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...

While we pray for Mr. President…

Power is everything. Without it, we revert to living like the Neolithic and the Neanderthal, stone age people who eked a living hitting rocks against each other to produce weak fires to roast a cob of maize for dinner...

Shadow Government

Damn our "leaders" if they like it, damn them if they don't. The people have spoken. Enough of power vacuum, near constitutional crisis and over heating of the polity all due to the fact that the ruling party does not trust the Vice President...

Nigeria, A Nation Caught In The Web Of Circumstances

For weeks now, the Nigerian media has been agog with vexatious outburst by some of those who brought Nigeria to where we are. Political malcontents of all hues and colours have made insipid statements about the state of the nation they ran aground...

Adams Oshiomhole: A Labour Activist as Governor

Though Oshiomhole impressed many people as President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, history teaches us that some of the most famous labour leaders of the past few decades failed woefully as political leaders. This should be a source of concern to Oshiomhole...

Of the Logistician and the Actualizer

One calls the other the Logistician while the other calls his friend, the Actualizer. They are friends and have worked together. Between them lies the most mobile, progressive and solid political base in the country at present...

Another Military Coup d’Etat?

In an age where people are soulfully clamoring for good governance, accountability and constitutionalism, military coup d’etat may not be the solution to the countless ills that have become institutionalized in the Nigerian vein and marrow...

Yar’Adua to live forever; Nigeria may die

Many of us following the argument that a comatose Umaru Yar’Adua is fit to run Nigeria must have a sense of déjà vu. Nigeria is not the only country that falls into the hands of inept, clueless leadership...

Gen Obasanjo: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

In his mental universe, it appears Obasanjo sees himself as the nation’s pre-eminent statesman. But for such a mental outlook to have any basis in reality, one of such status should be possessed of humility and be in good standing with his people...

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Baroness Amos, I Thought You Were Better Than This!

I do not believe you are entitled to deny the real fact that the main challenge facing the Black race is to build our own successful societies...

The UN Convention Against Corruption (3)

The awareness has increased that the prevention and eradication of corruption is a responsibility of all states and that they must cooperate with each other...

The Speech Bola Tinubu Did Not Make

Words are powerful whether in written or spoken contexts....

We must stop insulting Niger Deltans

By this piece, I wish to recommend to anyone who is not familiar with the Niger Delta to be a little more circumspect in discourse related to determination of issues that affect that hapless region...

Regulatory Inertia vis-à-vis Predatory Banking Practices in Nigeria – Part 2

ATM frauds have become incessant in Nigeria, as is worldwide, but the menace is more pronounced in our new generation banks...

Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

Education in Nigeria has been interrupted by regime change since independence from Britain in 1960. Now that our nation has embarked on sustaining unity, democracy and economic growth, the next president should make a budgetary commitment to education...

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...