Nigeria Matters

The current state of the nation is a sad story! Most of us in the diaspora are so upset with the way Nigerian elders reason and play on our intelligence. …

The Nigerian senate has once again shot itself on the foot. This time with a dangerous AK-47 assault rifle. This time there is no whodunit. We know who fired the …

I have only just returned from our dear motherland and the story remains the same – bad leadership, bad roads, electricity failure – no light, corruption galore, fuel scarcity, kidnappings, …

When a rich community with a rich culture begins to lose its identity and redefining its rich cultural heritage, the conscientized elders in that community must have an emergency meeting …

The time is now for our politicians to be proactive about what direction our nation will be moving from now on.  My experience with my friends and other Nigerians both …

My heart bleeds each time I come across the myriad of propaganda materials in Nigeria. There are countless materials on the mantra of change, corruption, rule of law, orientation and …

Come 2019, the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will once again participate in another General Election, and as has become the tradition in these parts, the members of …

For Dino Melaye, the voluble senator of Kogi West and an acolyte of the tainted Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the cup of recall which his people unleashed against him has …

…Chidi Lloyd, others threaten counter armed group, says 200,000 cults, militia groups exist in Rivers. …Threatens to set up another safety corps. Some prominent sons of Rivers state, under the …

This article opens up with a rejoinder to Yahaya Balogun’s feature article titled – “The Audacity of Envisioned Nigerian Youths to Rewrite History” in the Nigerians in America forum. That …

The recent abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Technical School, Dapchi, Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram elements, was a disaster waiting to happen; one that has obviously rubbished …

President Mohammadu Buhari has turned out to be the baddest joker Nigeria has ever seen. His story is the story of a once jackboot rebel, who, at a time of …

Less than three years in opposition, Ike Ekweremadu who is the highest ranking PDP member today is already baiting the military and reminding them that they can still take over …

The Jagaban of Borgu, the lion of Bourdillon and Asiwaju of Lagos, Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been called out of the woods to heal the festering wound within the APC, …

The Bukola Saraki-led National Assembly is on a mission to tinker with the order and schedule of elections. The National Assembly members are certainly window-shopping for favourable electoral schedule and …

During the locust years of the Military presidency of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, responsible Nigerian youths domiciled in complacency and disillusionment with the evil reign of this evil-genius General. Many …