Nigeria Matters

The event that saw to the emergence of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as the Peoples Democratic Party’s national chairman was a two-horse race between him and the former National Vice Chairman, …

I wonder why we need to be policed all the time, why voluntary compliance is so lacking. Self-discipline has been thrown out the window, and we need the brutal arms …

Incidences of fire on our markets, are becoming a threat to the nation’s economic growth/development. Physical markets in Nigeria are perhaps the largest employers of labour in the private sector…

What an interesting irony it is that the enduring memory indented upon the national consciousness, following the curious decision to celebrate the nation’s half-century of existence as an under-performing post-colonial …

I suspect that most Nigerians are almost exclusively riveted by the unfolding drama of who’s going to emerge president, by hook or crook, in next year’s election…

The effort to transform Nigeria can only be meaningful if competence and character are not sacrificed on the altar of federal character, says the National Transformation Party…

The collective unconscious of the conservative, hegemonic North, to paraphrase Carl Jung, is to collectively destroy the chances of President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in the coming presidential poll…

Like Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Posterity is blowing across Nigeria’s high places. Secrets are being revealed and sealed deals are becoming unsealed. At a snail speed, blatant liars are being openly …

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 …