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...

Responsibility and Accountability from the top: The kind of re-branding we need

As a Nigerian who continues to hope for the best for the Nigerian people, I feel elated anytime someone in a leadership position in Nigeria makes a daring, selfless, intelligent, and fearless move to address the corruption and leadership mismanagement that has plagued Nigeria for so long...

Chief Gani Fawehinmi is Not Dead

For people who know Chief Gani Fawehinmi, no word is necessary. For those who do not know him, no word is sufficient enough to describe him...

The Niger Delta Amnesty Program…What’s Next?

What manner of peace is Dr. Koripamo-Agary talking about? What is peace and at what price is the Yar’Adua government seeking it? Is the government ready to be sincere and upfront in her dealings with the Ijaw and other oil-producing communities?

Can Nigeria implement a social security scheme?

In what could be said to be a major paradigm shift in Nigeria’s poverty reduction strategy, the Federal Government last March empanelled a National Working Committee on Social Security Policy headed by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, to advise it on the modalities of implementing a social security programme in the country...

To The Nigerian Banks, PENCOM Co.

PENCOM does not engage in malpractices, but they have to understand that when one waits for three years and two months to receive his life-sustaining emoluments, he is justified to call on man and God...

Landmark Elections and the Winning Formula

A closer examination has revealed that most landmark elections witnessed large voter turnouts. June 12 1993 presidential election in Nigeria had large voter turnouts. Same happened on June 12 2009 presidential elections in Iran...

Nigeria Advances or Ethnic Terrorists Prevails?

We Nigerians have a choice to make; it is either to deploy the internet as a tool for our national development, progress and advancement, or, we use this interconnectedness as a weapon to exacerbate our fragile national unity...

Indeed, The Police Is My Friend

A couple of weeks back, some men of the Nigerian Police showed me the other face of the institution. A pleasant face that has changed my perception of them. In place of the image of the bad eggs who are doing so much to drag the name of the institution in the mud, I now have a view of a laudable sense of gallantry and patriotism...

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Buhari’s Principled Tenacity: A Rejoinder and Further Comments

Any wonder that we mistake mediocrity for excellence, stupidity for intelligence, and cowardice for bravery? It is a national tragedy to have shunned men like Buhari who is a patriot, a nationalist, and an embodiment of political and personal morality...

Princewill’s Decision So Far So Good

Princewill’s decision and love for the state riled the leadership of AC at the national level by his insistence that his decision was hinged on the need to bring change to the state...

Strategic Factors and Options: The Credibility of the Ijaw Nation

The lack of political responsibility, accountability,  transparency, development and performance, in terms of delivering goods and services to the people is leading to questions, both internally and externally, about the capability of Ijaw political leaders to captain the ship of development and modernization…

Nigerian Diplomacy in the Transition Period

After the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's successful visit to the United States of America, where he participated in the global summit on nuclear security, Nigerian diplomacy seems to have found approval amongst African states...

What In Hell Is Odogwu Doing In Lagos?

Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and...

Economic Reforms: The More You Look…

Obasanjo has repeatedly admitted the failings of his regime that, to right-thinking persons, are sufficient to establish the ordinariness of his standards and performance to date. He has, for instance, admitted the near-collapse of the entire internal security apparatus...

Afenifere and the Progressive Camp (2)

In the course of the week, I had cause...

Back Stabbing Betrayal Tendencies of Dr Mimiko Why He May Never Rule Ondo State

Deceptive leaders like Mimiko will always believe that their private imperfections or inadequacies won’t have public consequences, but they always do...

Off with these Military Brought Ups!

When the khaki boys struck on the 15th of...

America, Europe, Israel, Palestine, Hamas & Democracy

Shock and amusement are the words that best sum up my feelings regarding the reactions generated in America, Europe and Israel to the electoral victory secured by Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections...