Nigeria Matters

After one week of mass protest, the “irreversible and irreducible” federal government has balked; the voice of the people which was misunderstood but not taken for granted has impacted the …

What if Southern Christians insisted on protecting their Southern “Moderate” Muslims and Protested together?

Even in death, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was larger than life. “I no be gentleman at all oh. I no be gentleman at all oh,” sang an angry wave of protesters among …

Why should Nigerians trust you and your government to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates and improve the country’s infrastructure when you can’t handle the simple task of identifying a …

Squandering of the goodwill of the good people of Nigeria! The spontaneous goodwill the Nigerian people had for President Jonathan has been squandered irretrievably. The Aso Rock lord has unwittingly …

This Jonathan is made up of people who have so far shown themselves incapable of understanding or caring for Nigerians and the more they talk the worse they seem. For …

If we agree that the best way to lead is to lead by example, we should then agree that in this mother of all sacrifices, the Presidency and the National …

The police are the entry point into the criminal justice system and the effectiveness of the system resides in the effectiveness of the police system as well as its other …

When a state, constituency or country is issued a bad leader, we grin and bear it for four interminable years. That needs to change. We need a process whereby bad …

It has been widely reported in the media that Nobel Laureate and social activist, Professor Wole Soyinka and Yale educated economist, Olu Falae have declared their intention to convene a …

The Nigerian police has a fearsome reputation for excessive use of force and extrajudicial killings. Annual reports from local and international human rights organisations document, in a gruesome parade of …

We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of The Nigerian Front, after a process of consultation and reflection, have come up with a roadmap …

Nigeria’s political history is full of chance happenings, of not-well-thought-out policies that very often suffocate the polity and put it  suspended animation…

Nigerians, both at home and abroad seem to have found unison in decrying the lack of progress in the development of their country.  Continuous corruption, a lack of leadership, lack …

In the next few days, our patience will be tested. This government and her sympathizers will begin to plant moles in our midst to create chaos and then kill the …

There was a sea of heads from many different parts of the country, irrespective of religion, tribe or social status, all united for one cause. The policemen were actually protesters’ …