Nigeria Matters

During his recent visit to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari sat for an interview with Martine Dennis of Al Jazeera. Last weekend, close to two weeks after the trip, I finally …

The cry of the oppressed is not always the just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is— Howard Zinn. In Rivers State, the …

I received a plaintive note last week from a young man who seemed rather shocked that I had not written about Nigeria’s scandal of the moment—the harrowing story of a …

In 1992, Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party candidate for the US presidency, popularized the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” A year earlier, then incumbent President George H. Bush—who was …

“Integrity and honor are not common, deceit and opportunism are easily accessible” – Yahaya Balogun “President Buhari, this obsession with ‘they stole our money’, is too much. We know Jonathan …

When relics of uncivilized, primitive and medieval men who are not fit for the consumption of the modern man are elevated to positions of authority, the people bear the brunt. …

“With the downturn in the global prices of oil, we now have to prospect our solid minerals. We have to return to agriculture. Mining and agriculture are our hopes now. …

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, is a happy man of late. This happiness of body and soul is not without any cogent reason. The Supreme Court in …

FOR those who care to know, I am a passionate supporter of the Muhammadu Buhari cause and that position is not about to change! As a matter of fact, my …

All of a sudden, Nigerians are clamoring for made-in-Nigeria goods. Until this month, few Nigerians outside of Nnewi, Anambra State had heard of Innoson Motors, even though the company’s automobile …

One person of interest, an Aso-empowered militant, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a former militant leader, like a wounded telltale, has been in the dock of public opinion for acts bothering …

At an oil and gas reforms workshop which took place in Abuja in August 2015, I had the privilege of listening to as many scholars and stakeholders in the industry …

Penultimate week the ‘god’ of Ota, Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a courtesy visit to the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. There, the former President was reported to have …

On January 24, 2015, the news came that the Federal Government had hiked the pump price of kerosene, from N50 to N83 per litre. By that, the government has, in …

“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is appalling to know that Nigerians are now polarised into …

What is the real problem with Nigeria? Why is a country so extravagantly endowed so conflict-prone? Why the growing calls in certain quarters for Nigeria’s partitioning along ethnic, religious and …