Nigeria Matters

We must take a closer look at the security system and ask some tough questions. In this article the focus is on five major security agencies in the country, namely …

Few weeks ago, some prominent Igbo leaders were locked out of the Concorde Hotel in Owerri where they were supposed to meet. According to the news report they had paid …

With the summoning of the principal parties in the acrimonious battle for the presidential ticket of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, by the party recently, it may be pertinent to …

A liberal democracy is an embodiment of a gamut of civic rights and individual liberties geared towards preventing it from degenerating into a tyranny of the majority.  The extent to …

How Nigerians treat their compatriots is directly responsible for the high co-efficient of friction in Nigeria…

While I agree that Nigeria’s 50 years of independence have little to show for its strength and age, writing it off as a failed nation-state is erroneous, misleading and reflects impaired …

The judiciary is the last refuge of the common man in any social and political community. Over the years, many Nigerians have been betrayed, and continue to be betrayed, by …

Nigerian politicians are used to just making speeches during elections not knowing that whatever they say goes a long way in showing how concerned and serious they are about positively …

As the clock continues to tick towards the coveted 2011 general elections in Nigeria, political activities have resumed in full earnest. And, expectedly, the concomitant intrigues have continued to, by …

On my way to the office, a bit close to the Yar’Adua centre, I notice that the ground shook after a thunderous blast – twice.  I looked up in the …

How could a man so graceful and rich in his humanity, so accomplished yet so gregarious and approachable, a man possessed of the deepest, most resonant laughter I ever heard …

There is something about Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, which sticks to your face, making it almost impossible to ignore him, while at the same time alarming …

These are very delicate times in Nigeria. The challenge of another peaceful democratic transition through democratic elections early next year – 2011, stares us in the face…

I have never met with President Jonathan before, and I am not interested in meeting him personally. But I claim a right to reply to Amuta’s vitriol because I am …

Many foreigners with close ties to Nigeria often wonder how Nigerians manage to take life easy even in a myriad of poor infrastructure and bad leadership…

Last night 33 Nigerian miners were trapped underground and the government decided to send a Nigerian capsule down to rescue them one after the other…