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...

Why Nigeria may not meet the Millennium Development Goals

The assurances of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua notwithstanding, an indication of the possibility of Nigeria not achieving the Millennium Development Goals was given recently...

Inconsistent Policies and High Rate of Abandoned Government Projects

Policy continuation is something that is lacking in Nigeria . Once a new government takes over power, they usually abandon previous governmental policies or programs...

The “State” In A Capitalist Nigeria

If there is one country in the world where the thesis of Karl Marx on the STATE has been proved and concretely established in very crude, crooked and wicked ways, it is the Nigerian STATE...

Amala, Ewedu, Isi-Ewu, Tuwo-Shinkafa Pounded Yam Marketing

Are Nigerians mere lazy interlopers and sheepish followers of foreign leaders of thought, products and processes? What have we imposed on the world and what can we impose on the world beyond 419?

The Hawking of Insecticide Treated Nets

No sight could be more bizarre than this. Young men hawking Parmanet branded mosquito insecticide treated nets in the traffic. My greatest regret was not having a camera on hand to capture this most worrying sight. What is this nation turning into?

Commemorative Days: Let’s Declare a National Non-Stealing Day

To those who may think it unthinkable that there can ever be a successful observance of a ‘national non-stealing day’ in Nigeria, I say it is worth a go nonetheless...

'Witch-Ful Thinking': The National Blame Game

In Nigerian society today, we tend to take the accolades for our achievements, but finger certain forces behind our failures...

Virginia Monologues…On Niger Delta

What is wrong with you poor people? Why can’t you let us be? This country has worked, and is working well. Let us talk about tenure elongation. Furniture allowance, etc. This Niger Delta militancy is just what it has not been called: criminality!

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Nigeria Lives Abroad: Innocent yet injured!

Nigerians abroad are experiencing injurious threats against what they know nothing about. There’s no end to the bad news on the overseas workers’ front. Labour officials have said more Nigerians face deportation from countries cracking down on illegal aliens...

Brexit: A Journey to the Unknown

The referendum on whether Britain should exit the European...

I Am Not Anti-Obama, Its Just That Hillary Clinton Is My Babe

Senator Hilary Clinton is both a change agent and a steady and experienced hand. She also comes with a team full of vigor, vision, and foresight to tackle domestic and global concerns and challenges...

Nigeria’s Real Enemies

“Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble...

Owa Obokun: Heritage, Reality, Aspiration (3)

Yorubaland's royal institutions face significant challenges, threatening their traditional...

Black and Blue

In an attempt to attract black voters to his...

Federalism, Six Regions Political Structure and Development

There is no doubt that in Belgore Committee we expect to see fireworks in the form of display of brilliance, or in the form of impressive display of grammar, and, in the sorry form of angry outburst. But given the caliber of people we have there we hope to see minimal display of the last form of fireworks...

Sovereignty, Economic Security, Obama's visit, Jonathan, 2011 Elections and Development of Nigeria: Correlation (3)

This year, it will be 50 years exactly since the Union Jack was lowered and Nigeria declared an independent country. How have we fared within these 50 years? What are the results or consequence of absence of political sovereignty? Where are we today?

No Tears For PDP

PDP, that party that flatters itself as the biggest party in Africa, is strapped to a death bed. It is hit with a serious ailment. It is ravaged by schism and implosion from within...

Tinubu: Address Present Economic Depression In Nigeria

By Abiola Daisy Igaga & Bartholomew Okuodo Since the swearing...