Nigeria Matters

I don’t know what was probably on the mind of Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently when he warned Nigerians not to expect a …

Gov. T.A. Orji should stop looking for only fools to be those he wants to govern. From the incessant threat to my own life, it is obvious that he does …

The national assembly should immediately begin impeachment proceedings against the current president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Dr. Jonathan is culpable in the oil theft and non-remittance of revenue …

One of the things we actually need to dialogue on and change is our attitude. The attitude to our neighbour, country, religion and ethnic groups needs to change for there …

And so they gathered, like supercilious vultures, gathered around a rotting corpse. They made all the noise of that gathering. They hooted and fretted and hoisted the totem of that …

A fortnight, a lecturer with the Abia State Polytechnic called and was weeping. I thought that he had lost somebody. Although, I had not met with the caller in person, …

When I saluted Nigeria on the occasion of her 53rd Independence celebrations last October, I was not too sure that my greeting rang out with joy and optimism. I, however, …

Fashola’s enviable performance in Lagos state must have been the cynosure of all eyes as his government is being recognised by local and the international community…

The political leaders we have had in the state in the past 38years have obviously refused to be great and make their foot-prints known in the history of the state. …

President Goodluck Jonathan is notorious for moving at slower than the speed of a snail when called upon to address issues that rather demand alacrity. Yet, Nigerians are besieged by …

To a first-time visitor, much of Nigeria is likely to appear like the wreckage of a long war, what with its gutted roads, rutted infrastructure, the near-absence of electric power, …

Nigeria’s current most senior military officer is fat.  No, he is not just overweight.  He is obese.  Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh is the most out-of-shape military officer I have …

I have had several sad conversations in the past two weeks with friends who, like me, are from Anambra State. The conversations have focused on the local government election held …

What we can do is to raise our voices to a crescendo of resistance; speaking out against every form of police irresponsibility, abuse of power and brutality. We cannot subsist …

The truth about the government of Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State can only be bent, but cannot be broken…

The traffic situation in Akobo still remains the same as I left it four years ago. It is always a great battle from Akobo Ojurin axis to get to General …