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...

Nigeria Lives Abroad: Innocent yet injured!

Nigerians abroad are experiencing injurious threats against what they know nothing about. There’s no end to the bad news on the overseas workers’ front. Labour officials have said more Nigerians face deportation from countries cracking down on illegal aliens...

To Our Representatives and Other Misrepresentatives

Since 1999 when Nigeria supposedly returned to democratic rule, the representatives at all levels - federal, state, and local governments, have been more of rubber stamps in the hands of the executive arm to perpetrate their acts...

Nigeria Nation: Victim of Terror, Not A Terrorist State

By all definitions and with whatever measuring standard, Nigeria is not a terrorist nation. Anybody or any government that think otherwise is only exhibiting a fallacy of judgment...

The Save Nigeria Protest March In London, Friday 15th January 2010

Despite the harsh inclement and freezing weather conditions, the Nigerians, from several organisations marched through Central London in an impressive turnout that began as early as 10.30 am, in front of the Houses of Parliament...

Terrorism: The Need To Delist Nigeria!

It's nonsense that the Obama regime is trying to turn the clock back to the Cold War era. America's move is seen as an intention to bully Nigeria's diplomatic mission into giving up its tougher stance on international peace mission...

Is Nigeria A Terrorist Country Of Interest?

What did Nigeria do to find itself mentioned in the same sentence as "terrorism", and be blacklisted in the same illustrious company as Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya?

Governor Fashola and the Nude Dancers

The recent report that the Lagos state government had shut down four strip clubs around Opebi Street and Allen Avenue in Lagos made headlines and elicited naughty guffaws from people as such stories are wont to do...

Mutallab Terrorist Incident as a Teachable Moment for Nigerians

The failed attempt by Umaru Farouk Abdul Mutallab to bomb United Airlines flight 253 out of the air and the aftermath have managed to reminde those who pretend to be temporary citizens of Nigeria that they are in fact still Nigerians...

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Rivers Tanker Fire Tragedy: Hold Government Responsible

Weeping and wailing are not enough. They are understatements to describe what happened in Okogbe village of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday 12th July, 2012...

Issues in Nigerian Universities (1)

Teachers pimping students and or fellow teachers for financial and non-financial gains.  Teachers selling handouts and other documents to supplement their income...Sadly, these are some of the realities in our institutions of higher learning...

Of Lagos Gentlemen and Abuja Patriots

There is a sign that'll confront an African hunter...

Sanusi's CBN and Waning of Monetary Policy as tool to control rising Inflation

There is a global demand for some of Nigeria's staple food that is imported. Nigerian government should be in partnership with large scale domestic farmers without being overbearing to them...

Dark Journey: A Squatter’s Tale

In Ike Oguine's A Squatter's Tale, we see what happens when what passes for free enterprise is layered on a rickety structure of governance. The result is capitalism of the worst sort, of a swarm of locusts engaged in self immolation – a relentless march of self destruction ravaging and raping the heart and soul of a once proud people...

A Season of Endearment

Just why is it difficult for men looking for wives to find the women of their desires, and for women who are ready, able and willing to find their dream men?

Racism in Football: Sepp Blatter must quit. Blatter must go

If racism in sports, especially in football, is not halted, the World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Russia could face disruptions...

Big Brother Africa: Tayo Faniran and the Lessons we Learnt

A lot of people who consider themselves 'serious minded'...

Sneak Preview of Udenta’s 21-Book Offering

The 21 books came to me in two gift...

The Ghastly Murder of Musician Israel Njemanze In Lagos

When a story is stranger than the strangest fiction,...