Nigeria Matters

It is gratifying that you’re fine tuning the national orientation. The Nigerian Diaspora monitors closely, and with keen interest your effort in detaching Nigeria from the ugly past. As a …

I have two confessions to make from the outset. I am an incurable optimist. I am a firm believer in the maxim that no matter how dark a tunnel may …

I cried on the inside, reading about the level of suffering which Nigerians have gotten subjected to in recent times and knew that the situation calls for immediate attention. I …

The Buhari administration is challenged socially, economically and politically. Opposition is mounting and coming in different forms and from different fronts. There are still some elements within the Boko Haram …

The primaries have come and gone with all the intrigues and razzmatazz that accompanied them as each of the contending political parties in the forthcoming Gubernatorial Election in Edo State …

I have taken a hard look at events over the last several years and especially the most recent twelve months. I had all the time been very optimistic about the …

The words of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, are still very much fresh in our minds and instructive to the Nigerian authority. The government of Buhari needs to consider the …

Even the most implacable critic of President Buhari would have to concede that Boko Haram’s capacity to “shoot, slaughter and kill”—as its avowed means of establishing Allah’s loving and peaceful …

(I started writing this article in March 2014, but for some unknown, warped reason, never completed it. I have now decided to finish it) “Nigerian leaders on Friday (28 February …

Dear Mr President, We are not ashamed we campaigned for your election as the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. It is now imperative for you to speak …

Anambra state is one of the greatest states inside the Nigerian federation. With Awka as capital city and Onitsha as commercial mega city, the state is rich and blessed with …

In the decade and a half since Chief Bola Ige was murdered while serving as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, the Nigerian public has gone from the tortured feelings of …

It beggars belief that our elected representatives at the National Assembly who were elected for the purpose of representing and making laws that will be beneficial to their various constituencies …

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, “The National Union of Road Transport Workers is a Nigerian organisation which functions as a mixture of a public transport company, street gang, and a …

The most popular definition of democracy was given by the 16th President of the U.S.A. during the Gettysburg Address; to date it is one of the most iconic statements ever …