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...

Farewell Mallam Ribadu

It was always going to end in tears. I mean the eventual displacement of Mallam Ribadu from the EFCC. There was a certain sense of inevitability about his removal from office...

Refreshing Breezes Blowing From The Election Tribunals

We thought that all hell was going to break loose again when the election tribunal in Anambra state upturned the purported ‘victory’ of one of Olusegun Obasanjo’s godsons, Andy Uba in favour of the incumbent, Peter Obi...

Who is Mr. Speaker going to speak for?

The time has come for Nigerians to begin to express a good measure of pessimism concerning those who put themselves up for public office. And that is because the Nigerian leadership project is like one that has been hijacked by a virus introduced into the political space...

Road Maintenance: Government Task Or Citizens' Tax?

The recent proposed 5% user tax on petroleum products as a means of sourcing funds for sustained road maintenance activities in the country deserves second thought...

Road Maintenance: Government Task Or Citizens' Tax?

The recent proposed 5% user tax on petroleum products as a means of sourcing funds for sustained road maintenance activities in the country deserves second thought...

The Truth Has To Be Said Always

When we write on issues we feel should be considered to take Nigeria forward, what we get is negative feedback from people who purport to be more patriotic than us...

If Nuru Ribadu Dies, The Nigerian President Killed Him!

In our Nigeria today, the corruption chain reaction now appears to have hijacked the total hierarchy of power. It is complete...

Ribadu Can Go To Hell

Why are Nigerians losing their objectivity over this charlatan who has repeatedly demonstrated his unabated solidarity with their number one enemy, Olusegun Obasanjo?

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Officially, three of us - Balewa, Zik and me - were invited a few months ago to grace this golden occasion of our great nation, but we decided not to come to express our grievances on the bad state of the country....

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I'm writing on behalf of disenfranchised Nigerians. I'm writing to bring to the attention of those in government that millions of our frustrated youth and their powerless parents have nowhere else to look than their government...

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We’ve been here before. Yes, countless times; especially in the past few months. Things have changed very quickly between us. I think it is her last relationship, she thinks it is me growing on her. She never used to be needy...