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...

Honours In Our National Pantheon: A Case For Chukwuma Nzeogwu And Emmanuel Ifeajuna

Emmanuel Ifeajuna is one of the most unfairly maligned Nigerians I have read about. Even among his fellow Igbo, uninformed ones swallow the propaganda that he was at the heart of efforts to destroy Biafra...

Can Northern Governors Stop Jonathan?

Without admitting it publicly, the greatest problem Northerners in the ruling People’s Democratic Party have in wrestling the 2011 presidential ticket of the party from President Goodluck Jonathan is the absence of a formidable aspirant that can win votes across the country...

Atiku’s Wavering Presidential Ambition

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who formally declared on August 15, 2010 for his 2011 presidential ambition on the platform of the People's Democratic Party is facing uncertainties in the party...

Ibrahim Babangida: Presidential Candidate Or Fugitive From Justice?

Common Sense should have told Ibrahim Babangida, head of the illegal Military junta that ruled Nigeria 1985-1993, that his current image-laundering exercise in the guise of Presidential Contest is no solution to his problem with Nigerians...

Speaking Truth to Power: Who Say We Tire? Nigeria at 50!

Many have suggested, including I, that perhaps our national deliverance will come from those residing in Diaspora, however, my recent experience does not bare this out...

Lekki-Epe Expressway Toll Palaver– government versus people

The raging controversy over the erection and collection of tolls on the yet-to-be completed Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State, Nigeria is a classic example of the consequences of dearth of communication between the government and the governed...

Iwu and Jega Jega Gift

Jega is a Jonathan proxy, a role that is quite an anathema to his old chivalrous spirit. His fire-spitting, radical and stubborn streaks have all mellowed. As Jonathan's servant, he has to do the ugly bidding of his Abuja master...

2011 And Dearth Of Issue-Based Politics

The way things are slowly but steadily building up, there is the possibility that Nigeria could, once again, be foisted with a leader in 2011 who never promised the country anything before assuming the presidency...

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Reflections In A Mirror Offer Opportunity For Objectivity

Without doubt, the present high crime rate in Wilmington is having some adverse effects on the economic and social landscape of an otherwise beautiful city. The city fondly described as "a place to be someone" is fast becoming a city of nobody...

The New Democracy And The Crashed Confidence

Despite some progress by the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo in fighting corruption and improving the economy, Nigerians are deeply disappointed with how the country has turned out...

Boko Harem: Reaping the Winds of Indifference

See, the lazy man analysis of some kind of sectarian dimension to the ongoing crisis ignores a larger problem: that of indifference that has been rocking our nation since the 1980s. On three dimensions, we the citizens of Nigeria have been indifferent and today the chicken is coming home to roost...

A Birthday To Remember

"Lie down or I blow up your head.”
"Bring out your money and mobile phones now."
"Oh, you're looking at my face?”

Political Profile of Irrational Voters

A constant trait in the profile of an irrational voter is her mindset towards that one vote she manages. Rarely, does an irrational voter convincingly consider her vote an important and powerful tool to shape her world by influencing the choice of policy and policy makers around her...

Tell Them Freedom, Mr President!

The Ogidigborigbo of Oghara, James Onanefe Ibori, the kleptocratic...

Ekiti, Osun: Getting the battle lines drawn

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 2026 Ekiti and Osun governorship...

The Corruption and Evil of Employment Scams in Nigeria

This article has been written in sad response to...

The God of Obasanjo and Fani-Kayode Versus God of Nigeria

In this article, I shall attempt to add my voice to his patriotic vociferation and make my own dialectic analysis on Femi Fani-Kayode, President Obasanjo and the God both of them claim to serve...

Back in Nigeria after Twenty Years

“I am a Nigerian, deep in my heart, I am a Nigerian; but how do I find my way back?”