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’s Cult Of Corruption

Virtually every Nigerian knows and strongly believes that any day Nigeria is able to make up its mind to end its obscene and ruinous romance with the stubborn monster called “Corruption”, this country will automatically witness the kind of prosperity no one had thought was possible in these parts...

Of Air Crashes and Bank Failures!

How will you explain the bribing of a plane inspector that was reported by some of these newspapers? How else will you explain purchases of “entry” level house of N50 million? Did you just say stolen funds?

I.B.B. Should Lead This Struggle

Former Nigerian military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, has called for the re-introduction of Option A4 electoral system in Nigeria...

A New Vision 2020 for Nigeria at 49: Challenges and Possibilities

In order to achieve the ideals of Vision 2020, the nation as a whole needs to make a shift in mind-set and in thinking. This shift will begin at the kindergarten level. Professor Wole Soyinka reminds us that the development of human capital will be the greatest challenge facing Vision 2020...

Obasanjo is the Smartest Nigerian Politician!!!

The similarities shared by IBB and OBJ are many. Both are pests and national disasters. Where IBB consulted smooth Machiavellian amoralities, OBJ was equally Machiavellian but a bovine bully. Both of them are asses of grave eminence...

Yar’Adua’s War or Yar’Adua’s Peace?

Most Nigerians from all walks of life knows that the Yoruba, the Ogoni, as well as the Igbo and many other ethnic nationalities have issues with the country’s composition, and with how political goods and services are being shared...

Breaking News: “Chop Quench Democratic Party formed!”

I am pleased to announce the formation of the first true mega party in the forty-nine years history of Nigeria. The Chop and Quench Democratic Party is set to take the country by storm, and we are on the precipice of history...

Re-branding Nigeria: A Giant Step.

The re-orientation of our people is one of the most important tasks that this country needs to attend to. The proper re-orientation of the people on the ideals of patriotism and other forms of social etiquettes will definitely be an important major step towards making Nigeria a better country...

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Curative Services vs. Preventive Services

Preventive services is not given the pride of place due to belief by some health personnel that the curative services which is expensive and unaffordable by the poor citizens will lose its relevance in the medical and health fields...

Midnight in Shangisha Movie Hits Cinemas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBE-j41OEJI Midnight in Shangisha, a drama-comedy movie featuring top names...

Nd’igbo Move On: The Destruction and Continual Rape of Igbo-land by Ndigbos

Some of these so-called Igbo leaders are fond of howling out “marginalization” but when they are given the opportunity to perform and serve the people, they perform disappointingly, unsatisfactorily and terribly...

The gods Have Gone Crazy

Many have wondered loudly why Nigerians albeit Africans are concerned about Middle Eastern crisis; I have treated such criticism with levity because it stems out of an ignorance of the dynamics of international relations...

Niger Delta Crisis: Some Encouraging Words From Yar’Adua

Recent statements by President Yar’Adua sound promising and hopeful. But even if he means what he says, these are just the first steps in a thousand miles journey...

Different Birds of the Same Feather…

It probably makes a lot of sense to compare Murtala to Obasanjo, and to find out how much they truly differ in their personality, their character profiles, their value system and the way they view power...

Something About Some Things

There is always this grouse about African men not wanting to do whatever it is non-African women expect men to do in the bedroom, on the couch, or on the washing machine...

When the Exiled 'Reggae Rebel' Hit Home

Like narcotics and other drugs, millions are hooked on music. That's why you have teenagers in the West whose behavorial abnormalities are traceable to heavy metal music with its violent lyrics...

IBB Must Think We Are Fools

Very early in IBB’s time as military president of the country, former Newswatch Editor-in-chief Dele Giwa was assassinated through a letter bomb. There were many pointers to the fact that the IBB administration orchestrated that assassination...

Sex for Grades – a Hidden Pandemic On Our Campuses

By Glorious Amalu-Jack The fact that Sexual Gender Base Violence...