Nigeria Matters

The sudden and violent outbursts of power-mongers rowdies are often triggered by the authorities’ failing to meet their unlawful demands…

Last week, our conclusion as citizens and students of politics was that the most fascinating political formation in the country at the moment is the newly formed All Peoples Congress…

Orji has refused to budge for progress. The only progress his government is making is to manufacture nasty stories against anyone who dares to pinpoint these facts…

Regrettably, some Nigerian commentators – specifically, Igbo and Yoruba tribal warriors – are also beginning to wreck my enjoyment of Saharareporters and other Nigerian internet-based discussion forums…

From the mouth of his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, we heard that Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election…

The Nigerian Government under president Goodluck Jonathan’s government appreciates the role Nigerians in Diaspora are playing in the development of the country through their expertise and remittance of money…

Given that politics in Nigeria is based on and practised with no reference to ideology, very strange things can easily happen in Nigerian politics. Its actors are prone to improvising …

I had often heard that Oyo State was difficult to govern and Ibadan, in particular, was impossible. And I had often wished I governed the State one day….just for one …

Where did I work with that government or who has ever seen me with the ex-governor in question? No wonder Ndigbo would say that a child who does not know …

The registration of a coalition of Nigerian political parties signals a dramatic turn in the politics of business as usual, of no vacancy in Aso Rock, of brutal imposition of …

It is very sad how petty Akpabio has become with the NGF election result…

What shall say we say of the ruling President of the federation and his team who, on their own democracy day, put us through a litany of achievements and reforms …

A people without shame do not regard honour. This is what the government in Abia State and its agents have turned out to become…

It has been a challenge for me to write this. Several times I tried to write this piece but each time my emotional strength failed me. The reality, however, is …

I never met Ojukwu when he was alive. But every historian and other researchers worth their brief know that you need not know your subject personally to write about him …

The 21st century modern Government is a vast business whose activities directly or indirectly impinge on the lives of every Nigerian citizen in the country. It is often the largest …