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...

Options For Nigeria’s Political Development

As far as human nature is concerned, one cannot foist on a disunited people, an assumed consensual marriage of convenience that is devoid of any of love and respect. This is to sow the seed of discord...

Options For Nigeria’s Political Development

As far as human nature is concerned, one cannot foist on a disunited people, an assumed consensual marriage of convenience that is devoid of any of love and respect. This is to sow the seed of discord...

On The Osun Forensic Controversy

What is happening with the forensic question in Osun State currently shows that this country needs to make haste to sanitize both the electoral process and the judiciary or else we are walking straight into the ways of Kenya...

Governor Ohakim And The Otimkpu Phenomenon

Nigeria is full of base fellows. It is a haven for all manner of dishonourable and ignoble people. So there is no point saying that we are about to witness a change of attitude or mentality...

What Manner Of Awards?

Very recently, a young man approached a friend and asked him if he needed a chieftaincy title? He answered in the positive and was told it would cost only N25,000...

Electricity Situation: The Promising Kickoff and The Probable Kickback!

Corruption is rampant in the new electricity companies - six generating companies, 11 distributors and one transmitting - and little is being done to check it...

Remove The Moneybags, If I May Vote…

The great Nigerian statesman Nnamdi Azikiwe once wrote that every election is an advance auction of stolen goods. And he’s right...

The Niger-Delta Can Help Heal Itself

In examining the challenges of the Niger Delta area, external factors often dominate the perception on what stands between this region and wholesome development. Conversely, often missing in the jigsaw are the internal factors...

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Nigeria Is Where the Heart Is

I have on occasions witnessed people sob, or become misty-eyed, when they speak of how much they miss friends and family and the community grew up in. They may grumble about this and that and about everything that is socially, politically and economically wrong with Nigeria; still, they'll tell you how much they miss home...

An Open Letter to Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, PhD, OON

Prof, shebi you kuku know our people. I don’t know about Nigeria but your venture has caused a combination of hurricane Katrina and Asian tsunami among diasporic Nigerians...

A Season of Anomie in Nigeria

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

Fela! Lives on Broadway

In life and six feet below the ground, Fela Anikulapo Kuti remains an enigma to be decoded to many and mystery to be unraveled by both his fans and detractors...

Osun APC, Let Reason Prevail!

Let me start by making a categorical statement: this intervention is not aimed...

Toward the Rise of the African Giant

If This Giant Must Rise: Interventions on Leadership and...

Between Obasanjo And Democracy

If election figures emerged from areas where some people did not exercise their franchise, the certificate given by INEC to Obasanjo is flawed...

Fight the Politicians Not Emdee Tiamiyu

In the past week, discourse in the public space...

Let them have our skulls instead

I waited gallingly for the roll callers to list out the names of the slain corps members; the true heroes and heroine of our new democratic dispensation, who were dastardly massacred in the course of national duty during the general elections...

Stand And Deliver – A Short Note To President-Elect Umar Yar'Adua

You have attained the Presidency of our nation Nigeria at a very crucial point in our history. The challenges are many and failure is definitely not an option...