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...

Ngige, Beware of dwindling popularity!

I am particularly happy with the way Anambrarians comported themselves during the election and the good organization by INEC shows that it can after all conduct credible elections, that is, if the Presidency grants INEC full independence to do their job...

Growing Up In Nigeria

To today’s Nigerian adolescent, some of the information in this article may seem like a fairy tale but it is true. But for those who were adolescents and young children then, it should kindle nostalgia...

Lack Of Human Security, A Threat To Development

Security is a very wide subject in Human Development Concept. In this write up, I will like us to look at Human Security in Nigeria as it affects Human Development, with Special emphasis on Imo State...

Jobs for the youths or fraud by another name?

This appears to be the first time, in any part of the world, where a government, at whatever level, would require candidates applying for its jobs in the public service to part with some money for its jobs...

The Political Permutations of a Somnambulist

There are Nigerians of immense faith, who believe in prayers and in miracles and in abracadabra and all that and so believe that President Yar’Adua will be back to assume the daily functions of the Presidency...

I Might Vote For IBB

As it seems, the IBB candidacy is gradually eroding us of the actual issues we are clamoring for - credible elections, true democracy, citizens' participation, accountability, infrastructural development, zero tolerance for corruption, and stability of power...

Is Enough Really Enough?

The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off by fierce-looking Policemen...

IBB Is A Deviant

Most of the people rooting for IBB comeback are those who benefited from his fraudulent corrupt practices, abuse of Human Rights, killing of Nigeria's best...

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Saint Abacha? R.I.P. Lamidi Adedibu

It is only in Nigeria…only in Nigeria…would people like Buhari, Babangida and Abubakar be seen in public, let alone speak at any public forum, and let alone have their speeches recorded by the media. Some day, we will be rid of these incorrigible entities that have bestridden our society....

Niger Delta Governors: Where Have All Our Money Gone?

As a Nigerian and as a Niger Deltan, I say to my people - the militants, the activists, the everyday persons and to all justice-seeking groups - the time has long gone for us to hold our various governments and elite responsible for some of the atrocities and injustices in our region...

Fear of Revolution Is Here

The people who used to shout most about the...

Dangling the Poisoned Carrot of an Ibadan State

Nigeria Election 2015! There have always been some asinine,...

The Househelp and the Death of Mrs Foluke Joseph

According to Ayo Ademokoya’s news story which circulated widely...

Death by Petrol Tankers: Enough is Enough

On Sunday, August 15, at the Otedola Millennium Estate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no fewer than 40 people lost their lives and about 25 vehicles were damaged in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker...

Senate Passes Bills in a Hurry: An Anomalous Legislative Rascality

Lawyers and historians  are not likely to forget this...

A (layman’s) praise of Nse Ikpe-Etim and watchable Mr. Mrs.

A good thing, it is said, cannot possibly remain hidden or in obscurity forever. In the case of Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim, this could hardly be truer. Her thespian star continues to grow in such a way that one can no longer ignore her acting prowess...

A Holy Kiss For My Daughter

After she insisted that she can only leave if I planted a kiss on her lips, I decided to oblige her. And we kissed. It was my second, but it was not as innocent as the very first holy kiss...

Your 20 Naira Or Your Life?

I want to ask the men and women that stroll along the corridors of power in the various tiers of government, just one question: Are you all blind? I am perplexed that no individual in the National Assembly has made the reformation of the Nigerian Police Force his or her sole legislative objective…