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...

Those Hausa People! Those Igbo People Those Yoruba People!

They are the worst people in Nigeria. They are responsible for all of Nigeria's sundry economic, political and social ills and plethora of malaise! Those people! Not us! None of them from our backyards! None!

Successful Nigeria: A Government Order or Citizens’ Bother?

Nigeria has a particular problem with fraud in the area of procurement. In Nigeria, procurement personnel are, generally speaking, not very well paid, yet they operate independently, are responsible for spending large amounts of money...

Seasons of Settlements

Going by the conciliatory outcomes of this week, perhaps, before the week is out, Governor Oyinlola well set plans afoot to reconcile the Abiolas and the Abachas; the Ooni of Ife and the Alafin of Oyo; PDP and AC; Christians and Moslems; North and South...

Reminiscences of Nigeria

I cry for the current generation of Nigerian students. They are studying under very hard conditions. So it is disheartening to hear that Nigerians are now sending their children to Universities in Ghana to get a better education. I remember that our universities in Nigeria used to attract hundreds of foreign students...

Nigeria, Nigerians and the Scam E-mails

People in the West are greedy and blinded by the prospect of easy money; and this explains why they fall easy prey to fraudsters. Why don’t other Nigerians fall for them?

Referendums and Metaphors on Nigeria?

Why are some Nigerians at some sort of permanent loggerheads with fellow Nigerians, and yet, these same Nigerians seem to hold on, tenaciously to every whimper about Nigeria by some nitwit foreigner?

I Need a Ghanaian Visa, Fast

I need a Ghanaian Visa urgently. Time is running out on me. Can anybody help? I must be in Ghana next month. I am eager to commit treason. Treason as defined by the PDP Deputy national Chairman Dr. Mohammed H. Bello...

Labour And The Imminent Revolt Of The Masses

A properly mobilised and well sustained social action, which is carried out by a courageous and fearless people, is a sufficient condition for the evolution of good electoral process and goverments in Nigeria...

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When poverty is a game, one where you're trapped in an endless maze of beginnings and descent into an abyss of delusion, you wonder if anything will ever change, and stop wondering when it never does...

On Sule Lamido’s Lament Over PDP

Sule Lamido, remember him? He is the voluble, you...

2007: The IBB vs. OBJ Chess Game

In Obasanjo's mind, he can't just wait for IBB to truly stand for the 2007 election. OBJ is looking to disrobe the emperor and reveal him naked. He is looking forward to demystify IBB and render him toothless...

President Obama: ‘Yes You Can’ Make a Difference

It is difficult to imagine the sort of emotions going through Barack Obama’s psyche at this time. Without a doubt he must feel waves of excitement and exhilaration, effusive emotions, which are perhaps only tempered by a competing sense of apprehension...

EIA Process for WAGP Project: Concerns over Compliance with Policies and Applicable National Regulations

The flawed EIA process for the on-going WAGP is not an isolated case. It is a confirmation of the EIA practice in Nigeria, which is characterised by corruption and infraction of environmental legislation and regulations...

And it Came to Pass!

And it came to pass that there was great rejoicing over the solomonic wisdom of Iborilech, son of Ahimelech the Jebusite. And Moloch Yaddie said unto Iborilech: “verily verily I say unto thee, today you will be with me in my Paradise on the Rock”. And it came to pass that Beelzebub granted unto Moloch Yaddie and his children their request of a heavier yoke...

The Power of Choice!

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

Who Really Qualifies to Fight Corruption in Nigeria?

To fight corruption in Nigeria, would it require a virgin or an angel? Should we fight corruption by hiring foreign agents, just as we do with foreign football coaches and technical advisers?

Naija Notes: Will an Igbo man ever rule Nigeria?

Until Igbo politicians stop acting funny and trusting the North much more than they have to, that which they seek will continue to elude them...

Insanity 2007

In the following lines are stories of spectacular successes and spectacular failures and flops of 2007...