Nigeria Matters

Professor Ladipo Akinkugbe, Philosopher, Statesman and Physician in his Autobiography titled, FOOTPRINTS AND FOOTNOTES, revealed he visited the then President Olusegun Obasanjo forty times in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Akinkugbe …

This is the time to strategize and clamor for the emergence of an Igbo president of Nigeria in 2023 after the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari. The real Igbo …

I must have sounded very caustic, cynical, contemptuous and sentimental – as some would have by now concluded – in the blunt manner I randomly carpeted the razzmatazz that accompanied …

Watchers and political strategists of unfolding global political events will not underestimate Atiku’s candidacy in Nigeria. Buhari and Buharists shouldn’t thread that road too, or be complacent to see Atiku’s …

After the Ekiti governorship election, where it was bested by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) raised a terse allegation that it was outdone in that …

The results of the APC primary election in Lagos State few days ago is very instructive. What we must take away from it is the potent power of the ordinary …

Nigerian politics is a funny amphitheater of absurdity. It would have been the funniest comedy skit, if not that it is dangerously toying with the lives and destiny of over …

I beg the readers of this piece to excuse my rather sarcastic, pessimistic and raucously discordant tone, which is born out of my candid disapproval of the   pomp and pageantry …

I always refuse to put all the blame on the British for our current maladies and unfortunate circumstances. Yes, they seem to have handed over to some ill-prepared leaders, but …

History is such a powerful tool in many ways than we all can ever imagine. Each & every developed nation in the global community went through one form of hard …

Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, a Nigerian British-born Technocrat who was educated in Britain and worked there until she returned to Nigeria for an appointment with a multinational corporation. She later served …

Whichever way the reported faceoff between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Governor of Lagos and one of his predecessors and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu eventually pans out, …

Dear Sister Kemi, “Kòlè yé won…yí ò yé won lóla!!!” “Truth is an essential norm that is very scarce, only the inquisitors or truthfinders are sure to find it.” – …

Omoyele Sowore must remember Et tu brute! As he goofed few days ago, those who high-five him today may downgrade him or be his adversaries tomorrow. He should beware of …

Restructuring seems to be the most attractive lingo for opposition candidates and their supporters as the 2019 general elections approaches. To those in PDP, restructuring has become the magic wand …

One of the most profound decisions the Adams Oshiomhole-leadership of the All Progressives Congress is bringing to party politics is the adoption of direct primary as a means of selecting …