Nigeria Matters

In the early hours of Tuesday the 24th of April, 2018, suspected herdsmen invaded St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor-Mbalom Parish, Gwer East Local Government Area, Benue State, and cruelly snuffed …

These are politically crazy times in Nigeria. Voluntarily, or not, everyone is involved in the unfolding drama. I am thinking. How can I use the World Cup as a metaphor, …

Here we go again on zukerville! The serial cyborgs are at it again. Whoever is trying to use our human capital in literature to further sow the seeds of discord …

Intercontinentally, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has displayed some maturity and wisdom so far in his town hall meetings. But I have a strong advise for him going forward! Sowore should beware …

It is troubling, to say the least, that an incident like the invasion of Parliament and snatching of the Mace, our symbol of authority, can happen to us in Nigeria.  …

Dear Dino, Aghhhhh… Dino Melaye!!! You again? Rascally you again!!! I pray that you will not return to that hollow chamber which you have defiled by your arrogance, hooliganism, abuse …

Wonders shall never stop happening and as I look at our dear nation Nigeria, I am beginning to wonder when the wars will end.   Indeed, any challenge in governance must …

Today, we have to pull and push Nigeria on all sides. Today, we have to embark on flesh-and-blood distillations of the many aberrations pummeling Nigeria and making a supposedly great …

Apart from being widely known as the dictator under whom corruption became state policy in Nigeria, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, erstwhile military “President” of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, …

In his speech in London last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, ever his frank and honest self, captured the challenges a state like Nigeria faces, with a huge population fixated on …

We should empathize with President Muhammadu Buhari’s honesty and his current self-inflicted brouhaha. Buhari is being badly managed by his handlers. I also strongly sympathize with my contemporary Nigerian youth …

The present atmosphere we now find ourselves in today seems to come down to the attitude of the people versus government.  This is not something any citizen of Nigeria, or …

I told you guys that Nigeria is a neo-colony of Britain.  That is why Buhari preferred to present a speech at Chatham House, instead of appearing for a presidential debate …

Nigeria-First is a mindset.  It is a frame of mind where you sleep and dream of your nation and get passionate to the point of being willing and ready to …

As 2019 approaches, those who brought Nigeria to its knees, vandalized and wrecked it and left it for dead before 2015 are busy trying to weave a comeback mantra that …

Sometime ago in 1985, some musicians heeded the call to a studio to record a song that became an epic. That song; “We are the world” went on to sell …