Nigeria Matters

We have got an identity problem to deal with, first and foremost, in this essay. The identity of the subject seems to be two but embedded in one! One is …

I have written before about the profound pain that attaches to the vocation of commenting regularly on Nigeria. I wake up each day hoping, nay praying, that those who occupy …

For a state governor ever vociferous and self-assured – sometimes thoughtlessly so – in the murky terrain of Nigerian politics, Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State could not have had …

In a sane society, there is a level below which no individual or group should be allowed to sink, hence we have rules for incapacitation and practices of charity and …

Since the discovery of oil in the South-South region of Nigeria in 1957, the country has remained a mono-cultural member of Oil producing Economic Countries [OPEC]. Past Military and present …

Abi na Avengers dem dey call una? How many ears you get? Wetin you dey take the ears do? Listen to me very carefully as I talk some sense into …

This piece is a little recipe written to rejuvenate Mr President Buhari’s health, as he arrives Nigeria from his treatment of illness in the United Kingdom. How Nigerian citizens are …

One Governor rules his State like the Greek King Sisyphus who was notorious for his imperious, self-aggrandizing, bullish style; the other governs his State like a Mujaheed, perpetually waging a …

A tsunami of disaster has swept through the rank and file of the Nigerian army and in one fell swoop, army officers who were involved in one crime or the …

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) served in the Nigerian military high command for decades as a professional coup-plotter. He achieved international fame or infamy by rising to power in 1985 …

I’m deeply troubled by what appears to me to be Nigeria’s growing industry of making and exhibiting corpses. The Nigerian state—represented by its police and military—continues to refine its capacity …

The month of May ended without any credit alerts for Bayelsa State Government workers, even after Governor Henry  Seriake Dickson and the State Chapters of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) …

Wanton destruction of lives and properties is now a viable venture in Nigeria. Not only is it viable, it is now a prerequisite to national attention and fame. Never in …

Last Sunday (May 29) the Buhari administration marked its one year in the saddle. On May 29 2015 after the presidential poll in March marked by political intrigues (including the …

Voting on March 28, 2015 for the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, was almost a badge of honour. At polling booths, voters proudly flaunted …

By this time last year, it was wild jubilation, triumph and historic as Nigerians witnessed the triumphant ascension of Muhammadu Buhari to the presidency. Everyone celebrated him, local and international …