The recent revelation that members of Nigeria’s National Assembly are the highest paid in the world raises significant questions not only on the need for effective checks and balances on …
Nigeria Matters
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April 2011 must be a mandate that is informed and result-oriented. And in this regard we only have two credible candidates in the race today. They may not be as …
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What on earth could encourage two Yoruba speaking friends, colleagues, associates and classmates converse in English language in social interaction? This cultural contradiction debilitates me. It exceeds the limit of …
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Atiku’s unravelling has been a long time coming. It’s turned out that his vaunted political mastery is completely overblown. Similarly, his crayon-written PR is hugely exaggerated. Turns out he’s no …
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Nigeria is in the throes of a grave and quickly worsening violence. The resources of the state ought to be husbanded to confront this burgeoning virulent threat. But instead of …
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We are indeed in deep trouble. This is because we have a penchant for learning and perfecting all the negative trends that we come across. Be it armed robbery, fraud, …
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Like most ardent Nigerian political observers, I also found myself glued to my television set on the 13th January, 2011 in order to catch the glimpse of the long awaited …
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The game is up for all inept and dubious politicians . Now is the time for bad-belle, do-or-die politicians to look for another job. It is time for all political …
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For Goodluck not only to defeat Atiku in Adamawa – Atiku home state – but that with an overwhelming and almost unbelievable margin speaks volume of Atiku’s experience in misgovernance, …
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Enough is enough. Our elders cannot be enemies forever as we do not want them to pass this to their sons. It is much better to make way for the …
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I hereby challenge the sexual predators in the Delta State capital to debunk the veracity of these abominable sexual escapades of theirs and I will not hesitate to publish more …
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Bombs first became instruments of assassination in Nigeria on October 19, 1986. The target then was Dele Giwa, a journalist. According to available records, forty eight hours before, the SSS …
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Prolonged Military Dictatorship stunted Nigeria’s democratic growth and its socio-economic development. Dictators created and fostered a culture of impunity in the entire executive and judicial arms of government. They abrogated …
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We concede that there is need for urgent reform activity to restore the waning public confidence in the administration of justice as well as address new vistas of challenges, change …
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Nigeria has three major problems troubling her at the moment: Police, PHCN and PDP. Is it a coincidence that these entities start with the letter “P”? I doubt it…
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Attahiru Jega is not the angel many thought he was. Rather than light, we have just seen darkness. The process that led to the Delta State rerun election and the …