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...

The Stench From Speaker Bankole’s House

The only memorable statement I can recall ever hearing from Bankole in the recent past is his most unfortunate charge to his equally unprofitable and bankrupt colleagues to never oppose President Umar Musa Yar’Adua no matter what happens...

Nigeria’s Sea Of Poverty And Her “Prosperous” Government!

Nigerians are being subjected to emotional labour by this government. Day by day we narrate dark-figured crimes. The manner in which we are exposing our inability to prioritize and solve more crucial problems first is crazy...

Legal Implications of The Benin Appeal Court Judgment In The Edo State Governorship Election Petition

By the judgment of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin City, in respect of the appeal from the Edo State election petition tribunal judgment that lied with it, the Judiciary has once again demonstrated that it is the custodian of the nation’s nascent democracy and the last bastion of the people’s rights...

Oshiomole Had Better Not Blow It!

This is not the time to refurbish the governor’s mansion, or build a new state secretariat. This is not the time for big allowances, or grand celebrations: neither is it the time for grandstanding or endless investigation of your predecessors. It is time for action...

Demilitarizing Nigerian Democracy!

For real democracy to take hold in Nigeria not only will the people of Nigeria have to fight the internal enemies of democracy, they will also have to overcome the crushing power of the military godfathers...

Demilitarizing Nigerian Democracy!

For real democracy to take hold in Nigeria not only will the people of Nigeria have to fight the internal enemies of democracy, they will also have to overcome the crushing power of the military godfathers...

Conditions for Revolution In Nigeria

Iit is only history that will determine when, and the pattern, Nigeria’s revolution will take...

Uzoma Okereke: The Story Of Brute Injustice

Miss Okereke’s saga is the tale of many Nigerians – men and women badly treated by the same authorities that should protect them. And we keep quiet. Oh, the curse of a nation! We keep quiet because we are afraid of what the consequences might be...

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Sex and Nigerian Politics

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Barack Obama: This is Our Moment! This is our Victory!

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Recalling The Wild, Wild West Days

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The House is Mine – Sokoto Governor

“The House was leased from 1999 until 2004, when I completed payment for the house. I bought it from a Sokoto businessman who lived in that house for about thirty years.”

Palestine Nationhood Imperative; As Israel Meets The World!

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Lekan Fatodu as an Assassin!

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