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...

State of the Nation and a Credible 2011 Elections: Matters Arising

In a recent interview which Goodluck Jonathan granted the Cable News Network, he confirmed the much speculated news that he might be heading for the running mate’s ticket of the presidential ticket bearer of the PDP...

Ibori, Peter Odili, and Justice Buba

Several newspapers and online forums reported that Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba had issued an injunction prohibiting Ibori’s arrest. Buba has done it before...

Ikwerres and Their Denial of Igbo Identity

It amuses me when indigenes of Igbo-speaking communities outside the South-East deny their Igbo identity. The Ikwerres, represented by the likes of Okachikwu Dibia, are the fiercest and most strident in this act of playing the ostrich...

Goodluck Jonathan: The Domestic and Global Implications of His US Visit

For the first time in many years, it seems as though the Nigerian community had a reason to be happy, to celebrate and to reaffirm their Nigerianness. For the first time in many years, it was nice being a Nigerian again...

Native But Naturalized Nigerians: Bothering or a Burden?

Being a Nigerian is something that we need to value more than ever. But we have always placed humankind above homeland. We are internationalists, first and foremost, without ceasing to be patriots...

Deliver Us From IBB, Oh Lord!

It is expediently imperative that every well intentioned Nigerian should cry to God to deliver us from the impending danger of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s second coming...

One Country, Two Presidents

Nigeria is about the only country I know in the world where things are done illegally and a majority of the citizens keep mum. Almost everyone accept illegality as a norm...

Babangida’s Naked Dance And Nigeria’s 2011 Vote !

For developed nations, democracy means majority, whether there is opposition or no opposition. But Nigeria's case insinuating Babangida's 2011 presidency aspiration can be all about monerity...

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The logic that informed the idea of constant fuel price increment is as absurd as it is fallacious. The history of this same logic defeats reason itself...

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Some Nigerians do not want anarchy and disintegration of Nigeria, but on the contrary, some other Nigerians believe that the only end to their suffering and bondage is anarchy and disintegration...

Diaspora Scam

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