Nigeria Matters

Apparently, too much attention is being paid to the ‘Nigerian problem’. To a lot of people, the only way to solve the Nigerian problem is to remove the adjective ‘Nigerian’. …

Other countries keep libraries full of books and archives about their first leaders.  All Americans know chapter and verse about George Washington.  Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah is an icon.  What of …

I return to what is becoming apparent about President Yar’Adua’s government. It is its credibility which has been stretched to breaking point, and the failure to grasp and understand the …

If anything, we are all in agreement that there is no hope in this current arrangement anyhow. If we agree on that, then let’s conclude and exhaust these very arrangements …

When you ride on people’s back, you may be tempted to take them for a ride, abuse them, exploit them, rape them, deride them, cause havoc to their ecology, encourage …

Every Nigerian has the right to live, and work in safety. Every Nigerian has the right to walk, ride and drive on good and safe roads. This generation should not …

A new Nigeria is possible in our time. We must not become an object of ridicule to the world. Nigeria must not sink…

According to the last contentious Census, still a majority of Nigeria’s citizens are older than the country itself, and probably wiser. So what else is new? Every year our leaders …

According to the last contentious Census, still a majority of Nigeria’s citizens are older than the country itself, and probably wiser. So what else is new? Every year our leaders …

According to the last contentious Census, still a majority of Nigeria’s citizens are older than the country itself, and probably wiser. So what else is new? Every year our leaders …

Should a citizen disregard the constitution and laws of his country, while at the same time seeking rights and protection under such constitution and laws?

It is generally assumed that however goes Bayelsa, so goes events in most other Ijaw communities and commune across the country. Because of this and other factors, the state has …

A coterie of the ruling elite, surprisingly not just in the North, where the Bala Na’Allahs were calling for a Final Solution, but elsewhere, talked about the fire and brimstone …

A coterie of the ruling elite, surprisingly not just in the North, where the Bala Na’Allahs were calling for a Final Solution, but elsewhere, talked about the fire and brimstone …

When poverty is a game, one where you’re trapped in an endless maze of beginnings and descent into an abyss of delusion, you wonder if anything will ever change, and …

Wetin you carry is a metaphor. It is the shame of a continent. A nation of 155 million people. An unfulfilled promise. Totally inept, uninteresting, visionless, violent and lacking character. …