Nigeria Matters

Is poverty the only thing we appear to have accepted as inevitable component of life in this part of the world? What about crime? How come crime appears to have …

IBB is dogged by many irksome riddles: the murder of the late journalist, Dele Giwa, who was assassinated via a parcel bomb in 1986; the baffling case of $12.46b Gulf …

The way things are slowly but steadily building up, there is the possibility that Nigeria could, once again, be foisted with a leader in 2011 who never promised the country …

From the bothering bordering Lake Chad up north to the overflowing Atlantic Ocean in the south, it is evident that Nigeria cannot even contend with natural events; what should we …

If leaders want our youth to be positive, progressive and pragmatic, they must not forget that every coin has two sides. This means that they must inspire in us the …

One sad tendency in Nigerian politics is the habit of arguing that one mediocre politician has a better record than another mediocre colleague…

Former military Head of State Ibrahim Babangida has reportedly apologised for annulling the June 12, 1993 elections, won by the late Moshood Abiola…

Personally, I am very optimistic about the conduct and outcome of the election given the groundswell of public opinion clamouring for a repeat of June 12 – devoid of its …

It’s high time we faced the bitter truth which is that the North and the South are two completely different and incompatible bed-fellows who were forced to live together by …

We may not develop and diversify our economy if we continue to rely on oil as the mainstay of our economy and source of foreign exchange. We need to diversify …

To say the current Presidency is embattled will be a glaring understatement. Isn’t the tell tale signs of a beleaguered Presidency evident in this breakneck and frenzied race to the …

Emmanuel Ifeajuna is one of the most unfairly maligned Nigerians I have read about. Even among his fellow Igbo, uninformed ones swallow the propaganda that he was at the heart …

Without admitting it publicly, the greatest problem Northerners in the ruling People’s Democratic Party have in wrestling the 2011 presidential ticket of the party from President Goodluck Jonathan is the …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who formally declared on August 15, 2010 for his 2011 presidential ambition on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party is facing uncertainties in the …

Common Sense should have told Ibrahim Babangida, head of the illegal Military junta that ruled Nigeria 1985-1993, that his current image-laundering exercise in the guise of Presidential Contest is no …

Many have suggested, including I, that perhaps our national deliverance will come from those residing in Diaspora, however, my recent experience does not bare this out…