Nigeria Matters

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’ …

Justice Alfa Belgore’s group has the task of dialoguing with organized labour and other stakeholders.  Dr. Christopher Kolade, on the other hand, has been appointed to chair the spending committee, …

It is our considered view that the government ignores and fails to understand the fundamental problems facing the Nigerian economy. This is manifested by its failure to prioritise its actions, …

Last Saturday, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan addressed Nigerians for the second time in as many weeks. This time, he attempted a multi-pronged defense of his decision to remove fuel subsidy. …

Over the last few days, Nigeria has found herself in a very unique conundrum, a situation that calls for reflections especially on the part of the Nigerian leadership…

As an outsider, I do not know when the subsidy began but my own understanding of the issue takes off from the Babangida/Abacha regimes.  I think things took a decidedly …

The presentation by Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala as statistically, graphically impressive and persuasive, as it was, seemed unauthentic. At the risk of stating that her position of now championing removal of subsidy …

Since the return of 56 secondary and 1040 primary schools in Anambra State to the missionaries on 21st November, 2011, Governor Peter Obi of the state has experienced vocal and …

It is becoming increasingly and unbearably painful to read now on a regular basis, the bombings taking place in Nigeria and the attendant wanton and unnecessary loss of life.  It …

One cannot stop wondering why the priorities of President Jonathan included the fuel subsidy removal and one 7-year presidential term rather than fixing the critical power sector and the dilapidated …

The Government must realise before it is too late, that leadership is about listening to the yearnings of the citizens, ensuring the happiness of the greater majority, matching its words …