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...

The Obasanjo Obituary That Never Was

The rumour mill was agog earlier this week with the presumed assassination of the 'emperor' in Ota, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was quick to dispel the rumour proclaiming in his usual dry humour that I deh kampe...

Open Letter to Governor Amaechi

The essentiality of this letter to you is on the arrest of the members of Sekibo’s faction of the PDP in our state who were labelled "thugs" by the Secretary to the State Government...

Was Jega’s Appointment as INEC Chairman A Mistake?

It is part of the Nigerian condition that our yesterday has a way of being better than our today. Otherwise who will ever think that in less than two months of being INEC Chairman, Jega seems to be already making Maurice Iwu look good?

PDP is heating up Nigeria

The death of President Umaru Yar’Adua was a painful one to many Nigerians due to the circumstances that led to his death, but Nigerians should be prayerful...

Carving out a pathway for Nigeria

I will like to say that sometimes, valuable things don’t come from the rich and influential people but from unknown persons in the dark and forgotten corners of the world...

Asari Dokubo In Person

As conflict management consultant, and strategic security analyst, I have been predisposed to more raw material evidence than any security agent in Nigeria...

Jonathan And The Wrong Question

Once again, Nigerians are caught in the trap of asking, and seeking to answer, the wrong question. This time, the question has to do with Goodluck Jonathan: Should he, or shouldn’t he, run in the forthcoming presidential election?

Identified Challenges

Economically, the Niger Delta region is doomed with resources under-allocation...

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Nigeria will NOT emerge stronger – a rejoinder to an address by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola

I feel constrained to join issues with you on the fallacies contained in your address to the 38th Annual Conference of the United States National Conference of Black Mayors in June 2012 in the United States...

Agbani Darego's Next Move

Now that I have finally seen Agbani Darego’s controversial chest baring picture, I can see what it was that irked and riled many Nigerians. While globalization has caught up with us, there are still some areas that have remained rooted in tradition. One of those areas I guess is women decency...

Why Nigeria Stagnates: Bad Leadership or a Complicit Citizenry?

The recent budget presentation by Edo State Governor, Senator...

Abuja Roads: ‘Constructions’ without end!

What story would I be telling to draw attention to the roads taking forever to construct in ‘Abuja’? Hmmm, let me think. Yes, I will tell two, no three...

Politics, governance and the value of time

Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political...

What We All Owe Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari’s triumph over Goodluck Jonathan in the March...

Why Washington opposes Jonathan's reelection?

The Third Term's failure that led to Obasanjo vacating power made it difficult for Washington to be calling the oil shots. And despite Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's sickness, he stopped Washington from calling the oil shots...

Peculiar problems of the Nigerian labor market

Aside series of persistent obstacles, shortcomings and problems, Nigeria, like every other developing country, is driving towards a stage where it could accommodate a good number of people from the domestic and foreign market...

Nigerian Youths and their Golden Aspiration to Leadership

This article opens up with a rejoinder to Yahaya...

Where is the Book File…?

At the inception of the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, he initiated a ‘Bring Back the Book’ programme – the assumption once more was that our people had replaced the love they once had for books for love for money and the acquisition of material wealth...