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...

Niger Deltans must control the NNPC

For years since independence, the North has always insisted on controlling the police, the army, the petroleum that they do not produce and even produce the president. Where this whole bravado came from I cannot tell...

Yar’Adua’s death and debt to history

Umaru Yar’Adua’s death last week at the age of 58 was not enough, in the end, to settle the man’s debt to history. One was not surprised that the man’s passing provoked that rather predictable brand of biographical revisionism that death encourages in us...

Yar'Adua and the lesson of history

As flags flutter at half mast following the death of Nigeria's former president, late Musa Yar'adua, the events leading to his demise speak volumes in terms of impact and lessons for the country...

Turai Yar'adua: Beware of her ‘kunu-seller’ looks!

Under different circumstances, could there have been a few traits in this woman that might have been a virtue? I leave you to conclude. Did she want her husband to be in power for the good of our country? No. She wanted him in power but it was for her own sake...

Goodluck, his Ambition, the Electoral Process and Nigeria

With the death of President Musa Yar'Adua and the bitter altercations that attended his last days way behind us, there is every need to remind President Goodluck Jonathan that Nigeria is a work begging for urgent attention...

Nigerian Diplomacy in the Transition Period

After the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's successful visit to the United States of America, where he participated in the global summit on nuclear security, Nigerian diplomacy seems to have found approval amongst African states...

Onovo and Rising Insecurity in the South East

It obviously calls for serious concern that  two states could be so easily over-run by hoodlums without a whimper of resistance from the police...

The Goodluck Presidency; Nigeria’s Goodfaith!

The country lacks the resources that make a democratic nation thrive. When 60 per cent of the people live below poverty line, the ruling party's main job is to keep them happy with or without satisfying their need...

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The Need for Holistic and Altruistic Approaches to IGR and Taxation in Nigeria

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Emilia George The Value of Nigerian Citizenship

I have just read about the desperately sad, and extremely dire plight of a fellow Nigerian citizen. Her name is Emilia George and she was featured in a story on the online pages of The Guardian Newspapers of Nigeria...

Sani Abacha Writes his Family a Letter from Hell

A lot has happened in the ten years since I left you. I understand that at least you and the kids are well taken care of by my military brothers like Abdusalami, Buhari, and IBB. I hope they can do their best before they eventually join me here...

A Minister's Arrogance

Recently, the Minster of Foreign Affairs has been making headlines and this is due to his non-appearance before the House committee on Foreign Affairs to explain the level of last year's budget and defend the 2009 estimates...

The Wisest Man in the World

Human love or affection is what most people call love. Emotional love is unreliable. It swings from left to right faster than the rolling hips of a supermodel...

The Evolving Poetics of the Jagaban of Borgu

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The People’s Ambassador Chief Kem Ajieh @ 65

He exudes a presence that is larger than life...

Time for a New Anti-Corruption Manual

Those watching for clues to emerge of the tone and mettle of Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency will have the opportunity, much sooner than they expect, to take a measure of the man. In fact, there will be two early opportunities...

Does African Philosophy Exist?

Were our forbearers non-thinking creatures? Are we still thinking? Do we have a school of thought that equips our policy makers, guides our scholars and provide guidance for our development? Or are we just living on borrowed thought and precepts?