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...

My Dear Delta Militants: When The 10% Materializes

My dear brothers in the delta, you have fought back, sometimes for personal gain, mostly against the injustice meted to you. Please don’t forget who this is all for, Please do not...

Bode George: What the Judgment says

I was completely numb on hearing the verdict against Chief Bode George. As I sit in my office working on another topic completely, I had to stop as I got a phone call from a compatriot as soon as the verdict was delivered...

Crippled By Illiteracy

Mankind has seen many decades and centuries; the precedence of events show that while the nations of the west are advancing in all ramifications, Africa is receding with great zest...

My Christmas Present to President Yar'Adua

Mr. President, I want to be the first Nigerian this year to send you this seasonal gift. That is, if you have not started receiving presents. I don't have gold neither do I have silver, but what I have is what I will give you...

I’ll Say it Loud; I’m Nigerian and I’m Proud!

Apparently, too much attention is being paid to the ‘Nigerian problem’. To a lot of people, the only way to solve the Nigerian problem is to remove the adjective ‘Nigerian’. So patriotism wanes...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Part 1)

Other countries keep libraries full of books and archives about their first leaders.  All Americans know chapter and verse about George Washington.  Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah is an icon.  What of Nigeria's case? Are we accurately recording our history for our children and descendants?

Speaking Truth to Power: 'Perversion at the Heart of Government'

I return to what is becoming apparent about President Yar’Adua’s government. It is its credibility which has been stretched to breaking point, and the failure to grasp and understand the nature of power...

Igbos Deserve A Chance To Ruin (Fix) Nigeria Too…

If anything, we are all in agreement that there is no hope in this current arrangement anyhow. If we agree on that, then let’s conclude and exhaust these very arrangements with the selection of an Igbo in 2011...

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Giving Militancy a Bad Name

Let us call a spade a spade and hit the nail on the head: Islam or Sharia is not the cause of this militancy in the north, or for that matter in the Niger delta or anywhere else it may happen in Nigeria; the fundamental causative agents are failure of political leadership and corruption and underlying issues of poverty, unemployment and education...

Are Igbo Women the most educated in Nigeria?

Is it known by other Nigerians that Igbo society is a matriarchy? The men may not subscribe to that. But, are they not trying to prove it to the world?

Games Women Play!

The games women play in their 'love' exploits are many. Where does one begin to tell tales of betrayals, back-stabbing, love-feigning and what have you...

Oyebamiji: Beyond His Professional Resume

By Ayo Ayoade Simply put, leadership is about taking care...

Yoruba Nation: prospects and perils post-2031 – (1)

Last week, the Ekiti State Chapter of the Afenifere...

Reflecting On President Obama's Visit To Ghana

What the strongest man on the face of the earth should do  is to move beyond the rhetorical postulation of democracy as a sustainable form of government, and depart from an unimpressive argument that attempts to disconnect African poverty from Western exploration and exploitations...

Economic revolution: Like Deng, like Jonathan (1)

Had China's economic revolution followed traditional western development route, the usual 'big bang' neoclassical path; had it accepted the usual, ''Don't do as we in the west do, but do as we in the west say you'd do," would China have ever risen to these economic heights today?

Honor In Nigeria: Between Obasanjo And Achebe

When a government chooses which section of the law to respect; routinely violates the Constitution and court rulings, is that government not slapping the people in the face?

Beyond the Horizon: Nigeria’s Unwritten Chapter

I fondly recall my time at Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School...

Euphoria & Self Congratulation Over Third Term Must Wane!

When the euphoria, self-congratulatory celebrations and hoopla over the third term ends, Nigerians would have to settle down to chose a person that will be president...