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 @ 49: Still in the state of nature

It is startling that almost half a century after independence, Nigerians from Aba to Yaba, Uyo to Oyo, Ariaria to Zaria, not those infinitesimally privileged ones holed up in the many government houses across the country, still subsist in human, and at times dehumanizing, conditions that approximate the state of nature...

This state has failed – And I see rivers of blood

Nigeria is supposed to be a country in peace, but it has shed more blood than it did in the course of the ill-fated civil war. Nigerians have died from everything imaginable under the sun. Political banditry, organized crime, repeated insurrections against the state, religious uprisings, police foolishness, neglected roads...

Independence Day: Before the Celebrations

While we may not be able to correct the leadership errors of the past that have kept us in a state of doldrums and subnormality, we do have the opportunity to determine our future by addressing the national leadership of the present...

Enough Already

There are moments when a man must rise out of his chair and start marching. There are moments in the life of a nation, in the lives of people, when they must awaken and fight before the onset of calamity. This may well be the final hour to do so...

Uncle Bros., My Neighbour's Son

Since Emmanuel's dad grew up in Benin, we mutually call each other 'Bros' and being his 'Uncle', this kid's genius reckoned that I should be called 'Uncle Bros' and the name has stuck with us all, and that's what his parents call me as well...

Should Nigerians Have Fewer Babies?

What is the biggest danger facing Nigeria? Corruption? Kidnapping? Armed insurgency? Religious extremism? Nigeria’s ticking time bomb might be in its mothers’ wombs...

Nigeria Clocks 49: Everything Looks like Eyewash!

After 49 years of self-rule, Nigeria becomes a very disorderly place where no plan works and no vision is materialized in a substantive way. There is nothing like Left corruption or Right corruption. Politicians of all hues and their collaborators covet oil-money and love to make a fast buck...

State and Politics: Nigeria’s Policy Towards The Ijaw

Since flag independence from Britain in 1960, the Ijaw have never stopped complaining about their ill-treatment at the hands of successive Nigerian government, be it military or civilian...

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Iba to Asa

Asa seems to combine elements in the vocal technique of the likes of Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman and Eric Donaldson with the lyrical depth and consistency of an Aretha Franklin, a Christie Essien Igbokwe or Whitney Houston to such devastating effect...

“I came to America as a Prince” – The Emeka Ike Interview

I must confess I had not seen much of...

The Party is over for PDP

Many have wondered about the staying power of the PDP when it is structurally and institutionally prone to suicide. I am beginning to believe those who say that the wizard behind the party was President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Aso Rock cash...

Echoes From The 27th Conference Of Parties To The UNFCCC – COP27

By Innocent Edemhanria About 112 heads of States and over...

Nigerians Are Very Poor

A government that intends to provide jobs for its citizen must be sure how many people will need jobs at what time and what type of job to provide. A situation where government does not know the areas of its economy that need to be staffed does indicate that government is serious...

Our Poor Economy: The Need To Chart A New Course

Unfortunately not many Nigerians believe the economic conditions are much better now than they were before Obasanjo's emergence in the political scene in 1999...

The Power of Choice!

The last few days have been awash with bad...

Five Things Boko Haram Has Taught Us

Boko Haram is here to stay. Those who keep asking why the army is not able to "finish off" Boko Haram overnight do not understand that terrorism is a decades long problem. This is real life, not a Rambo or Chuck Norris film...

The Train is Leaving the Station, Again!

Do you really think thugs and miscreants and batons and godfathers can stop the power of determined youths with good leadership, youths numbering in their thousands, towns and cities wide, nationwide?

“The Ironies of Freedom: Nigeria’s Happy Slaves”

In the heart of Africa lies a nation brimming...