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...

Yar’ Adua’s Ailing Health: Nothing Sacred

I do not know for how long the President’s spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, will continue to fool Nigerians with respect to President Yar’ Adua’s health condition and his medical trips abroad...

Nigeria Hunted by the April 2007 Elections!

Since the dawn of multi-partyism in Nigeria 10 years ago, acrimonious and atrocious statements have been the order, unfortunately, more so with a country that has been under military rule for a good part of its existence...

The Nigerian Journalist and the Practice of Journalism

Majority of the reporters practicing in Nigeria today are pen-prostitutes. For a dollar, they’d sell or kill a story. For a dime, they’d write speeches for politicians. For a nickel, they’d fabricate stories...

Declare A State Of Emergency In Plateau State

Once again I am forced to write an article on the November 28, 2008 civil disturbance in Jos but this time around, I am suggesting the declaration of a state of emergency in Plateau State...

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

Jungle Justice in the Jungle

I have always been of the opinion that Lagos is the zenith in the comity of anarchic cities and if you can survive in Lagos, you can do so anywhere else. Alas, I was wrong. I am sorry to let Lagosians know they have no credible claim on chaos...

Obama’s Inauguration as a Global Face-Lift!

Barack Obama becomes president of the United States this Tuesday, 20th January, 2009. That time, he will have little breathing room to deal with ‘the horrible mess’ left by his predecessor...

Officer, Arrest Dat Man!

I’ve always argued that Nigeria presents social scientists with the unique research situation of the citizen-as-state. Every Nigerian is a state. The UN needs to recognize all 140 million of us and grant each Nigerian a seat at the General Assembly...

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Nigeria @ 53 and the Agitation for a Political–Fiscal Federalism in the 21st Century: Myth or Reality?

Nigeria is 53 years as a nation on 1st October 2013. This writer joins millions of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora  to mark the  occasion  with sober reflection...

The Characteristics of and the Mechanisms for forging a Sociocratic State in Nigeria

In the glaring absence of political thinkers, who would...

Sanusi's Central Bank of Nigeria raised interest rate to  6.50 percent

Rising Inflationary trend is the most persistent threat to Nigeria's growing economy.   The Central Bank of Nigeria and its monetary policy committee voted to lift the benchmark interest rate of previously 6.25 percent to 6.50 percent...

Nigeria Decides: Goodluck Jonathan, Buhari or Ribadu?

Never before in the history of the country has a general election generated such feverish excitement among Nigerians – at home and in the diaspora - like the 2011 April Polls...

The Man – Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan – a leader or a puppet

The Man GEJ is as confused as any Nigerian; knowing what is best to do in order to emancipate Nigerians from a high level of moral, economic, political and socio-cultural decadence...

New varsities and dearth of academics

The reported continued depletion in the ranks of senior academics as PhD holders and professors in institutions of higher learning across Nigeria in recent times calls a pressing redress...

Nigeria: Beyond Being On Auto-Pilot

The belief in several quarters that Nigeria is currently...

Rural Telephone Project: A Workpiece In Pieces

The plan by the Nigerian Communications Commission to bridge the gap  in rural telephony deployment by offering Fixed Wireless Access, FWA telephony licenses, on regional basis, does not appear to be the key to the problem...

Princewill's re-defining moment for Amaechi

Princewill has helped in unburdening the Rivers State masses of the legacy of the sordid political past, launching into the future with renewed hope to secure a better future for the state and for the generation of Nigerians...