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...

A Show of Shame in Bayelsa State?

The history of fighting corruption is a history of falsity. No one in Nigeria takes anti-corruption crusades seriously. The only people who get burnt and suffer the penalty are petty thieves, street urchins, and armed robbers...

Obasanjo: Beyond the Demonisation

I feel that criticisms of Obasanjo are grossly overdone, without due recognition for his achievements. I believe that despite Obasanjo’s obvious failures and personal weaknesses, he remains the greatest Nigerian leader to date...

Obasanjo: Beyond the Demonisation

I feel that criticisms of Obasanjo are grossly overdone, without due recognition for his achievements. I believe that despite Obasanjo’s obvious failures and personal weaknesses, he remains the greatest Nigerian leader to date...

ABUJA: Capital of Nigeria or Northern Nigeria? (2)

Abuja as a capital is an ideal place for the North in all sense of the word. They figured out that if another civil war starts, a military Head of state from the North would have more than enough time at his disposal to quickly relocate to a military base in Kaduna or any other city in the North...

ABUJA: Capital of Nigeria or Northern Nigeria? (2)

Abuja as a capital is an ideal place for the North in all sense of the word. They figured out that if another civil war starts, a military Head of state from the North would have more than enough time at his disposal to quickly relocate to a military base in Kaduna or any other city in the North...

EFCC, The Rule Of Law, And The Rest Of Us

The present situation where the EFCC is reported to have violated the court’s order restraining it from prosecuting former Abia state governor, Chief Orji Kalu serves as a reference point...

World Igbo Congress 2007: Repositioning the Igbo Nation

The events of the last eight years provide a study in understanding the character of the Igbo man or woman and the traits inherent in the entire Igbo race...

What Are Yar’Adua’s Ideologies, Values, and Intentions?

How can we hold Yar'Adua accountable if we do not know where he stands and what he stands for, what he intends to do and where he is taking the country?

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Arise O Compatriots: A Defining Moment in our Nation’s History

“People who live in difficult circumstances need to know...

We are Asari Dokubo!

We from the Niger-Delta should carry this consciousness about and around us: that anytime Asari Dokubo is put in chains and locked up in a Black Maria, it is we who are also locked in a Black Maria and are in chains. I say this because there are a couple of persons in our midst who are mostly responsible for the travails of the Niger Delta...

Africa’s Forgotten Fastest Female Sprinter Obuzoeme

It was the race of a lifetime. The title of...

Now, Will President Yar’Adua Be Kind?

Quitting now would be more redemptive of Yar’Adua’s person than being remembered later as the groping undertaker of a richly endowed but seriously ill nation?

Kenya(tta): Not Yet Uhuru!

While we congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta for his marginal presidential election victory in his country we must remind him, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, that it is not yet Uhuru!

Metaphor of the Beard

I remember growing up and wanting to have beard. At fifteen, all I ever dreamt of was having a face covered with hair. Why? Just so I could be respected by everybody around...

There Will Be No Revolution In Nigeria: Iwa Lanwo Iwa

Those who have been calling for revolution in Nigeria do not mean well for Nigeria. Some are disgruntled elements who are not well-placed any more in the scheme of things and so are unhappy about their irrelevance...

‘Ghana Must Go’ … Oh No…Ghana Must Come and Teach Us!

Perhaps the time has also come for us to stop calling those carrier bags by the derogatory term ‘Ghana Must Go’; rather it seems more appropriate to call them ‘Corruption Must Go’ in view of their illicit use by some of our corrupt politicians...

Bringing Good Government To The People

Post-military national democratic leadership has been less effective than many would have wished. Nigeria’s federal system gives too little autonomy and authority to the nation’s thirty-six states...

The Real Problem With Africa

The saying is well known that the first step in solving a problem is understanding what the problem really is. As long as Nigerians and Africans in general do not understand what the real problem is with their so-called countries, there will continue to be hopelessness and despair...