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...

Are We Dangerously Intelligent?

Are we so dangerously intelligent that we always manipulate the system in our favour to the detriment of the good, larger community and the rule of law?

MASSOB Leader: Before The Court Date

To the millions of Ndigbo and many Nigerians, Uwazurike is nothing less than a peaceful revolutionary whose gospel of non-violent change is something that must be hearkened to...

Enough Of This Ribadu Blackmail!

The present needless altercation for and against the posting of Nuhu Ribadu proves that nothing would eventually change in Nigeria because her citizens reserve tremendous capacity to allow themselves to be robbed, duped and fooled...

The New Democracy And The Crashed Confidence

Despite some progress by the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo in fighting corruption and improving the economy, Nigerians are deeply disappointed with how the country has turned out...

The New Democracy And The Crashed Confidence

Despite some progress by the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo in fighting corruption and improving the economy, Nigerians are deeply disappointed with how the country has turned out...

Nuhu Ribadu: The Anti-Corruption Cop Who Cowered

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was a mediocre. Truth be told, he was less than that. In my view, and in the learned estimation of many, there should be no high marks or high regards for a man that was wasteful and incompetent and vengeful...

The Paedophiles In Our Midst

Paedophilia is a crime full stop. I don’t buy the argument being peddled in certain quarters that it is a disease...

What if Ribadu Leaves the EFCC?

One can hardly hold such an office as Ribadu has held for the past five years, without stepping on some “powerful” toes big time...

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Humphrey Nwosu And His Jaded Market

It is debatable whether the troika of Babangida, Buhari and Abdulsalami Abubakar would insult us with the recent suggestion of Abacha saintlihood were Obasanjo not the woeful failure he was in the last eight years...

Auntie Obianuju

Mummy was a workaholic who had no office like daddy but daddy opened a shop for her at the Umuahia main market to console her. To keep her busy mind, hands and legs engaged and distracted. It was a provision store full of household goods and articles...

APC, One Year After: We Must Learn Again To Fly

By this time last year, it was wild jubilation,...

The Problem with Single African Women

Every Nigerian man I know would rather marry a Nigerian woman. But sadly, these women want to know the type of car one drives, whether one lives in a home with a 2-car-garage or in an apartment...

Verifying Abacha Loot distribution in the land of the White Horse

Some years ago, the Federal government of Nigeria and...

Nigeria’s 50th Independence Anniversary

All the indices show that there is little or nothing to celebrate after 50 years of our national life, especially with the high level of poverty...

Never Before

Events following the authorization of political parties to hold primaries and political campaigns have been quite interesting and intriguing. One would have thought that the electioneering process would be met with the usual apathy by voters...

Emefielization of the Buhari Administration

If we were under any circumstances to say that...

Texas not a mere Geographical Space

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Gerald Eze Shakes the Rafters with “Igbo Rising”

The rafters are afire and the roof is aglow....