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...

In Defence Of Obasanjo

It is ridiculous for people to also call for OBJ's arrest and trial. How many of our past Heads of state have ever been arrested and tried? Did Babangida, when summoned, appear before the Oputa panel?

Waiting for God, Waiting for Rawlings

There will be no God and there will be no Rawlings. Nigerians, wherever they may be, must take back their Homeland. They must wake up and begin the journey to recapture their Motherland...

‘One Nigeria’: To Be Or Not To Be? (3)

The only way to put a stop to the squandering of our resources is to break away from the North and concentrate all our resources exclusively on our own development...

‘One Nigeria’: To Be Or Not To Be? (3)

The only way to put a stop to the squandering of our resources is to break away from the North and concentrate all our resources exclusively on our own development...

‘One Nigeria’: To Be Or Not To Be? (3)

The only way to put a stop to the squandering of our resources is to break away from the North and concentrate all our resources exclusively on our own development...

Our Woes: The Way Out

The most glaring of the Nigerian malady is corruption. The type of corruption where Nigerians in positions of responsibility divert the money meant for the development of the country into private pockets...

Yar'Adua, You Can Do It! – 10 Reasons Why You Can!

Mr. Yar’Adua, 130 million Nigerians are like a sea of witnesses cheering you to achieving the victory of uninterrupted power supply, the victory of security of life and property, the victory of lasting police reform, the victory of quality education and the victory of free and quality health for all...

Of Pyrrhic Tribunal Verdicts

I found everything wrong with the queer sense of justice behind most of the recent election tribunal judgments where offences were established and no offender identified...

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Hon. Chinua Achebe and Nobel Prize committee: The brewing and unending cold war

The Nobel Prize Committee and its intellectual hamlet have not forgiven Chinua Achebe for equating his book as the antithesis of Conrad's Heart of darkness. Those that witnessed the event and others misunderstood Things Fall Apart and Chinua Achebe...

Are there double standards with US Policies with Nigeria

Most Nigerians woke up on the morning of 3rd...

Speaking Truth to Power: Generation of the Sixties Our Time Has Come!

In the past few decades in Nigeria, many of the best and brightest of a generation departed the land, including the writer of this article. We escaped and emigrated abroad on different aeroplanes...

That Controversy Over Dangerous Masts And Towers

The quarrel  between the Lagos State Government and  stakeholders, which  snowballed  into a  court case over the alleged  health  hazards and environmental unfriendliness of masts and towers may be  resolved soon...

By Their Looks, You Shall Know Them

Why do Nigerian women think they look good with bright blonde wigs and weaves?  A light skinned woman hardly looks good with a blonde weave, but a dark skinned woman looks worse...

My Neighbor, The Terrorist

Before our very eyes, parts of Nigeria have been transformed into mini-Baghdads and Kabuls. If you stand in a crowd in many a town in the northern part of Nigeria, chances are that the man or woman standing next to you is, quite literally, a ticking explosive...

Amaechi’s Jet and Death of the Nigerian Newspaper

A true journalist is desirous of collecting a generous envelope from history as reward for professionalism and ethical conduct, he must be balanced and objective almost to a fault. Pundits argue that there is a thin line separating subjectivity and objectivity with reportage, and balance or imbalance in the way a news and its writing is handled...

Lepa Shandi or Orobo?

To crucify Oluchi or Agbani Darego – ladies who are simply trying to make a living - for looking the way they do or the way their creator created them because it doesn't fit your bill is simply ludicrous...

Power Shift to the South: A Greek Gift? (Part 2)

Part 1 HERE In part 1 of this series which...

The Damage Controller-in-Chief

George W. Bush knows that for him to win in November he needs to urgently address the three important "M" in American Politics, namely Money, Message and Momentum. He is aware he is currently losing the last two, but has more than won the first "M" which is cash...