Nigeria Matters

Government Against The People

Nigeria is in grave danger more than ever. There is no running away from the dire fact that things are not working properly in the...

Oyebanji: The countdown starts!

At exactly 1:34 pm on Friday, October 16, 2026, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) took the Oath of Allegiance as Governor of Ekiti State for...

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Mohammadu Buhari: An Inscrutable Leader

This newly tinkered Buhari is an abomination to the old one and quite frankly, I do not like it. Give me the Old Buhari, who once made me very proud to be a Nigerian and I will vote feet and limbs for him...

Democracy And Freedom Of Choice: Still A Mirage In Nigeria

It is difficult to fathom where our leaders’ concept and understanding of democracy emanated from. Once a person is elected to public office, he sees himself not as the servant of the people, but now as controller who is not accountable to anyone...

A Reflection on The Community Sovereign Conference

Some Nigerians are born with their hands glued to the National Treasury. These special breed of Nigerians have commandeered all the juicy political positions in the land...

The Senate: A World Of Dog Eat Dog

In politics, you ensure you finish your enemies completely in a manner that they will never attack you. Anyim has failed so far. The next dog to be devoured may well be the Senate president...

Moro Street

No Sandra baby, I'd rather be a single 'local champion' than a married Lagos hustler pushing a rickety car to keep his demanding wife happy...

Stones

If we can not co-exist as one nation, we sure can be happy as neighbors and someday maybe Nnamdi will shake hands with Mustafa across the border. In no time our children will be reading in history books of a country formerly known as Nigeria...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review (2)

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

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Jonathan’s Two Quiet Months

It’s one of the amazements of Nigerian life that the tumultuous events of last January seem now so terribly dim and faraway. But it was in January, two short months ago, that President Goodluck Jonathan incautiously increased the price of fuel...

Kalu, Ohakim, Orji and Carnival of Misery

Ohakim did not do any better during his reign in Imo State. This was not caused by Kalu, but by his gluttonous and ill-fated perceived approach to politics and governance...

On Leadership

The true test of leadership is the ability of the individual to rise up to the occasion; to devise methods and systems and manage resources to effectively address certain challenges and enhance development...

Odighizuwa: He Didn't Have His Medication

Perhaps prior to the Odighizuwa case, only a few people bother about the thousands of immigrants that end up in the different inner cities in America; in county, state and federal jails; in mental hospitals and in the gutters as a result of trying to escape the harsh realities of American life via the use of drugs.

Egwu’s Politics And Ndigbo

It is in employing his resources in fighting Igbo collective interests and promoting Obasanjo’s personal interests that Sam Egwu excelled. He never believed in nor aided any cause that stood to benefit Igbo while in office...

Africa's Day In Calgary (3)

Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…

April 2007 Election: Whose Vote? How Void?

There is no gainsaying the fact that those who had initially doubted the capacity of the Yar'Adua administration in improving the lot of ordinary Nigerians and moving the country forward are having a second view...

Abia’s PDP-Woodpeckers and Kalu’s Overpowering Influence

It has become obvious that the fear of Kalu is the beginning of political wisdom in not only Abia State, but in Nigeria, if the likes of Orji are having a nightmare...

Osun election: Between hope and fear

Hope springs eternal, and with elections just days away...

Governor Goodluck Jonathan: His Critics and His Friends

There is something amiss in Bayelsa State. It is slightly difficult for me to lay my hands on what it is, but suffice to say that there seems to be a growing culture of intolerance...