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...

Independent Candidates In Nigeria: A Recipe For National Disaster

The following is a review of independent party concept in Nigerian history, its impact in the United States of America, and the consequences for the African nation...

Where Is the Pride of Nigerians?

Nigeria is challenged. With growth, we have a chance to wipe out the stigma of abject poverty, and our people can enjoy the advantages of being citizens of an increasingly prosperous country...

Our Political Leaders Faintly Understand This Economy!

With all due respect to Mr. President, the political career of Umaru Yar'Adua is not the most pressing issue on the national agenda. What is most critical, rather, is that this country be governed by men and women with the ability to protect it and to keep its people safe...

Corruption: A Nigerian Norm

Across the nation today, different religious organizations offer prayers against bribery and corruption in Nigeria. Salvaging Nigeria from this scourge of corruption will definitely require a complete change in the value system of Nigerians...

Reps Delay in The Passage Of 2009 Budget Is Justified

For the first time in recent times, the House of Representatives has taken steps towards doing the right thing. The delay in its passage of the 2009 budget despite the Senate's decision to pass the same budget last December is quite justified...

Oil Has Kept Nigerians Suffering!

Who are the people suffering and why are they suffering? Is it because the people don’t have money to buy what they need? Don’t they have land to cultivate their farms?

A Minister's Arrogance

Recently, the Minster of Foreign Affairs has been making headlines and this is due to his non-appearance before the House committee on Foreign Affairs to explain the level of last year's budget and defend the 2009 estimates...

President Yar’Adua’s Aroma of Democracy

There is always something about the behavior of the Nigerian state - the inactions and derelictions of her officials - that appears to have been lifted right out of my grandmother’s expansive bank of morality tales...

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