Nigeria Matters

There is no danger looming in Edo State as a result of the resolve of the Edo State Assembly to perform its assigned role. The real danger is having an …

Indeed, anyone who understands the Bayelsa political landscape understands that the opposition against the governor is rooted – not in sectional and low-politics – but in his mammoth incompetence…

In Nigeria, we have had quite a few high -profile cases of false death rumours: Nnamdi Azikiwe, the First President of Nigeria was declared dead by Nigerian newspapers years before …

It is no coincidence that courses on how to react in hostage-taking situations teach participants to show pictures of their spouses and children so that an emotional bond can be …

In the Nigerian netherworld of blinkered vision, all of us look but few of us see.  Our rulers, no, Northern rulers especially, have acclimated and conditioned our flaccid reflex to …

I belong to a generation of Nigerians I would like to refer to as ‘transitional’. We were birthed at the threshold of a country’s descent from the sturdy, high grounds …

It should be an unpatriotic act to have your children studying abroad while you’re holding a government position. Nigerians should take this matter to the National Assembly and all states …

Fashola’s leadership example has proved Tinubu’s critics and detractors wrong. What we see in Lagos State today is a beehive of democratic norms, and I stand to say that Asiwaju …

Policies such as quota system and federal character were politically imbued to accommodate mediocrity and tolerate indolence. Politicians sort political office to benefit themselves as opposed to improve the lots …

I recently watched an American football game in a large stadium filled with sport loving Americans. The excitement and passion I saw on everyone’s face strained me in trying to …

There are punishments better than death. Death takes only a few seconds to initiate. Long prison sentences, naming and shaming and hard labour in prison will always be effective deterrent …

With the mass, historic and hysterical surrender of the Boy’s Scout fighters along the Niger Creeks, it becomes obvious that the causal nexus of militancy has been defeated. What a …

The majority of Ndigbo, today, are determined to take their destiny in their own hands, and to retake their rightful place in the country their fathers and grand fathers once …

Whoever they may be, Political Deities seem to me to be the greatest threats to the survival of democracy in Nigeria…

I have several choices: I could be a drug-smuggler; I could be a political thug or I could be a politician or finally, I could choose to be a kidnapper. …

Before I get to the subject of this letter, let me start by saying a very big thank you to you for the revolutionary decision you have taken to transfer …