Nigeria Matters

Attempts to sustain democracy in Nigeria tend to receive threats from those who are keeping awake all-night to crunch into power by hook or crook…

The possibility that Anambra State might live up its motto: The light of the Nation – is emerging. The politics of Anambra State might spearhead the revitalization of Nigeria’s polity…

The evil, corrupt, barely educated political elite, especially those in the ruling party, PDP, have played a sleight of hand to subvert the rule of law and do away with …

In theory and in practice Africa has always been the primary focus of Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust. History and the political realities of colonial and post-colonial Africa dictated much of …

Going forward, it is important to review the actions, pronouncements and neglects to act during the subsistence and tenure of Michael Aondoakaa’s Attorney Generalship. He will be remembered as intransigent …

Last Saturday was the day when gladiators of Abuja and Anambra politics outwitted and outsmarted one another in what seemed like a do-or-die affair…

The illness that trouble President Umaru Yar’Adua has deterred the prosperous condition of Nigeria’s military might, economic operations, and diplomatic relations…

Since President Yar’Adua vamoosed from Nigeria nearly three months ago, on medical trip to Saudi Arabia, without officially notifying the National Assembly, there has been palpable anger and frustration in …

The current action of the National Assembly is an attempt to douse the tension which has been brought upon Nigeria by the neglect and refusal of President Umaru Musa YarAdua …

Irrespective of what you think of the man Jonathan, one has to admit that he is indeed a lucky man. Who gets to be Governor, Vice President and now President …

Last Saturday, voters in Anambra State came out in impressive numbers to elect a governor. The stakes were extremely high, and the obstacles formidable, but the people of Anambra did …

Power is everything. Without it, we revert to living like the Neolithic and the Neanderthal, stone age people who eked a living hitting rocks against each other to produce weak …

Damn our “leaders” if they like it, damn them if they don’t. The people have spoken. Enough of power vacuum, near constitutional crisis and over heating of the polity all …

For weeks now, the Nigerian media has been agog with vexatious outburst by some of those who brought Nigeria to where we are. Political malcontents of all hues and colours …

Though Oshiomhole impressed many people as President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, history teaches us that some of the most famous labour leaders of the past few decades failed woefully …

One calls the other the Logistician while the other calls his friend, the Actualizer. They are friends and have worked together. Between them lies the most mobile, progressive and solid …