Nigeria Matters

It is a poorly kept secret that, in the Jonathan household, the Mrs, Patience, is the one who wears the pants.  She rules the roost.  She is the one in …

I am writing on behalf of the deprived, dehumanized, hapless and traumatized poor people of Nigeria to express to you their disgruntled impressions about your government…

Weeping and wailing are not enough. They are understatements to describe what happened in Okogbe village of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday 12th July, 2012…

One has to be intrigued by the long-standing feud between the Ooni of Ife and the Oba of Benin as to which city-state preceded which, and to whom did another …

When an African man takes a wife and a year passes by without the wife giving birth, tongues would start wagging and in Nigeria in general and in Igboland in …

Mahatma Gandhi would say that constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into …

On July 14, the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole will stand before his Edo people to demand for re-election. In this quest, he has his stellar handiwork in his first four …

So, President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t want to declare his assets? And he doesn’t give a damn about it? So the one that went to school shoeless is so sensitive to …

It goes without saying, however, that due to matters arising, the time has come for us to go back to the drawing board with an eraser and wipe out certain …

There is a revolution going on in the last two Centuries in Nigeria. This is not about the Industrial Revolution or any of its kind, but a Revolution instigated by …

Nigeria in the 21st century needs a strong leader, a benevolent dictator if you don’t mind, who will knock sense into the senseless federal arrangement that is killing its inhabitants. …

Nigerians have seen the slapdash manner the accused persons in the pensioners fund scam, the fuel subsidy henchman bribery scandal and the aviation fund diversion, amongst others, are being handled…

To be honest, I was never a fan of Chief Obasanjo in and out of office, but I might again change my posture if what is currently brewing at the …

Governor Chibuike Amaechi might mean well in his Rivers State-led government. This could be the reason why the government is often praised for some laudable achievement. But before one could …

It is just natural that news of such fatal crash as the ill fated Dana airline crash in Lagos some days ago elicits a momentary wave of shock and curiosity …

The perceived cluelessness of the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is about as old news as Ex-President Obasanjo’s assertion that the nation’s politicians are crooks. It was patently obvious that from …