Nigeria Matters

The arrival of the new Sheriff in town is sending shivers down the spines of the conglomeration of thieves who sucked the nation’s treasury to its near-comatose state and our …

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty …

By many, if not most, accounts, President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States was a major personal triumph and represented a significant turn in Nigeria-US relations. President Barack Obama, …

President Buhari has made the fight against corruption one of his key priorities as he settles in for the task of nation building in Abuja. Most Nigerians voted for the …

When Murtala Muhammed became Nigeria’s third military Head of State on 29 July 1975, he won a place in the people’s hearts with an intensive crackdown against corruption. The then …

Ever since President Buhari was inaugurated as the president of the emerging Nigeria, some indecorous critics have taken it upon themselves to be fighting imaginary wars, making a mountain out …

I hereby take the liberty to share with you excerpts of a lengthy interview I granted someone who, for the purpose of this page, I will simply refer to as …

Dear Future Minister for Justice We do not know if you are going to be Sir or Madam. Like a desired unborn child we do not know why it will …

I don’t believe that not constituting his cabinet within one month or so can be seen as a lack of leadership direction. Or should we forget in a hurry that …

President Buhari’s forthcoming itinerary on a state visit to the United States is a welcome development. It is pertinent to note that, the last time the government of Nigeria enjoyed …

Red Alert: This article begins with a clear warning: “under no circumstances should anyone touch or move an object that may be an explosive – no matter how much you …

I recall a testy exchange in 2009 at the Westin Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island between a ranking member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and a US-based, Nigerian-born attorney. …

The recent N400 billion bailout approved for the states by President Muhammadu Buhari to offset the backlog of salary owed to civil servants would certainly bring immense relief to the …

June, the 6th month of the year and the last month in the first half of the year will remain a month Nigerians will never forget in our democratic history. …

Last week was a particularly dispiriting time for forlorn Nigerians who continue to look to their government to deliver them from their woes. One of the reasons Nigerians dumped former …

During the weekly review of Nigerian affairs by the AZATA/NEPU Party of honest, patriotic and thinking Nigerian men and women, the following observations were recorded. 1) That time and tide …