Nigeria Matters

Given the circumstance that impelled Goodluck Jonathan to the role of acting president, it is imperative that he makes an impression on the world stage with his understanding of the role of Nigeria as a leader in Africa...

For a nation like Nigeria to survive, and thrive, national security is very important, because national security is essentially about national sovereignty; territorial, political, economic and cultural and, above all, human security...

I have always viewed Nigeria as a mere geographical expression, a North and South joined together by an umbilical cord called United Kingdom, an umbilical cord which has since cut itself off and left us to our perils...

As flawed as successive Nigerian Constitutions have been, it has always, in theory at least, provided for an independent judiciary. In practice, however, this has not always been the case...

Goodluck Jonathan gets his first strutting experience as “president” next week when he visits the U.S. at the invitation of President Barack Obama. How Jonathan handles himself, and the image he projects, will determine how seriously his American host takes him and the country he runs...

Like most of our uncaring, rapacious, selfish, heartless, thoughtless, insensitive, inconsiderate, callous, conscienceless politicians, IBB is under the delusion that he is still the Messiah. He still wants to make himself relevant...

Is Al-Mustapha a security risk? Did he endanger the wellbeing of the nation? Is he a murderer? Did he conspire with others to kill the innocent? Must it take another decade before he knows his fate and for us to know the answers? This is a travesty, a violation of his rights.

I am very sorry, but I have not seen any evidence that "Enough is indeed Enough" among supposedly enlightened Nigerians. What I see is an attempt to apply a kind of Abacha era style insincere rallying and demonstrations towards a good cause!