Nigeria Matters

I hear militants in both the North and the South on television and radio blustering and bragging about how they intend to subdue their enemies. Gunshots are rattling in far-away …

Boko Haram is here to stay. Those who keep asking why the army is not able to “finish off” Boko Haram overnight do not understand that terrorism is a decades …

If anybody wanted proof that Nigerian “leaders” do not occupy the same space and time as most of their country folk, President Goodluck Jonathan amply provided it in an astonishing …

The governor said that he had made kidnapping disappear from the state, but he could not make unemployment disappear from the same state, even with the huge funds that the …

We recommend to Mr. President once again: declare a full and total emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa…

The authorities and well-meaning people of Nigeria are worried about stopping the trashy activities of the Islamic sect popularly known and called Boko Haram…

I’d rather discuss the subject of Boko Haram as a problem or crisis that must be tackled with the spirit of one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state and be quickly …

It is such a pity when one reads about blatant betrayals of Nigerians by the members of the political class and their supporters. You hear of huge monies stolen, ballot …

As I reflect on what Nigeria has become, what with the orgy of blood typified by the weekly ritual of bomb blasts at Nyanya, it is clear that something will …

It is a long overdue and indeed a perennial demand of the entire Nigerian citizens that Nigerian democracy and governance development does not need Immunity Clause in the constitution…

If it is any consolation, it means kleptocracy is not unique to Nigeria; but I will not rejoice in that knowledge, as some people will be quick to point out …

That Nigeria has passed South Africa as Africa’s largest economy—when calculated by Gross Domestic Product—is almost old news.  The coverage of that feat afforded Nigeria’s image a rare shining moment …

The rains are here again bringing to public glare the many mendacities of the Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji government of Abia State…

Some of our brothers have turned the country upside down.  Fear stalks citizens like long lazy shadows.  Abuja, in particular, is as nervous as a virgin.  If it’s not Boko …

I think the greatest threat to governance in Nigeria is the bombardment of rightist propaganda depicting lies as honest, praiseworthy, and nationalistic…

We, the more than 200 victims of Boko Haram’s latest savage bomb attacks, feel we must write to you from beyond the grave. Our simple message is summed up in …