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...

Man, The Wildest Beast

I have often tried to reconstruct the scene in my mind: three Youth Corp members on their knees, scared out of their wits; fifty or more ferociously armed guys dancing round them, chanting Allah Akhbar...

The Niger Delta Disturbance: Militant Gangsters or a Military Gang-up?

In many African countries the wrong kinds have made it to leadership.  They seek power for their own aggrandizement rather than having a real understanding of the need to improve their countries or its people...

The Niger Delta Disturbance: Militant Gangsters or a Military Gang-up?

In many African countries the wrong kinds have made it to leadership.  They seek power for their own aggrandizement rather than having a real understanding of the need to improve their countries or its people...

Professor Ben Nwabueze And The Constitution

Professor Ben Nwabueze, a constitutional lawyer and a former education minister should be ashamed for being a part of the team that drafted the 1979 constitution...

“When You Fight Corruption, It Fights Back” – Ribadu

To understand the grossness of the injustice currently being perpetrated against former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, one has to appreciate the depth of his achievements...

The Supreme Court Judgment On The 2007 Presidential Election And The Ondo State Governorship Election Tribunal Judgment

The last has definitely not been heard of the judgment of the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal...

Igbo Presidency: Being Scuttled or Shuttled?

The appearance of favoritism weakens morale in government service, not to mention public faith in the integrity of government...

Speaking Truth to Power: ‘Send Down Dollars’

Another instance of their being more to Lagos other than show is a man named Raji Babatunde Fashola SAN, the governor Lagos State.  While other governors concentrate on their skin tone and appearance he devotes his time to the appearance of Lagos and its infrastructure...

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“The Burden Of Citizenship Is On Nigerians” – Conversation with Frank Nweke, Jnr.

In my response to CNN, I did remind them that Nigerians were not the ones that ran down companies like Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Arthur Andersen and many of such failed corporations. Also Nigerians were not part of the Whitewater scandal which was perpetrated by criminally minded Americans... - The Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Frank Nweke

The Re-building of Nigerian National Flight Career

During the period of aviation industry development in Nigeria, politicians who did not understand the importance of aviation in a nation’s growth strangulated and rendered capable aviation professionals useless...

2007 Presidential Election: A Review of Top Candidates

Nigeria is fast becoming a circular system where the same sets of names are waived around as the best candidates to fill the top positions...

Is It Me? Or Did Abdulrahman Danbazzau Just Defy The Presidency?

Ok, I’m still trying to rationalize this. The commander in Chief just got usurped by the Chief of Army Staff?  This is beyond Ordinary. I thought the Chief of Army staff was a few Offices removed from the Presidency!

Nigeria Heading for Its Own Somalia

In a report credited to Robert I. Rotberg, the...

Zoning of Public Office and Its National Relevance

Zoning as a concept has its pros and cons especially in a multi-composite society like Nigeria. We co-habit in a society but divided in a variety of ways...

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...

Climate Change: time to change tactics and themes

The sad reality of our common existence on a common platform makes it imperative to use the right terms, if only so that everyone really understands what is happening. That sad reality is that climate change is here...

The Law Is the Last Hope of a Scam

What a laugh when it is claimed on high...

Adamu Ciroma: Time For Some Home Truth

In this last battle of his life, Ciroma cuts the image of an old republican 'rebel' with little choices and without much energy or strength - doing the bidding of his masters pushing him towards political suicide...