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...

Terror List: Tales of Humiliation at Foreign Airports

In a particular reported incident, a young Nigerian student heading to school in Ukraine was repeatedly questioned till he broke down in tears. Why? His first two names were Umar Farouk but the surname was different from the Detroit underwear bomber...

Goodluck Jonathan: The Road Ahead

I do not envy Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Not many rational and reasonable people would. It is hard to imagine the kind of nervous tension he must have, and is going though. The weight and expectation of the nation. The pull and push of the international community...

History, Posterity and Nigeria in 2035

The history of Nigeria, since 1914 until the present time, has been a history of failures, conflicts, failed promises, shattered hope, endless pain and agony...

Broken Records for Goodluck Jonathan

I say so without blinking that our Constitution is useless because it was foisted on us by a power mad military despot, and determining our fate on that paper alone is not acceptable. My country, our country was on a precipice. We were the laughing stock of the entire world...

General Danjuma: A Thunderous Applause Or Scathing Rebukes?

A unique set of circumstances were presented in Nigeria very recently. General Theo Danjuma of Nigeria announced a hundred million Dollars surplus with which he intended to do public good...

Reflections on the Anambra State Elections

The February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra state has come and gone. As victory sinks in, it is not clear whether others that had earlier accepted the announced outcome of the election will change their mind...

Obama Is Wrong On Nigeria…

President Obama's administration does not have a policy on Nigeria. The only semblance of US policy toward Nigeria can be summarized as snubs and slaps and collusions with unsavory characters in Nigeria...

PDP’S Madhouse: A Sign of Hope for Nigeria

Since time immemorial, Nigerians have cried to God for vindication and intervention in the affairs of the country, and the rescue of the nation from the strong forces of opportunists called politicians...

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Abia: Kidnapping Amidst Political Uncertainty

The season of anomie in Abia State came full circle on Sunday with the abduction of five journalists from Lagos led by the state council chairman of the Nigerian Union of journalists, Wahab Oba...

Yours Sincerely, Wada Nas

Let me challenge the Military Chiefs to open a debate amongst their men, women and officers and if the consensus is to strip Abacha of honours, then it is a task that must be done immediately.

The Silent Epidemic: Why Nigeria Must Stop Turning a Blind Eye to Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a cancer eating deep into the...

Mildred Okwo: Girl Uninterrupted

"Africans are very colorful people and I cannot wait to tell our stories on an international platform... As you can see Africa is getting popular again with Hollywood..."

I am Angry…May Be Not!

No one respect Africans. They make fun of us in movies and literature. They call us names. Yet, no one has ever been sanctioned. But you cannot call a Japanese a “Jap,” or be seen mouthing anything bad against the Jews...

When The Flag Mattered

Africa’s Fastest man, Olusoji Fasuba, carried the pains of many disgruntled Nigerian athletes when he refused to celebrate with the country’s flag in Algiers, raising fears of another star defection...

Election Rigging And Other Atrocities: Obasanjo Is NOT Guilty.

Obasanjo has decided to turn the country upside down for being denied the opportunity to rule us till death. He has decided to get his revenge for not being allowed to own and run Nigeria like his private property...

Some June 12, For Sure!

June 12, 1993 was that almost impossible day in the horizon of a country that had been written off as a colonially-induced tragedy of the worst kind; a date that happened, as they say in football, against the run of play...

Musings of a Bachelor…

Getting hitched has never solved anybody's problems. In fact, marriage increases a man's troubles and problems and frustrations and responsibilities...

Obaseki and the Political Chess Game in Edo State

The political tussle of supremacy in Edo State, for...