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...

The Untold Story Of The Niger Delta Agitation

In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People's food sources depend on the same natural resources that are destroyed by polluting oil operations...

Sabella Abidde’s Vitriolic and Ill-Informed Articles: A Rejoinder

I am the Chief Press Secretary of Governor Timipre Sylva, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. What that means is that I have the responsibility of...putting the facts about the governor’s activities before those who need to know or want to know...By Mr. Ebimo Amungo

Fuel Price Rise, Gbadamosi And The Rest Of Us

The logic that informed the idea of constant fuel price increment is as absurd as it is fallacious. The history of this same logic defeats reason itself...

Personal Reflections On Our Political Orientation

Dear Reader, before you think or say “Oh my God, not another essay about Nigerian corruption from this guy”, please bear with me...

Inculcating Public Confidence In The Corruption Fight

The real test for Nigeria's high-profile and high-speed anti-corruption drive has only started to unfold. All transitions are fraught with risks...

“You Are All Impotent”

Last night we had a meeting on the state of affairs in motherland and I have been mandated to communicate our dismay to you all...

The Lost Identity: Salvaging A Nation In Distress

Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources...

The Lost Identity: Salvaging A Nation In Distress

Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources...

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The Nigeria High Commission in Malaysia and its Diasporic Community: The Truth of The Matter

Recently, the Nigeria High Commission in Malaysia has been in the eyes of the news for two major reasons. These are for an alleged fraudulent activity of the Commission and the menace of kidnapping scare that is fast assuming a dangerous trend among some segments of the Nigerian Diasporic Community in Malaysia...

Dreams of Breaking up

He took me to a high mountain. He pointed...

THE NIGERIAN FRONT: Mr. President and the Courage of his Convictions

The recent silence from the front has been based on one consideration, the appropriateness of providing space for the President to consider the road map we have previously published...

The Church of Nigeria Movement: From Midlife Crisis To Afterlife Triumphalism?

For some time now, the defunct Church of Nigeria...

Obama Is Not American!

There is so much idiocy going on in America these days. Racism is alive and well, but now too often wears fine clothes and expresses itself in impeccable grammar wrapped in robust syntax...

Sovereignty, Economic Security, Obama's visit, Jonathan, 2011 Elections and Development of Nigeria: Correlation (2)

The Americans and British, through their cabals in Nigeria, have chosen our presidents for us since 1960. The United States in particular through its secret service, the C.I.A., with annual budget running into trillions of dollars...

Illogicality and Absurdities: An Open letter to Turai Yar’adua

Your actions and behaviour to date has created the impression that your primary concern is far removed from the physical well being of your spouse. Turai, you are also obviously a beneficiary of the monstrosities thrown up by the imperfections of the moribund Nigerian state...

A New Springtime for Young People: Father George Ehusani and the Rest of Us

Today’s world has succeeded in producing great material comfort and an alarming spiritual decline at the same time. In spite of the degree of ostentation, instant gratification and luxury with which modern life is now associated, many people still live lives devoid of happiness and tranquility...

Do We Need Any Constitutional Role for Traditional Rulers?

Around the 27th of December 2010, the news media reported the promise by President Goodluck Jonathan to send a Bill to the National Assembly for the purpose of enshrining in the Constitution some role(s) for Nigerian traditional rulers. The debate over the propriety or otherwise of such a constitutional provision has been raging in Nigeria...

Governor Adeleke And The Accord Of Discord

By Bolanle Adelaoye The political ground in Osun State is...