Nigeria Matters

With this recent attack on the United Nations building, one may attempt to say apparently, it has to be the last. The hitherto peaceful international waters have been troubled and …

I love Allah, he is a merciful God. I know you love Allah too, he is a God of peace. Allah will not ask you to go and destroy innocent …

Needless to say that we’ve had enough of this political naivety emanating from Aso Rock mixed with gargantua sized ineptitude masquerading as leadership. It seems that President Jonathan’s problem is …

The president as high representative of the people must begin to adopt a posture of power and authority and project an image of strength and confidence to inspire the people. …

And to the extent that the Ogoni story is still today kept on the backburner by the three warring giant elephants is enough proof that interests of ethnic minorities in …

Ibadan holds the key to fostering democracy in Nigeria and Africa. If Africans can set standards for their leaders, there wouldn’t be presidents ruling from sickbeds…

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 …