Nigeria Matters

Why should a political leader appoint somebody who never campaigned for him or showed any interest in politics? Is it just enough to have distinguished oneself in one’s chosen field …

In a country where the average citizen accepts, as a matter of course, that even the best performing politicians cannot be totally free of corruption, Buhari stood out as a …

It is very painful that not only politicians are responsible for our shortcomings. While we complain about them we should look at the poor attitude to work by some of …

Good governance is what majority of the Rivers masses want, and this must be enthroned. We cannot achieve this in Rivers State if there is no transparency…

If you want to gauge how badly Nigerians have been animalized, then pay attention to how, and where, many of them defecate. Just recently, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported …

In Nigeria, people jump from one party to another seeking political appointments. If this opportunistic behavior continues, party political development will be stunted…

Princewill campaigned for Governor Amaechi’s re-election in the April 2011 elections so that someday somebody would campaign for him to become the governor of Rivers State…

Yearly, scores of young men and women are churned out as graduates of differing academic disciplines from the nation’s institutions of higher learning into the country’s profoundly saturated Labour market…

On his campaign train, GEJ didn’t promise the earth and Nigerians aren’t expecting heavens from him. Before the bombs began to explode nationwide, Nigerians had constant electricity as the top …

To tackle the problems of this country is to tackle the problem of bad leadership and to tackle the problem of bad leadership is to tackle the cults squarely. There …

Now for the uncommonly wealthy and powerful like the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, the Police, EFCC and the SSS treated him like a victim of …

Mosunmola Elekuru’s husband was killed as he clambered out of his commercial bus. The hoodlums came at five in the morning to the popular Iwo Road Total Motor Park…

When people talk about closure in relation to the death of a loved one, I often wonder what clear signs are there to show to the bereaved that they have …

Sam Omatseye’s recent commentary on the Awolowo family – “Awo Family Without An Awo” – has generated quite a furor. Scores of Yoruba people have written letters to the Tribune …

There are many political opportunists who do not wish to jeopardize their chances of appointments to ministerial posts, so they keep quiet and watch the decline. These Nigerian tragedians, excelling …

My dear brothers and sisters of the National Assembly, the only contribution I can offer now to my great country is through my pen. This is our fatherland. You have …