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...

Who Is Afraid Of Sovereign National Conference In Nigeria?

Our approach to nation building since independence has been fraught with nepotism, absence of trust, self-serving parochial interests and every factor that mitigates against the creation of a genuine and true federation...

Power Struggle: Goodluck Jonathan versus Timipre Sylva

What we have in Bayelsa State - the Cold War-like face-off between the Vice President and the State Governor - is not out of the ordinary. It is to be expected...

Nigeria And The Greed-Ridden Democracy

Although this regime has a 7 point agenda to create vast amounts of wealth for the nation, unchecked, it does a poor job at redistributing the wealth...

As Asoluka Drops The Baton At Aka Ikenga

On Sunday, July 13th, 2008, new officers were elected to pilot the affairs of the Igbo professional think tank, Aka Ikenga. That event marked the end of the eventful two-terms mandate of the leadership of Chief Chris Asoluka...

Rebel With A Cause…Soyinka As A Model For Inspiring Leadership

The achievements of Soyinka as a crusader and concerned citizen indict my generation for relegating to the background our civic responsibility of engaging those in leadership positions constructively...

The Rumbles Of Biafra

In as much as secession seems a rather frightening prospect, it will still be totally erroneous to condemn the MASSOB activists fighting for the actualisation and resurrection of Biafra, as a bunch of trouble makers...

Reflections On Patriotism and Nigerian Unity (Part 2)

The word "Patriotism" projects a vision of billions of Chinese waving flags, or millions of Americans waving flags and singing their national anthems with nationalistic emotions. Well, don't we do the same in Nigeria, even as we profess not to be that patriotic?

Northernization and Yar'Adua's Duty Roll-Call

The Yar'Adua administration faces serious challenges on several fronts: strengthening the economy, abating restiveness, creating jobs and reducing unemployment; competitiveness in the global market...

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An Amorous Encounter with Barak Obama

Clara sat right opposite me sipping from a bottle of Guinness. The combined effect of the physical act of the inadvertent unbuttoning and the mild exclamation at the sight of Obama’s portrait had unleashed an inexplicable passion in me for Clara....

Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria: How Effective?

It appears to me that many Nigerian leaders do not understand what it takes to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses of the country. Their programmes for poverty alleviation can hardly build people’s lives and provide them with better living conditions...

The Anambra 2025 Governorship Election

The recent 2025 Anambra gubernatorial election witnessed a resurgence...

A Season of Anomie in Nigeria

The current tragi-comedy in Nigeria gives credence to Prof....

Ese Walters And Her Pastor Boyfriend

Before I address the Ese Walter affair, let me first say that church goers today really do not understand what the church is. The church is not a place for only good people...

George Bush And African Immigrants: What’s The Deal?

It seems imperative that immigrants in this country, especially those of us from Africa, should begin to ask questions about our stake and welfare in this America where we live, work, pay taxes and raise up children...

Before Government Forecloses the Education of Poor Nigerians

There is no free education anywhere in Nigeria. The only governments that provided free education in Nigeria were the Action Group and Unity Party of Nigeria administrations of the former Western Region during the First and Second Republics...

Promoting SMEs Sector Development in Africa: Lessons from the “El-Rufai – Abuja Enterprise Agency” Model

The focus of this piece is to reflect on El-Rufai’s giant strides towards boosting and revamping the previously overlooked small to medium-sized enterprises sector within the Federal Capital Territory...

Igbo Presidency: Not Now, Not Later…

Like I have wished for other ethnicities to rise to the very top political position rather than being perpetual followers, the focus of my article today is the Igbos. Rise up and solidify or shut up and continue to play your supportive roles as usual...

Traditional Priests or Bloodthirsty Frauds? Time to Cleanse the Shrines!

Nigeria’s traditional religious institutions are under siege—not from outsiders,...