Nigeria Matters

This is my rejoinder to Odimegwu Onwumere’s article with the title “Rivers without Water”. N250 billion for water project in the state sounds like a lot of money, like he …

Some Nigerian politicians who were at the helm of power between 1958-1966 served meritoriously. Others were dishonourable, capricious, corrupt and unconscionable…

Irrespective of the claims of the ruling party, it is clear sour grapes on the democratization of Nigeria following their 2007 rape of our democracy is really the root cause …

There is a tacit reassurance and a bubbling confidence that the era of military interruption in government is now becoming an aberration and a far dream…

I don’t know what was possibly on the mind of President Goodluck Jonathan as he quickly acceded to the generally criticized recommendation of the National Judicial Council to remove Justice …

When a foreign friend chooses your enemy for you, you lose control. There are contemporary cases to learn from…

We are currently witnessing the epic battle of two people that have contributed more than any person in the shaping of modern Nigeria…

It’s instructive that two of Nigeria’s most famous – or infamous – former Generals cum “militicians” felt compelled to carry on a public debate over which of them is the …

Obasanjo and Babangida are birds of the same bloody feathers. They are both rogues in power, or as the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang, Vagabonds In Power, and I am not …

It should not take the Amaechi-led government till 2025 to realize some fundamental needs of the people, like drinkable water. People are tired of carrying big rubbers of water on …

The new state of political conditioning must work out diplomatic strategies to deal with non-conformists, political mal-contents, and listen to their arguments and offer superior convictions…

Fantastic as the idea of tenure elongation may sound, at least based on the President’s handy explanation on why he is revisiting the idea for now, the Government should gauge …

From whom did Nigerians of today inherit ethnic hatred? Certainly not from their forefathers. Therefore, the lack of finesse, ethnic and intra-ethnic tolerance could rightly be said to be precipitated …

People do echo the common slogan at every turn in the metropolis: Fashola is working; Lagos is working. It’s, indeed, gratifying to note that most achievements being recorded by the …

The prolonged and tortuous trial of the former Chief Security Officer, Al Mustapha, has reached a crescendo. His disclosures are at once chilly and explosive…