Nigeria Matters

Nigeria’s social dilemma is money. We ruminate endlessly on how, when and where to get it. We place far more value on material success than cultural and human values…

Inconsistency will be a recipe for disaster. Your adversaries are alarmists and carpetbaggers. They couldn’t do it when you were up. Now they want to remove the drip and turn …

Politics apart, President Shehu Yar’Adua deserves our empathy and prayer at this crucial time of his life in the spirit of brotherhood and nation building…

Nigeria is once again at one of those junctures where tripping over the precipice cannot be ruled out. At issue is the President’s serious illness, and increasing calls by some …

A sneak preview of the fiery war that awaits us in the aftermath of Yar’Adua’s complicated health state is the internecine power struggle that has started and which threatens to …

What exactly is at stake in the face of President Yar’Adua’s frequent hospitalizations and absence from the presidency? It is rather simple. The issue is President Yar’Adua’s violation or willful …

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the death toll from armed-conflicts stands at an alarming 9.2 million within the last ten years, which is equivalent to the population of either London, Central African …

It is no secret that the president of our federal republic currently endures a difficult personal trial of his own in the form of a severe body ailment. The treatment …

I have never been more hopeful and enthusiastic about a National programme than I am now and my reasons cannot be unconnected to the integrity of Prof. Dora Akunyili, the …

While I believe the honorary doctorate to Uba was right, UniZik should perhaps have been more creative in the choice of honour. To confer on him Doctor of Public Administration …

Let us now consider the phrase “Being economical with the truth”: The meaning is “Conveying an untrue version of events by leaving out the important facts. It is a euphemism …

The prevailing cliché at the moment is the silly projection that Yar’ Adua will still rule this country for another 5 years. I have been tempted to see that dream …

I am writing this piece in respect to the acknowledgment by Aso Rock that our president is suffering from acute pericarditis. This has taken the Presidency almost two and half …

Nigeria’s crumbling state cannot be patched together overnight. For decades, Nigerian leaders neglected citizen participation in government and shunned economic liberalization. Instead, they nationalized the country’s oil industry to fund …

For several days now, stories have been circulating about your health. The rumor mill has gone into overdrive with all kinds of speculations, including the one that you are at …

By now we should be praying for this country and not threatening the captains. Dr. Jonathan is President Yar’Adua in accordance with the constitution. He is doing the job in …