Nigeria Matters

To achieve peace in Jos, all stakeholders must be brought on board, not just a handful of political dumb-nuts. Bringing all stakeholders together must be done without any concession to …

A group of Nigerians is losing sleep over the speculations that Goodluck Jonathan may run for president next year. This group is jittery that if Goodluck Jonathan eventually decides to …

As far as I am concerned, anybody can be corrupt whether you are a journalist or not. Everybody, even the Pope or Obama, has a price. Whether you are a …

There’s no question that you hold one of the toughest jobs in Nigeria. Under your watch, a large swath of Nigeria – specifically the southeast – is close to being …

If we are talking of modernising our economy, we should embrace an ID card system. Our transactions are haphazard and this breeds inefficiency, corruption and manipulation…

Every October; precisely the first day of the month, Nigeria hosts the world in measure to observe and strengthen her aspiration on self-rule. In 1960, the development of our local …

I think Akunyili should go to Hajia Turai Yar’Adua and learn how to keep family matters secret from public knowledge. Akunyili should understand that that one is well read does …

Nigerians, especially, the Southerners, are like the prisoners. On one hand, IBB is not acceptable to us under any circumstances. On the other hand, Jonathan, a Southerner, whom we could …

Nigerians, especially, the Southerners, are like the prisoners. On one hand, IBB is not acceptable to us under any circumstances. On the other hand, Jonathan, a Southerner, whom we could …

My 2011 presidential enterprise is on and no one will persuade me to drop the idea of ruling this great nation again as a democratically-elected President – one that is …

No one will dispute that our workers deserve decent wages that will guarantee social self-reproduction without recourse to moonlighting, bribery and corruption or primitive accumulation…

The traditional land use pattern of farms, woodlots, hamlets, villages, and towns that shaped Nigeria’s physical geography over the last three centuries is still evident in the landscape today…

Last Tuesday was the 76th birthday of Wole Soyinka, extraordinary dramatist, poet, professor of literature, renaissance man, and one of the world’s greatest humanists…

The tragic assassinations of innocent Nigerians in the cause of Kidnapping have once again brought to the surface the continuing deterioration in the law and order situation in the country…

Did Obasanjo trust Atiku? Vice Versa.  If elections were held, in these times of high oil prices per Barrel, the zoning will be done by the electorate and the party. …

Since Nigerian politicians have redefined public service as an avenue for wealth acquisition, and have out of greed disingenuously compromised honor that leads to statesmanship, the Nigerian masses should rise …