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...

They Will Kill Nuhu Ribadu

When they murder Nuhu Ribadu - and they will because these are conscience-less, super-entrenched sadists) - the newspapers and Internet pages will be filled with dirges and cries of another hero lost...

Kudos To The House of Representatives

The Senate, meant to be the leading legislative body, has in recent times been a rubberstamp. It has been conniving with the executive to the detriment of the nation’s development...

Mr. President, It’s Too Dark Here!

Mr. President, we at least have you to thank for helping us realize that in Nigeria, Government has become totally irrelevant in our lives, a needless burden too heavy to bear...

Has Gen. Obasanjo Got His Eyes on the Nobel Peace Prize?

Since Obasanjo's final departure from high office, things seem to have changed for him and in a manner not to his liking...

In Remembrance of Ilorin, In Remembrance of Jos

Ha, I grieve for my old city. I grieve for all those who lost loved ones; and I grieve for innocence lost. It is so heartbroken to see Jos go the way of some other cities in Nigeria...

A Losing Battle

Mrs. Farida Waziri on assumption of office as the EFCC boss appeared ready to face all odds in her fight against corruption with a promise to step on toes in ridding the nation of this cankerworm...

A Shameful and Shameless Police Force

I know that it is asking too much of the police corporal to place his life in harm’s way when his commissioner is living a life of stupendous wealth attained through dirty means...

Bribery Corruption Among Men Of The Police Force

It is high time the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began to monitor the affairs of some divisional police officers and other top police officials who send their men out for the purpose of bribery and corruption...

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Your 200 Naira or Your Life

If 5 years have gone by and corrupt cops are no longer demanding N20 but N200, has the value of a Nigerian’s life increased or what?

Wedlock Is Not Wait-and-Take Comedy

Wedlock ought to be serious business of very serious...

2015: Should Ndigbo Also Spit Fire?

Some persons are behaving as if they own Nigeria. They are spitting fire that Nigeria will combust if the 2015 presidential elections does not go the way they want. They have become self-acclaimed mouthpieces of their different ethnic regions...

What We All Owe Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari’s triumph over Goodluck Jonathan in the March...

Ifeoma Adibe: The Angel That Waltzed Through Our Lives!

That Ify died at 12:40pm on 3rd September 2007 in the arms of her dear friend and sister, Shirley may not be a breaking news headline for BBC or CNN...

“Accountability” in Oyo State: A New Word in Alao-Akala’s Lexicon

What Alao-Akala is doing is steal enough money with which he can create his own niche, establish his own connections and power base, and buy up everybody who is for sale in Oyo State in order to facilitate his re-election in 2011 since Adedibu is no longer able to rule Oyo State by proxy...

An Oh My Gosh! Moment

It is dangerously unbelievable that Donald Trump could be...

Economists, Politicians and the Rest of Us

It was Austin Erhabor, a colleague of mine, who...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 6)

Some militant groups, unfortunately, are making some tactical mistakes by releasing kidnapped foreign oil workers. This is a very serious blunder on their part! The militants, instead of releasing kidnapped or captured foreign oil workers, should step up their kidnapping...

A Vessel Leaking From The Top

The way the federal government bungled the planned redenomination of the national currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is about the clearest proof that President Yar’Adua has been held hostage by some sinister forces outside government...