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...

OBJ IBB: For the Love of the Game and Power

In some ways it is not strange, that those who become accustomed to operating at the centre of the circles of power, invariably develop a sense of entitlement and an insatiable appetite for power, leaving them devoid of any other purpose in life...

Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria: How Effective?

It appears to me that many Nigerian leaders do not understand what it takes to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses of the country. Their programmes for poverty alleviation can hardly build people’s lives and provide them with better living conditions...

Modernity and the “Extended Family System”

If there is one institution in Nigeria and Africa that has stood the test of time, it is our traditional extended family system. It has weathered and is still weathering well programmed western spells and storms...

Orisirisi

The rulers of Nigeria have transformed orisirisi into a curious philosophy of governance. Orisirisi leadership plus orisirisi followership equals orisirisi country. Thus, we are the world’s most prolific supplier of farce...

Why Babangida Must Not Run For Presidency Again

I am not a fan of IBB at all, but I must concede that he is a charming, suave, polished and intelligent man. He is also a brilliant schemer. However, this does not defer from the fact that as of today, he is still widely regarded as the man who presided over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria...

The Street Children of Nigeria

"I have two sisters that I have not seen in five years, I have smoked Indian hemp like other boys of my age, got beaten by bigger boys, robbed of my money, took my bath in the canal and slept under the bridge..."

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! Part 8

The Niger Deltans should not be naive nor have any illusion as regards to a new ministry set up by Yar'Adua and the criminals surrounding him. Suffice to say that the ministry is as good as the official paper that was used to type its creation...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! Part 8

The Niger Deltans should not be naive nor have any illusion as regards to a new ministry set up by Yar'Adua and the criminals surrounding him. Suffice to say that the ministry is as good as the official paper that was used to type its creation...

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What Truly Is Religion?

These days, even to define exactly what truly is religion, is no longer as easy as it sounds...

The Dead Captital

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When Obasanjo Fired A Letter Bomb at Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and...

Socialism or Welfare Reconstruction For Nigeria?

To avoid perhaps the impending apocalyptic prediction by the US intelligence of “Nigeria as a failed state”, I have proposed that the country should return to its former regional formation...

Just Like Abe Lincoln…Dr. Alex Ekwueme

Like Abe Lincoln, Ekwueme is humble, unassuming, a dedicated family man, quiet. And like Abe, Ekwueme has deeply thinking eyes and a forehead that speaks of great wisdom...

Security in Nigeria: Matters Arising

We must take a closer look at the security system and ask some tough questions. In this article the focus is on five major security agencies in the country, namely the Nigerian Police; the State Security Service(SSS); the National Intelligence Agency (NIA); the Defence Intelligence Agency(DIA); and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Nigeria 2019: Nigerian Youths and One-Term Proposition of Buhari’s Presidency

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the...

Audio – Visual Voting Method

It is common sense fact that the problem with our electoral or voting systems is squarely about transparent conduct of the actual voting process and that all that is needed is how to eliminate all forms of rigging and manipulations...

Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Twenty years after his passing, Awolowo lives on. He lives through his friends and family. He lives through his disciples. He lives through the great things he did for Nigeria...

What's In A Name?

In this modern era in Nigeria where morality has taken a backstage for ostentatious lifestyles, we hear people giving themselves names like Eze-ego, king of money...