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...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

FRSC and the Yorkshire Ripper

At 20, new ideas and “new” strategies may be brought up to facilitate the fast-tracking of the FRSC for greater efficiency in the performance of its core duties...

If President Yar’Adua Dies

What happens if the President dies? Constitutionally, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck takes over. But it is not as simple as that...

A Night Out With TOS Benson

Despite military dictatorship, Chief Benson exuded courage objectivity and independence. He used full-page paid advertisements to express his views on crucial National Matters so that you could not be in any doubt where he stood on those issues...

Elumelu's 'Suicide Mission' and the Generator Generation

The prevalent darkness in our national space has given a sharp rise in the percentage of the generator generation, a generation condemned by leadership mediocrity and the Nigerian factor to living dangerously...

The Days Gone By

I am hunting for a house presently and at the same time trying to settle into a new job. New work ethics, new colleagues, new bosses, new sector, new everything. There are things to learn again, especially being a Nigerian again after sojourning abroad...

Obama’s Success in the US and Lessons for Ndigbo in Nigeria

When we see an old woman stop her dance to point again and again in the same direction, we can be sure that somewhere there something happened long ago which touched the roots of her life. Something is happening in America that should touch the roots of Ndigbo in Nigeria...

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Readers' Responses to a Labor of Love

There are times when I think I need a personal assistant to help with responding to the emails I receive from readers on a daily basis. In all, one can never tell how readers will respond to any given essay...

Jega: We Must Have A Perfect Election in 2011

For the third time in recent times, I have read the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega warn us not to expect perfect elections in 2011. From all possible indices, that warning has become his most passionate response to our collective and unflagging demand for electoral sanity...

 Of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Babangida

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria...

Recurrent Expenditure and the Rest of Us

Although the budget is more of an expected revenue and expenditure within a given period of time, it mirrors how our resources are managed and the areas that the different arms and agencies of government spend our money. A critical look at the budget proposal and the appropriation bills passed over time shows a rise in the recurrent expenditure...

APC Leaders need to apologise to their Voters

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others...

Nigerian Big Men Our Daughters

When will Nigerian big men stop assaulting our intelligence? When will they stop defiling our land, our daughters and beating up our sisters?

There Was A Poet Called Christopher Okigbo

Writing on what passes for Nigerian politics today is...

How the Petroleum Industry Reinforces Blackout in Nigeria

The following are incontrovertible facts about the Nigerian electricity sector: there is either no or epileptic electricity supply in about 90% of Nigerian homes and offices which, thus, depend on generators and spend fortunes fuelling same...

Yar'adua's Costly Lagos Adventure

For those who parroted the sincere commitment of Umaru Yar'Adua to the rule of law, it is becoming obvious that the man and his government are more interested in how such empty sloganeering aids their political interests...

Considering Alternatives to Fanaticism, Superstition and Religious Extremism

Has the God inherited from Christianity and Islam lost his power to save and bless? Do the indigenous gods now work their magic erratically like N.E.P.A in both function and use?