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...

The New Hierarchy Of Needs

Slums in Nigeria are usually identified with poverty and underemployment. Some have described a slum as an over crowded district of a community usually inhabited by poor people...

Zik, Onoh And An Elusive Anambra Gubernatorial Ambition

To many Nigerians, Zik was an enigma. Richly endowed by Deity with an array of talents, Zik could rightly be described as a man who came before his time.  To us in Lagos, Zik was one of us. He spoke Yoruba Language fluently. He was brought up in Lagos...

As The Cloud of Mischief Gathers Over Anambra…

Anyone conversant with the murky politics that Anambra State has been known for will not be surprised at the political adrenalin that has been injected into politics in that state as 2011 fast approaches...

Operation “Throw My Shoe at Nigerian Looters”

The Nigerian socio-political space is now a socio-pathological “Absurdistan”; an iniquitous amphitheatre, dedicated to the atrocious eroticization of political stupidity. This arena has degenerated into an essential arena where hopeless ignorance meets primeval greed...

Freedom is Expensive

Freedom of any kind is an expensive project. It does not come easy. There is always a price to pay...

Branding, Re-branding, Teleprompting and Managing Nigeria's Image or Reputation

There is raging debate between Nigerians as to whether or not Nigeria indeed requires branding or re-branding, and if so, whether such effort ought to be Nigeria's priority...

Branding, Re-branding, Teleprompting and Managing Nigeria's Image or Reputation

There is raging debate between Nigerians as to whether or not Nigeria indeed requires branding or re-branding, and if so, whether such effort ought to be Nigeria's priority...

June 12: Abiola and a Posthumous Presidency!

One year after the death of Chief Abiola, General Sanni Abacha died. Though his death was unexpected and sudden, it was a welcome relief to the people who have for several years been gagged, coerced and silenced by a regime headed by an empty headed drunk...

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An Exhausting Ibrahim Babangida

IBB’s kingdom is firmly rooted amongst Nigerians that participated in the ruin of the nation and those who believe that once their man is returned to Aso Rock, their time would come...

Alemu: The imprisoned and exploited Ethiopian journalist

She was arrested on June 21, 2011 from the school that she taught and was oppressed before she was thrown into the prison. She was later charged with arson and teaching and organizing terrorism...

The United States Military Earned its Respect, but the Nigerian Military Has Not

In the aftermath of the civil war, the much...

Who Will I Marry: Environment For A Successful Marriage

This letter is in response to a request by a dear sister who had asked for my counsel in helping her choose whom she'll marry out of two men that had proposed to her...

Nigerian Schools Are Getting Worse

In the opinion of several eloquent writers, the Nigerian government is to be blamed for the deplorable state of the state schools. We often mention the dilapidated buildings, incessant teacher strikes and several other popular excuses...

For Nigeria, Obasanjo Is Irrelevant!

"Don't ask me what my ideology or economic program is, I don't know any law and I don't understand economics, but I know it when my stomach desires pounded yam and egusi soup." - Obasanjo

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...

This Oba Man Called Obi Cubana

Nothing has shaken up Nigeria in recent times than...

If Not IPOB, Who’s Enforcing Ghost Monday?

Following the Nigerian government’s unexpected extradition of Mazi Nnamdi...