Nigeria Matters

Southwest and the power of early preparation

The Southwest, although it now laudably has a Development Commission, ought to project a future that will match the best days of the past....

El-Rufai’s Detention: Justice, Political Vendetta Or A Test Of Nigeria’s Rule Of Law?

The continuing legal battle involving former Kaduna State Governor, NasirAhmad El-Rufai, has become much larger than the fate of one politician. Ithas developed into...

Osun: Long live Edenisation!

With the prospect of a Second Term - whether deserved or not - on the table, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State now needs...

Matters Arising: War Against Corruption Revisited

Events in the past two weeks and beyond have cast very serious doubts on Nigerians’ optimism that the war against corruption in the polity and in governance, by the government of President Yar’Adua is being fought convincingly and being won...

Matters Arising: War Against Corruption Revisited

Events in the past two weeks and beyond have cast very serious doubts on Nigerians’ optimism that the war against corruption in the polity and in governance, by the government of President Yar’Adua is being fought convincingly and being won...

Rule of Law Tainted With Impunity?

It does appear as if a pattern of tainted preachments of the rule of law and due process is emerging, courtesy of Attorney General of our Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa...

Nigeria At 47: Which Way Forward?

If we are going to be honest with ourselves, it's obvious that Nigeria at 47 is not only more divided than before but is as well in serious economic, political and social crises...

The Happiest-Looking People on Earth

The Spartan drive and tenacity of the common Nigerian has continued to engender - if not freedom - some form of unity and peace, which provide us with a place we can still call Nigeria today...

To Develop, Nigeria Must Be Decentralized

There is need for us to scratch beyond the surface to correctly diagnose the chronic disease that is rendering this immature forty seven years old giant impotent...

Who Needs Etteh’s House?

What is clear is that Etteh and her supporters are blissfully unaware of the depth of public disaffection and resentment this scandal has attracted to the Speaker and her House...

All Niger Delta Peoples’ Congress: Another Nonsense…Another Charade

What are the attendees going to talk about that a slightly educated Niger Deltan doesn’t already know? The solutions do not lie in the heavens or in the nicely-worded statements of policy wonks crossing the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean.

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Please Help Me God…

It is worrisome that in a country of many suffering masses, churches amass so much wealth and yet fail to pass that on to the masses...

Of Unclaimed Oil-wells and Deprived Rivers People!

Conflict in Nigeria is ethnic pluralism, in which diversity of culture and institutional practice occur, and where divergences cluster to demarcate distinct and closed social sections...

Bankole’s Exoneration The N2.3 Billion Car Scandal

The outcome of the committee’s report is no doubt in a bid to save the face of the House of Representatives which sees itself as a distinct chamber from the Senate...

Change Is Coming. Seen It?

On Saturday, the 28th of March, 2015, Nigerians will...

Celebration Africana at Bubbles Cubana

Obi Cubana is not just a patron of the...

Grandpa And The White Man

There was this crazy white man stationed in my village. Please don’t ask me what he was doing there; I don’t know and I don’t want to lie to you. All that I remember now is that he was with some oil company. He was a terror. He went round the village at odd hours with his tobacco and cigar in his mouth, spitting all over the place, insulting the elders, and swearing at us the youths...

From Extraction to Education, ERA Empowers Niger Delta Youth

At a time when Covid 19 has paralyzed all...

Mitigating Plastic Pollution in Nigeria: A Call to Action

By Sandra Eguagie It appears that we have made an...

Of Intelligence and Faith

Christians have chosen to be blind to the many varying proof and evidence that contradict pretty much everything that the bible claims...

ABUJA: Capital of Nigeria or Northern Nigeria? (3)

What about the government? How should they spend the money in their custody? Just like private investors, every government has limited resources, as a result, it is faced with the same problem of choosing which projects to embark on behalf of the citizens...