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...

Has Nigeria Lost The War Against Corruption?

Many analysts are of the view that if the Obasanjo administration was “selective” in the anti-graft war, President Yar’Adua has simply failed, two years in office, to dispel the widespread observation that he lacks the steel and political will to prosecute the war...

Hope At Last For The Railways!

The Nigerian Railways is set to bounce back to life if the contract with CCECC as is being renegotiated by the transport minister sees the light of day...

Refurbishing A Nation’s Nasty Reputation

Everybody thought that if there was any other assignment that Nigerians desperately needed Akunyili to handle, it could have been as health minister, mostly because of the relationship that NAFDAC had with the health of the nation...

Nigeria Betrayed Them

Nigerians need an explanation from the Nigerian Army, the Defence Headquarters and the Presidency, on why these soldiers did not receive their salaries in the first place, which opened the way for their protest...

Nigeria’s Theater of the Absurd

For the past 49 years, it has been a vicious cycle of absurdities for Nigerians, held ransom by greedy, inconsiderate and corrupt leaders and their acolytes and sycophants, so much so that any glimmer of hope that sometimes flicker at us is soon extinguished...

Reforming Police and Policing Reforms

I agree with most of the recommendations of the police reform committee since it is aimed at improving the security situation in the country. Security is paramount for any venture including the sustenance of our democracy...

Nigeria Needs Unity!

The historical development of nation states have proved that we can not develop as a nation unless we condition ourselves to be able to engage each other in a more civilized and logical manner...

Ekiti knows the President’s Promise of Electoral Reform Sounds Hollow

If the number of elections held in 2003 that has been asked to be redone is anything to go by, Maurice Iwu and his INEC are failures...

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Salute to Margaret Isioma Osogbue

Nigeria needs help. Like seriously and fast. We all...

Fire on the Mountain – A Mind of Your Own

It will be dim-witted not to appreciate the works of Asa who landed on the Nigeria music shores a couple of years ago. Listening to the France-based Nigerian performer sing can’t but captivate an individual...

Options For Nigeria’s Political Development

As far as human nature is concerned, one cannot foist on a disunited people, an assumed consensual marriage of convenience that is devoid of any of love and respect. This is to sow the seed of discord...

Ribadu’s Choice

As emancipated and forward thinking as some of us may claim to be, we fail to realise that more than half of the Nigerian populace falls within the periphery of the intellectually malnourished who tend to see things only in black and white...

Before President Bush Dies Politically!

This is wishing the 43rd president a safe and sound retirement and the 44th a safe and sound presidency. Both are great men in their own rights, history will remember them for good or bad...

At Last! Nigeria Bows to Indians’ Economic Miracle

After 48 years of independence from colonialism, Nigeria is today owned and controlled by few Indian businessmen whose reach, influence and power could grind our economy to a halt...

Does 30 Days Live Up To The Hype?

Does 30 Days, the movie, live up to the hype? It doesn't disappoint. Besides, it doesn't matter. Hype is the great marketing tool and as long as the movie sells, the publicist's work is done...

The Third Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu

I had written on the Second Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu years ago, after he took power in Israel. Months later, I met Mr. Roy Sapoznich, who is an Israel political consultant and business man. We discussed the highlights of the article. I later re-read the Holy Bible and won inspirational insights into the strength of Israel...

Jonathan’s Acting Capacity: The Constitution Aligned for Democracy!

Attempts to sustain democracy in Nigeria tend to receive threats from those who are keeping awake all-night to crunch into power by hook or crook...

“Loving Lagos” In Berlin…Interview with Arne Schneider

The typical stereotype reputation of Lagos as a complex, hellish city where life is short and brutish got a positive boost recently in far away Berlin, Germany...