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...

Twilight Of Time: Gen. Emeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu

The Igbo love for Chief Ojukwu, and the admiration for him by many Nigerians cannot be contested. This was exhibited when Pres. Obasanjo sent him the famous "one way" ticket to Abuja to appear before the SSS. The end of the impasse showed that the cult and the enigma called Ojukwu, was and still is, very much alive...

What Have You Done Lately For Democracy In Nigeria?

What have you done recently to ensure that come 2007, Nigeria has a President that is competent, honest, morally-upright, law-abiding, healthy, patriotic and fair? What have you done to make sure that you and millions of Nigerians will be proud of the next Nigeria's President?

Nigeria's 419 Constitution

The Nigerian Constitution is a 419 constitution. Its Political System is a mockery of democracy. For the sake of justice, peace, unity and progress, it must be dismantled immediately!

Niger Delta Governors: Where Is Our Money?

Why in spite of the billions of dollars that have been allocated and collected by various state governors and their governments is there very little or no measurable progress in the Niger Delta...

Between Okey Ndibe and the Guardian: A Response and Further Comments

Unless Mr. Uche Nworah knows something most of us don't know, his current treatise on the fallout between Dr. Okey Ndibe and the Guardian Newspaper is too early a judgment to make.  Uche spoke too soon...

Go Away Atiku!

. Atiku continues to make threats, ominous and desperate pronouncements about his political ambitions. Why would Atiku proclaim his disqualification as spelling anarchy for Nigeria?

Campaigns In Troublous Times

As I see the reports of the numerous rallies the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is addressing in several parts of the country, I am always forced to ask: what really is the PDP telling these people?

Emerging Leaders And Citizens As Catalysts

The Obasanjo government may have laid the foundation for a new Nigeria, rescuing it from the claws of military oligarchs in 1999, but now is the time to move on...

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The Age of Stupid in Nigeria

Every day that this nation flares its gas, it blows about $4million. Juggle that number by 30 days and you get $120million...

That Shehu Shagari Interview

I think that Shagari and his likes should go and bury their heads in the sand. It was their mismanagement of our economy that opened the back door for the military to come in and pillage our national treasury...

Of Planes, Trains and (Armoured) Automobiles

The sense of insecurity or rather phobia of our rulers is due to the little conscience left in them, that made them feel guilty because inside them is that little voice always telling them they are not doing what is good for their people; that they are not doing what God and Man prescribes to the powerful and privileged to do for the less powerful and privileged…

The Adedibu Albatross Hanging on Alao-Akala’s Neck

Ibadan belongs to all of us. But too many of us have sat on our hands for too long while Baba Adedibu and his goons literally rode roughshod over parts of Ibadan, maiming people, destroying properties and holding the city hostage...

Unnecessary Glut of Parties In Nigeria’s Electoral System

Recently, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registered a...

Conspiracy Theory And The Banking Sanity

The problem with the banking industry is not new. It’s been ongoing for the last decade or so. While the politicians and the officials of government business covertly pillage the national treasury with impunity, the bankers and allied workers in the financial institutions defraud the banking institutions

How Nigerian Banks Mislead Investors With Crafty Accounting Reports

Investors should be wary of the antics of banks and scrutinise their results and body language thoroughly before staking their money because the banks are still very far from full recovery...

Revealing Port Harcourt!

In Port Harcourt, as I’m writing this piece, the nightmarish traffic congestion is no more. In almost all parts of the city, there is no more regular load shedding, loss of underground water level, severe environmental pollution, over-flooding of storm drainage, no more lack of adequate open space and play areas...

My Vote For Subsidy Removal

Last Saturday, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan addressed Nigerians for the second time in as many weeks. This time, he attempted a multi-pronged defense of his decision to remove fuel subsidy. It was a woeful failure...

Emerging Leaders And Citizens As Catalysts

The Obasanjo government may have laid the foundation for a new Nigeria, rescuing it from the claws of military oligarchs in 1999, but now is the time to move on...