Nigeria Matters

Indeed the natives liked the name Nigeria, just as Dame Flora Shaw, bless her soul, rightly predicted.  Even the current wife of the president shares the same title “Dame” with …

If a government performance were to be measured by the performance of its head at a public forum consisting of citizens of the state and country at large, then Governor …

Two decade ago, it was unthinkable to millions of Nigerians that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, a canoe-maker’s son, would one day become their president. Today, this veritable politician who easily represents …

Adamu has been riding rough-shod over Nigeria’s sport for almost 20 years. He was Director General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission for ten years before being redeployed in November …

In today’s international system, the concept of national character is one of the definitive, critical criteria being applied in according a nation-state such as Nigeria, due respect. More so, the …

Any concerned Nigerian, old or comparatively young, who was perhaps familiar with how the age-long, good societal value system of honesty, integrity, decency, hard work, communal living and good neighbourliness …

Whether the man that attacked Obasanjo was insane or sane is not the issue. The real issue here is why a ‘mad’ man should consider it expedient throwing blows at …

Governor Obi is ‘Unsere eigenen Mann’ which means in Igbo language ‘Onyeka yi’ because he respects and honors the people of his state. Obi is truly a son of the …

The news running on the front burner in recent weeks is that the newly inaugurated government of Ekiti State has dissolved all the local councils in the state presumably manned …

A documentary I saw recently by Africa Independent Television, AIT, had Raymond Dokpesi threatening everyone that if his man did not win, there was going to be a coup. Others …

Very often, the impunity and impertinence with which very serious state matters are addressed in Nigeria, suggest that the political parties are not oblivious of how much they affront the …

The signs that the PDP political hold on the South West is only temporary became evident immediately after the 2007 elections when all the candidates from the opposition parties went …

Nigerian politicians have turned themselves into instant millionaires just for being members of the National Assembly, paying themselves huge, obscene and unjustified salaries and allowances not commensurate with their very …

I see IBB as a man with a lot of self respect.  I suppose most Nigerians do too especially when we consider the fact that ‘little children’ like Nasir El-Rufai …

Very early in IBB’s time as military president of the country, former Newswatch Editor-in-chief Dele Giwa was assassinated through a letter bomb. There were many pointers to the fact that …

In this last battle of his life, Ciroma cuts the image of an old republican ‘rebel’ with little choices and without much energy or strength – doing the bidding of …