Nigeria Matters

I followed the posts on borders and the Custom services with keen interest. I have a few observations. 1. We talk about borders as if they are a physical, well …

Sometime in 2014, and prior to the 2015 General elections, most Nigerians were shell-shocked at the sort of language which certain highly-placed politicians flung here and there at Goodluck Jonathan. …

Some years ago, the Federal government of Nigeria and the UN organized a polio eradication programme across Nigeria. To ensure that the Polio eradication exercise reached as many children in …

According to Wikipedia, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC was established on 1 April 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and …

A Benin City High Court, on Tuesday 17th October 2019 gave leave to lawyers representing a Mr. Kehinde Samuel to serve Prof Osayuki Oshodin, former UNIBEN VC, and Faith Osadolor …

“Lagos is a shameful state with a lot of “promise” because of the access to funds relative to other states. Lagos gets a lot of unnecessary commendation and not enough …

All is not well between Godwin Obaseki, and with some members of the Fourth Estate in Benin City/Edo state. There are many accusations and counter accusations that the governor seems …

“Nigeria is 59 while United States of America is 243 years old, Japan was founded on 11th February 660 BC, Russia is 1156 years old, France is 1600 years old …

The Western Region was a subdivision of the Federation of Nigeria until 1967 and its capital was at Ibadan. It was established in 1939 under British rule as a subdivision …

If Nigeria is working, we will know! Those were the exact words of late Prof Chinua Achebe, Africa’s foremost novelist and distinguished intellectual. In other words, the citizens do not need …

Kingsley Moghalu, then presidential candidate of the Young People’s Party, had affirmed on August 12, 2019, that Nigeria can be the next China. He bared his thoughts in a post on his Twitter handle @MoghaluKingsley. …

A tale of two Billionaire Governors: Seyi Makinde the Bishop’s Boy and Dapo  Abiodun, the Prince from Remo When I think of the two Governors – I mean the Governors of Oyo …

Olusegun Obasanjo of Operation Feed the Nation and Operation Zero Hunger: Cultivating soil and mind, Cultivating Talent and friendship: Cultivating Peace badan dazzles. Ibadan has been referred to as not …