Nigeria Matters

The Yoruba ‘Omoluabi’ Ethos And Nigeria’s Leadership

The Yoruba people in the Southwest of Nigeria are deeply immersed in culture, history, ideology, and other guiding principles that define their existence. This...

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...

Confusion Walks On All Fours

As you read this, it will be 18 days to the start of the epoch-making April 2007 elections. Everything is being done by almost everybody involved in this process to cause confusion...

Customer Service, Consumer Rights, Help!

Is it not bad enough that we have an apathetic government that is insensitive to our plights, why do we not learn to make life easy for ourselves? What we do to ourselves, as Nigerians, is disheartening. Why do we torture ourselves?

Igbo Presidency And The Spoilers Within

Ndi-Igbo laboured to set Nigeria up, and it is high time the Igbos fought the 'Ibos' among the Igbos to really have a refined Igbo nation...

'Operation Totality' My Foot!

The heresy in Obasanjo's operation totality lies in his conceited belief that he reserves the right for the definition of such terms as good, bad, corrupt, incorrupt, justice...

We Must Impeach Obasanjo And Atiku NOW!

President Obasanjo has committed every impeachable crime in the book. He has abused his office so many times that we cannot even keep count any more...

Resource Allocation: The More You Work And Produce, The Less You Get (419 Constitution 2)

Why is resource allocation not based on criteria like the number or percentage of graduates compared to the population, productivity, percentage of small and medium scale enterprises, percentage of self-employed people...

The Verdict Is In: Atiku Must Stand

I am a strong advocate for Atiku's right to run for the often mentioned reasons of the rule of law...

Is This War Or Election?

Is Nigeria preparing for war? This is the question that should occupy the minds of all well meaning citizens as the echo of federal government's sound bites of war gets louder...

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Forget the son of whom you are!

What will those on the EFCC list tell their children when they remember that their children also read newspapers? What will those reckless and selfish politicians who kill directly or indirectly tell their children? What will those who flaunt ostentation with no legitimate means that support their lifestyle tell their children?

Understanding the Middle East Crisis

Today, no one seems to remember why “terrorism” began in the first place. No one seems to remember that for upward of six decades the Israelis, with the tacit approval of the United States, have refused to grant the Palestinians statehood...

The Verdict of History (3)

The historical, theoretical context of Nigerian societal development can...

Python Dance and the Trials of Muhammadu Buhari

In between 1986 and 1990; Nigeria had a Prof....

Bread of Life

Everything the mouth nibbles here turns to bread, every meal, snack, or bite has an element of bread. My sad verdict is that man should not live by bread alone even though when I see so many students carrying around sandwiches...

Governor Eliot Spitzer: A Setup or Self-Destruction?

Aesop was a Greek fabulist who had intoned “we often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.” For reasons best known to him and him alone, Spitzer offered his head and his spine, on a platter of Gold, to his critics and his enemies. Why would a man who knew he was being hunted make the job of his hunters easy?

Is Obasanjo To Blame For State Of The Nation?

It is only through a genuine democracy that Nigerians can make a true choice. Unfortunately, these choices are sometimes rubbished by fraud, violence, intimidation and partisanship by the electoral body...

The Chilling Advertisement for Al-Qaeda

It was distressing that the Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab botched Christmas day bombing incident has put Nigeria too on the global terror map. But the chilling news is that to Al-Qaeda, it has spotlighted the country as a place to invest...

Why Must Nigerians Abroad Vote?

I feel quite disappointed that supposedly better enlightened and informed Nigerians abroad see the issue of making provisions for Nigerians abroad to vote as a key issue they should be clamouring for or celebrating...