chatham House: Convicting The Blood! Curtailing The Oil!

That the Nigerian economy has lost more than one billion dollars a month and hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude a day since 2006 due to unrest in the Niger Delta is not a fresh story...