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...

Zik, High Priests and Curses

Rather than see Okadigbo's ugly sidekick as an acid humour or at worst, a benign blether from an ambitious political office jobber, Zik saw a chilling Kafkaesque aberration in the insult. Rather than dignifying the insult with reasoned rebuttal, Zik sought supernatural settlement…

After the rain fell, I paid for the rain!

I had to pay money to be carried through a flood. The money we paid when summed could be enough to maintain or build a new flood drainage system...

Governor Peter Obi : Does he deserve a second term?

The governorship election for Anambra State, Nigeria, is fast approaching and the politicians are gearing up for the grueling but festive campaign that will blight them or lead them to Awka State House...

Just how okay is Mr. President?

Nigeria was last week gripped with the confusing puzzle over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua. The palpable confusion over the Mr. President's health was widely reported by the media...

Edo and the menace of Tuketuke politicians: A Rejoinder

There is no danger looming in Edo State as a result of the resolve of the Edo State Assembly to perform its assigned role. The real danger is having an Executive which trades on falsehood...

Bayelsa 2012: Why Governor Timipre Sylva Must Go

Indeed, anyone who understands the Bayelsa political landscape understands that the opposition against the governor is rooted - not in sectional and low-politics - but in his mammoth incompetence...

Of Death, Rumours, Curses and Superstitions

In Nigeria, we have had quite a few high -profile cases of false death rumours: Nnamdi Azikiwe, the First President of Nigeria was declared dead by Nigerian newspapers years before he actually died...

Nigeria By Kidnappers’ Den!

It is no coincidence that courses on how to react in hostage-taking situations teach participants to show pictures of their spouses and children so that an emotional bond can be created with their captors...

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Understand Help People

Those we are under are hardly being truthful and practice in reality the language of the visionary and the idealist they preach to us; their behaviours and ulterior motives toward us are not ideal...

Buhari’s biggest burden

In a country where the average citizen accepts, as a matter of course, that even the best performing politicians cannot be totally free of corruption, Buhari stood out as a man of integrity. Even his most ardent critics and enemies could not link him to anything shady...

An Omission in the Anti-Corruption Bill

In a thorough legal review by the Curatorum of...

Poverty and Infertility in Africa: Medical Evidence versus Divine Providence

The fertility conundrum is not totally against the rich. It’s been documented that they have easier access to fertility experts to sort out what the problem really is. While most poor couples beseech churches, mosques and traditional healing homes in search of the fruit of the womb...

Russian Presidential Elections: Vladimir Putin I Narod Russiya

I once joked that Vladimir Putin was the re-incarnation of Peter the Great. I am of the same opinion still. Nearly all the principal features of Putin's speeches, which I  have read in Russian language, are geared towards national pride, national independence and national advancement...

Of Border Closure and Custom Officials

I followed the posts on borders and the Custom...

Towards reviving the industrial sector

A flourishing and sustainable industrial sector certainly remains a key factor for the accomplishment of economic growth in any potentially great economy as Nigeria’s. Yet, the reverse seems to be the case in the country as of now...

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech

Donald Trump should fire his Foreign Policy team after...

Sex, Homosexuality And Us

I was going to write this article under a pseudonym, the reason being that the ‘coward’ in me may not just be quite ready to defend amongst friends and colleagues whatever personal opinion I may have about gays...But then I changed my mind...

Why The Nigeria Railways May Remain Dead!

With the total collapse of the road network in the entire country, Nigerians who anticipated that the recent interest in the railways would provide an alternative will have to wait a very, very long time...