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...

What’s Your Age Got To Do With Your Participation In Politics?

85% of those seeking political office mostly as governors were people who claim their ages fall within the era of Nigeria’s political independence...

Game Politics, Fiscal Sharing And The Rest Of Us

Nigerian politicians lie, hoodwink, and simply tell Nigerians what they want to hear. I tell Nigerians what I believe is in their best interest, take it or leave it...

Game Politics, Fiscal Sharing And The Rest Of Us

Nigerian politicians lie, hoodwink, and simply tell Nigerians what they want to hear. I tell Nigerians what I believe is in their best interest, take it or leave it...

Goodbye Ribadu, Good Riddance…

Through Ribadu and the EFCC there is little doubt that the consciousness of Nigerians against corrupt practices was raised greatly. '419' fraudsters were either rattled or forced to go underground...

A Rejoinder to Goodluck Jonathan: The Suspicion, The Resentment And The Consequences II

The Niger Delta is quite flux, and it is difficult to know from afar who is indeed a Freedom Fighter and who is not...

Nigeria: Things Can Only Get Better!

As we are about to turn the page of 2007 for a new one, it is imperative we remind ourselves of what went wrong in our body polity in order to be able to forge ahead into the new year...

Unveiling Year 2008 Sandwich Before Yar'Adua

Just like Obasanjo resisted the parochial agenda of Afenifere, for which he was villified by his own people, Yar’Adua should and must resist and be seen to resist the parochial agenda of the Arewa tribal bigots...

Unveiling Year 2008 Sandwich Before Yar'Adua

Just like Obasanjo resisted the parochial agenda of Afenifere, for which he was villified by his own people, Yar’Adua should and must resist and be seen to resist the parochial agenda of the Arewa tribal bigots...

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I.B.B. Should Lead This Struggle

Former Nigerian military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, has called for the re-introduction of Option A4 electoral system in Nigeria...

The World In A Slant of Light

To write not just about the future, but about what it would be like, would require more than minor talents like the ability to read economic indices or monitor the progress of technology. It required, more crucially, a language and an attitude of mind, and anyone who possessed anything close to these would hardly bother...

Putting HIV on The Political Agenda

Nigeria has one of the fastest growing epidemics in West Africa...

Does 30 Days Live Up To The Hype?

Does 30 Days, the movie, live up to the hype? It doesn't disappoint. Besides, it doesn't matter. Hype is the great marketing tool and as long as the movie sells, the publicist's work is done...

June and its Disappointing Tales

June, the 6th month of the year and the...

Reign of the Pulpit Anti-Christs

“Many shall come in My Name, saying, I am...

Ngor/Okpala and Understaffed Public Primary School Teachers

The abysmal inadequacy of public primary school teachers in Ngor Okpala local government area should be a source of concern to all who hold the education of their wards close to the heart...

Xenophobia and the Imperativeness of Nipping the Growth of a Monster in the Bud

One of the things I have learnt, first as...

Adieu Ojukwu: The Enigmatic Warrior and Conscience of The Voiceless

As Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioramma, Eze Igbo gburugburu returns to the timeless terrestrial, the Ndigbo will forever be awed and serenaded by the aura, bravery, charisma, confidence, defiance, intellect, mythology and vision of Ikemba...

James Adewale Olawole – A Tribute

As far as my father was concerned, globalization did not start with business ventures. It did with religions. His thinking therefore was that if people, across the world, could tolerate mere business ventures of different natures, origins and tastes without any acrimony, why couldn’t they do the same with the different religions?