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...

Henry Okah: In Search Of Peace and Justice In The Niger Delta

Mr. Henry Imomotimi Okah has been in detention now for roughly 18 months. Following a high stake international drama, he was illegally apprehended, and then flown to Nigeria where he was again illegally detained...

$500million Bond: Corrupt Move To Bankrupt Nigeria!

President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday wrote the Senate for approval to raise 500 million US Dollars in the international capital market. The move underscores earlier prediction that the Federal Government is in for a long borrowing spree...

Will Yar’ Adua’s New Ministers Be Different?

Finally, the senate has confirmed the appointment of the 13 ministers whose names were sent to it by the president for ratification after two weeks of screening...

Adrian Forty As A Forensic Undertaker?

Even as Governor Olusegun Agagu's legal team prepares to unravel the packs of lies of the Labour Party and its governorship candidate before the honourable justices of the appellate court, it is imperative to explain some points that would unmask the real devious intentions of these selfish people...

Nigeria’s Democracy Is Undemocratic

Nigerians have experienced both the military and democratic rule and many are avoiding the military like a plague but what makes the Nigerian democratic regime different from that of the military?

N450 Billion Allocation to Ondo – Has It Been a Waste?

The accusation of Four hundred and Fifty billion naira wastage of Ondo State funds against the Agagu administration not only has great intrinsic merit, but patriotic instincts; and it deserves an objective analysis...

Who Did Kutigi Vote For And, My Take On Obama

Obama is a Kenyan in spite of his being born in America by an American mother. He is definitely different from those we have come to know as African-Americans...

Unknown Soldiers In Ogoni: At Who’s Order?

The situation in the Niger Delta provides a textbook example of how Nigerian military officials, including their commander in chief, view the concept of freedom...

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Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

Men Are Like Cars

Men are like cars.  Some days you wake up, enter your car and just drive off. On other days, you cannot help but wonder the point of having a car…

In Search of An African Husband

Some Igbos still have inhibitions about marrying 'white people' due to the cultural differences that may rock the marriage in the future. During courtship these may not be so much a problem but in marriage they play a big role...

How We Destroyed Mike Tyson

Tyson spoke of killing his opponents and eating their children but instead of helping him find help, we rushed to watch his fights, to see him kill his opponents...

Christmas in America

At Christmas time, environmental concerns about tree cutting pales into insignificance in most American cities...

Mountaineering and Manifestation of the Sons of God

Christianity is a heavenly call: A call by the God of Heaven unto salvation of our souls; a call to grow thereafter in Christ or to become more like the Lord of Heaven...

Fashola for Show…In Lagos

Where does one begin? That this governor does not harass us the citizens with daily wail of sirens like his thirty-five other counterparts cannot wait to do? That this governor always seems to be able to engage Nigerians as adult in a conversation, be it an admonishment to attentive followership or need to enhance education?

Prosperity, Eternity (13): Old Testament Saints had Bosoms

We cannot entertain angels if we are living in sealed houses. We cannot if only those we harbor in our homes are our ‘loved ones’ and our close friends. Learn to harbor missionaries, the persecuted believers, the physically-challenged, orphans and the others who are in need...

Now 36 Years Old, Am I The Last Nigerian Virgin?

Though I am certain of receiving instant forgiveness and mercy from God if for any reason I engage in premarital sex or extra-marital sex any day, I am however not at liberty to do as my heart so wishes…

The Russians Are Already In Nigeria! EFCC, SSS, Nigerian Business Men Be On Alert!

According to Transparency International's Bribe Payers Index, Russian businesses are among the quickest to offer bribes in promoting their interests abroad. Russian executives seek out partnership where bribery and corruption are the norm...