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...

Killing For The Sake Of Power

At the end of the day, what we should tell those who are getting into politics because they have a passion for the upliftment of humanity is not to be intimidated by those who kill for power...

Is Rev. King Also A Christian?

I see so many people out there claiming to be born-again, children of God, Christians, Gospel ministers, pastors or bishops, as I observe their lifestyles, and the things they propagate and endorse, the inevitable question I am forced to ask is: where then are the sinners and unbelievers?

Two Other Journalists “Seditioned” In Ebonyi

Ebonyi State is fast acquiring a reputation for wanton detention and harassment of journalists...

The Calamity Of An Endangered Profession…

There is no way anyone can tell me that the greatest nations of the world as at today and yesterday are in any way better endowed or strategically positioned than our dear native land, Nigeria...

A Feud of Three Bulls: A Dissenting Opinion

In his current treatise Dr. Okey Ndibe writes like a man who does not understand Nigerian history and African politics. Furthermore, he writes like a man who has never studied Obasanjo...

Baseless Optimism Will not Change Nigeria

Time is running out on the majority of genuinely concerned Nigerians to organise themselves and trade ideas on the way forward...

How to Help EFCC Succeed

Benue State has clearly demonstrated why Nigeria needs the EFCC as an external Federal agency to investigate cases of graft, cronyism, conversion and outright looting of public resources...

How to Help EFCC Succeed (2)

Benue State has clearly demonstrated why Nigeria needs the EFCC as an external Federal agency to investigate cases of graft, cronyism, conversion and outright looting of public resources...

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