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...

Soul of a Citizen

Would it not have been in gross national interest for the President to glide down the airport run-way, waving his hands gleefully at a crowd of patently patient Nigerians he had acknowledged in his controversial BBC interview as rendering supplication for his restoration?

Towards 2011 General Elections

In Nigeria at the moment, the sensation you get is that of great displeasure of the populace towards their ‘leaders’. This disapproval has no ethnic, religious or cultural affiliation as leadership has failed across the entire nation...

Atiku, Ojukwu, Iwu, and the culture of expediency

The time has never been riper for the emergence of a formidable opposition force to dislodge the People's Democratic Party from power. Yet, there are disturbing signs, once again, that Nigeria’s opposition parties are looking for every means or opportunity to surrender to the PDP...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Part 2)

Balewa was no firebrand political radical. He may have remained a teacher for the rest of his life had southern politicians such as the flamboyant intellectual Nnamdi Azikiwe not pushed for Nigerian independence...

Support Dr.Jonathan, To Move Nigeria Forward!

Which way Nigeria has to go will depend essentially on the choice Nigerians make of the political situation, their policies and their leaders...

Dora Akunyili, Destiny and The Fate of Nigerians

Many have canvassed for Dora to head INEC, while some have said she should be returned to NAFDAC and some still, that she should be made the Minister of Health...

Speaking Truth to Power: Nigeria and the Casual Truth

A few weeks have now elapsed since Yar'Adua's arrival in Nigeria in the dead of the night and yet no credible sightings of him are available to anyone.  Nigeria and the world are left in the dark, fed with rumours for crumbs...

An Open Letter to Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Mr. President, you may have one year in office, but you can have such a hell of a year that you leave indelible marks on the pages of history...

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Making The Nation's Refineries Functional

Nigerians and even foreigners have often said that with the resources which God has bestowed on our country, Nigerians have no reason to suffer-in the midst of plenty...

Obasanjo's Address To The Nation…

I did not intervene to stop the debate on whether or not I should serve a third term in obedience to God. The same God has now told me it was time for me to return to my Ota Farms...

“My Husband Is More Popular” – The Stella Damasus-Aboderin Interview

I have interviewed many people in my time…But I...

Trump’s Adventure in Venezuela: Implications for Nigeria

Recently, the world was reminded of the domineering, totalitarian,...

Sam Omatseye As A Kept Man

I had an extravagance of laughter when a dear...

Yar’Adua and the Question of Legitimacy

Between now and the inauguration day, Yar'Adua should meet with critics and opponents with genuine interest in the survival and progress of the country. There is the need to join forces for the sake of the country and the people...

Child Sexual Abuse: Recreating Tomorrow by Taking Definitive Action Today

Statistics detailing the extent of perpetration of child sexual...

Is The Land Of The Brave Safer Today?

Who can really argue today that Americans are not really scared about the possibility of another terrorist attack in America. Setting up the Department of Homeland Security, and giving it so much power and money to protect the heartland is one proof that both the Government and the people are scared to death...

In The Studio With Jeremiah Gyang

Jeremiah Gyang has a passion to reach those who would ordinarily not listen to a gospel song nor deliberately walk into the bowels of a church where gospel songs are sung by believers...

Time to probe regulators’ role in economic woes

Last week, the anti-corruption crusade in the financial sector scored a big one as Cecilia Ibru, former chief executive of Oceanic Bank International crumbled under the fire power of Central Bank and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and pleaded guilty to numerous allegations...