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...

Melodrama Of Power: Now That Yar'Adua Has Arrived

Now that the president has returned, we welcome him back and wish him quick recovery. But then we need to see him and get him to talk to the nation and his people. He needs to physically appear in person to chair the affairs of the nation...

Yar'Adua's Return and the Endgame

Everything happening in Nigeria today points to the fact that the end game is getting to its critical stage. This should be expected from a country with such convoluted and greatly scrambled space as Nigeria...

President Umaru YarAdua of Nigeria Is Back Home to Presidential Duties?

President Umaru Musa YarAdua's departure from Saudi Arabia and arrival in Nigeria is very dramatic and, quite possibly pregnant and loaded with intrigues and meanings...

Yar’adua Return: Deceiving a Decent Nation!

From all indications, a few unscrupulous individuals with no interest of the country at heart have continued to hoodwink and manipulate the rest of us. We all are aware that behind all these deceit and web of lies is the issue of succession...

Nigeria’s Forgotten Heroes: Nnamdi Azikiwe – “Father of the Nation” (Part 1)

As Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first post independence Head of State, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was to Nigeria, what George Washington is to America, Nkrumah is to Ghana, Nasser is to the Arabs, and Mandela is to South Africa...

Dim Ojukwu’s Last Hurrah

Dim Ojukwu has always been a risk taker. It is a defining feature of his personality. In matter of fact, it is to risk taking that he owes his international fame and notoriety. Such a propensity, it was, which led him to stand up for his people in their darkest hour...

The Survival Manual for President Goodluck Jonathan

 Let us presume that our absentee President is not going to be fit for purpose after this Saudi trip and I don’t think he will because the handwriting is on the wall. The game is over...

U.S. Meeting With Babangida: An Affront, Blackmail and Threat…

By swearing in Jonathan Goodluck as the acting president, the law makers have put a stop - at least temporarily - to the public ridicule and embarrassment that Yar'Adua has subjected Nigeria and Nigerians to...

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Adrian Forty As A Forensic Undertaker?

Even as Governor Olusegun Agagu's legal team prepares to unravel the packs of lies of the Labour Party and its governorship candidate before the honourable justices of the appellate court, it is imperative to explain some points that would unmask the real devious intentions of these selfish people...

Ghana’s Democratic Beacon: Mahama’s Victory and the Maturity of a Nation

Ghana’s recent presidential election has sent a powerful message...

River's Brand Image And The Competitive Struggle

It is the idea of joining unionism with politics that has swelled the nation’s security, unity and democratic lapses...

Of Fulbright, Full Truths and Being Brightly You

Fulbright is many, many things wrapped up in one....

The Wheel of Destiny (1)

Have you seen the papers? You're famous. A Nobel prize-winner has written praising your work!

Faulting CBN’s Rationale for Daily Cash Withdrawal Limits

I consider as very improper the use of regulatory or legislative fiat to limit daily cash withdrawals by bank customers. Whose money are depositors withdrawing? Worse still, it is unpardonable to penalize them for withdrawing above a particular limit...

Moral Obligations Of Nigerians Abroad

Living in Europe and observing how “systems” and institutions work complementarily has made it impossible for some of us to think less about Nigeria. My few years exposure in Europe has infused a strange spirit of nationalism that it is foolhardy to start enumerating...

Breaking News: “Chop Quench Democratic Party formed!”

I am pleased to announce the formation of the first true mega party in the forty-nine years history of Nigeria. The Chop and Quench Democratic Party is set to take the country by storm, and we are on the precipice of history...

On The BBC Narrative: Scrutinizing The Allegations Against TB Joshua’s Legacies

In a three-part documentary, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)...

He Who Comes to Equity Must Come With Clean Hands

I have consistently maintained in my various writings that...