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...

Rivers And A State Once Caught Up By Ruling Thieves!

I have conducted numerous investigations to uncover failing government programs and how to fix the problems, including recovering...

Resisting the Politics of Paranoia: President Yar’adua’s Challenge

One of the tell-tale signs of a government at odds with itself is the outbreak of paranoia within its ranks. Outbreaks of this nature often infect the apparatus and body of government, to such an extent, that its different parts become suspicious of one another...

Independence Day: A Historical Journey To Nigeria’s Creation (2)

Lugard’s appointment to the Governorship of Hong Kong kept him from Nigeria for six years. During that time, the conviction grew in England that it was necessary to amalgamate Southern and Northern Nigeria into one great Protectorate...

Nigeria: A Unique Nation or an Oddity?

There is something about the way Nigeria operates that often seems to defy proven theoretical assumptions and the working patterns of most of the rest of the world...

I Beg Your Pardon

How does one begin to understand the psyche of beggars? Not your usual street beggars who due to no fault of theirs have to brave the elements in search of their daily bread. I’m talking about your uniformed or corporate beggars...

Nigeria: Towards a Perfect Union

Those of us living today, not those living in the 1900s, have to decide which kind of union we wish to live in. We are responsible for the kind of future we leave for our children...

Nigeria at 48: Looking Back, Going Forward

At 48, uncertainty and corruption straddle Nigeria like a Frankenstein. The direction of government is unclear. Cases against public officials are lingering unendingly in various courts...

Oil Gas Local Content Policy: Challenging the Limelight of Nigeria’s Technology

Nigeria provides a classic case of a developing country where despite the presence of a wide institutional infrastructure for producing trained manpower, generating new knowledge and providing science and technology services, the industry became increasingly dependent on foreign technologies...

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I can't deny the fact that football has become a culture of its own. Business moguls are having boardroom fights just to buy over one premiership side or the other.

2011: Life under a Weakened Presidency

To say the current Presidency is embattled will be a glaring understatement. Isn’t the tell tale signs of a beleaguered Presidency evident in this breakneck and frenzied race to the 2011 elections?

Deja Vu (3): Nigeria Will Make It – Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu At His Best

Like him or hate him, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu would forever remain an enigma in the Nigerian political horizon. One easily forgets that this great Nigerian was a career Civil Servant...

Between leaders of Nigeria: Adeboye, Fayose and Omokri

There is generous gibberish being bandied about, emanating from...