Nigeria Matters

Humanity is gradually losing the essence of life, a growing global village gradually being swallowed up in an endless ocean of uncertainty, suspicion and apprehension…

Last Sunday, Nigeria made another bloody bid for global infamy as bombs detonated in churches in Abuja and elsewhere in the country. At the time of this writing, the death …

Our civic hygiene will not be cleansed and respect for the rule of law will not be sustained until our judicial system are forced to respect others’ time and abide …

How can this country come back to the part of honour when even the president has an eye for violence? It is saddening that the president threatened the nation he …

Speeding is one of the common offenses under road traffic law that have to be taken with seriousness as many people lose their lives each year due to careless speeding…

Each time I spear the time to watch the amount of time our leaders spend celebrating themselves rather than celebrating ideas that should solve our problems and lift us up, …

A situation where you see police officers used as private escort for wealthy individuals including expatriates is befuddling. The hustling mentality, the lack of self-esteem by officers and rank, including …

I guess for most folks, the first hint of President Jonathan’s Murtallabian tendency was the utterly inept manner he allowed the last presidential election to be unnecessarily and gauchely rigged …

President Goodluck Jonathan, who is leading the charge to deepen Nigeria’s poverty index by removing the so-called fuel subsidy, appears bent on playing a Clinton. He is anxious to sell …

Described as belated in certain quarters, Nigeria’s 2012 Budget proposal and the continual pervasive disputation over the touchy fuel subsidy issue and sectoral budgetary allocations in the Appropriation Bill, especially …

Despite the poor research and innovation capability of our present set of universities, incessant strike will continue to jeopardize the little research they are undertaking…

In view of the penchant of most people in elective offices and sensitive positions in our public offices to amass wealth and the huge amounts of money usually involved in …

For decades now, Nigeria as a sovereign nation has been battling with the disturbing issue of phantom names on Government personnel payroll and in pensions audit results…

Corruption in Nigeria has become so widespread with its depleting effect on the economic development of the country that insistence on legalism in the war against it may at times …

After listening to Mr. President’s budget speech, I couldn’t control my happiness because it was as if the President had just read my mind. Here are some of the things …

Good governance is good. It is only achieved when a leader makes up his mind with good intentions to lead. The people will be beneficiaries. They will always wish such …