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 Fraud Called Vision 2020

As Yar’Adua and his kitchen cabinet continue the futile singsong of 2020, life in Nigeria has plunged to the barest known standard...

Making Lagos Work

There is no doubt that development and the needed leadership that should have transformed Lagos into a functional city comparable to some of the best cities in the world took flight with the forced exit of the civilian administration in 1983...

President Yar’Adua’s ‘Breasts’

Far too many Nigerian men are socialized into the myth of women being their own worst enemies, the most effective neutralizers/antagonizers of other women...

Can't We Think?

Belgium is a country while Africa is a continent with 53 nations but the GDP of Belgium is equivalent to that of Africa. Meaning that what 11m people of Belgium produce is equivalent to what the 700m people of Africa produce...

Government and Ghost Contractors: Running Or Ruining The Economy?

It is well-known that some departments, ministries and agencies were full of ghost employees who did no real work for the ministry, drew multiple salaries, or existed only on paper...

Suffering and Smiling In Lagos

Lagos is probably the only town in the world that has no official “Welcome to..” signage on its borders. What Lagos has is just a “This is Lagos” sign. The hidden message in this cold and unwelcoming signage  is that ‘This is Lagos, what you see is what you get’...

Open Letter To Senator Eme Ufot Ekaette

We are living in the 21st century, and in this day and age, it is reprehensible that you would try to dictate what women should wear in a society that is supposed to be democratic and free...

Memo to the Nigerian Street

You and I know how we got to this sorry pass...I don’t need to bore you with stale news about your condition. Nigeria is happening to you daily. You are a living embodiment of this hell...

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You Can’t Father a Child and Abandon Him, Mackson!!!

The young man asked me to help convince his father, Mackson, to submit himself to a blood test to verify his paternity...

El Rufai's Bribery Allegation: A Rush to Judgment

Tafa Balogun was accused of corruption and of extorting some government functionaries. Whatever became of those allegations? What happened to the vice president after being accused of illegally amassing real estate in his home state?

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...

Oyo Gubernatorial Election: Adedibu Irrelevant In 2007?

The buccaneerish Lamidi Adedibu does not have a dog in the gubernatorial fight of 2007. Not yet, at least. With Adewusi running rings around Adedibu, Alao-Akala skeptical of Adedibu, Ladoja and Adeojo estranged with Adedibu, the marginalization of the Molete maestro seems to have begun in earnest...

Gov. Orji’s New Crown

Abia has to be the most horribly ruled state in Nigeria today. Very sad! The present dispensation is a government of excuse. Even people who are not from Abia are not happy anytime they come to a place like Aba, because of the defamed image of the city caused by mis-governance...

Power, Privilege and Governance

The concepts of power, privilege and governance are complex...

Obi and Ohakim: Governors Without Godfathers

The shameless Nigerian political class are at it again. Reputed to derive joy in squandermania the new public office holders have begun the march again towards stunning profligacy...

Speaker Bankole’s Ceremonial Tears

How long shall we continue to woo unimpressed buyers with our substandard product? Why can’t we deploy all that energy to dissuade Nigerians from continuing to see their country as some unfortunate but richly-endowed whale washed ashore by sea waves...

A Banner Without Stain

What banner is OBJ handing on to "our" children? What brand of banner? Can he stand before Nigeria, holding the flag which is the symbol of our political and sovereign aspirations that he had directly worked to make the banner he will hand over to us that without stain?

This Nation, The Crying People And The Crowned Order

We are intoxicated with politics. The premium on political power is so high that we are prone to take the most extreme measures in order to win and maintain political power...