Nigeria Matters

The country lacks the resources that make a democratic nation thrive. When 60 per cent of the people live below poverty line, the ruling party’s main job is to keep …

In northern Nigeria, the strong arms of Sharia law, cosmopolitan illiteracy and ubiquitous male dominance seem to be the undoing of most female emancipation advocacies. It is therefore thought provoking …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared a seven day national mourning in honor of Mr. Yar’Adua…

Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of …

It is quite unfortunate that the ACF elders could be pushing for a Northern VP when they were supposed to use their experience to unite Nigeria…

It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and …

There is no doubt that Ribadu acted on the directives of his boss, Obasanjo who dictated what happened at any given time. Ribadu nevertheless got the nod from the international …

There is need for all to come to the roundtable and iron issues out such that a side won’t be like the big man throwing few coins at the greedy …

To a people addicted to the tragic luxury of self-delusion, truth hurts badly. But then, truth always refuses to go away. It lingers around to perpetually taunt and haunt those …

I am particularly happy with the way Anambrarians comported themselves during the election and the good organization by INEC shows that it can after all conduct credible elections, that is, …

To today’s Nigerian adolescent, some of the information in this article may seem like a fairy tale but it is true. But for those who were adolescents and young children …

Security is a very wide subject in Human Development Concept. In this write up, I will like us to look at Human Security in Nigeria as it affects Human Development, …

This appears to be the first time, in any part of the world, where a government, at whatever level, would require candidates applying for its jobs in the public service …

There are Nigerians of immense faith, who believe in prayers and in miracles and in abracadabra and all that and so believe that President Yar’Adua will be back to assume …

As it seems, the IBB candidacy is gradually eroding us of the actual issues we are clamoring for – credible elections, true democracy, citizens’ participation, accountability, infrastructural development, zero tolerance …

The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off …