Nigeria Matters

For several years, Nigerian leaders could afford to just sit still and do nothing, because the auto-pilot directing the big, well-populated jet called Nigeria was yet to be totally out …

Since I came home, I have had the opportunity through my previous and current employers to travel around Nigeria; I have interacted with various Nigerians discussing Nigeria, their plans, dreams …

A corrupt government is one that extends unlawful jurisdiction over the people it is supposed to protect. A corrupt government is one that legislates beyond its rightful power by erecting …

If the Nigerian state will not protect her citizens from their own excesses, should it also then kill them to satisfy the notion of peace for elitist satisfaction? Who benefits …

For those who parroted the sincere commitment of Umaru Yar’Adua to the rule of law, it is becoming obvious that the man and his government are more interested in how …

Less than a year ago, I found myself writing about a crisis in Northern Nigeria. This time around its the Bauchi ‘Boko Haram’ religious crisis. While I am not trying …

If indeed, Nigeria, was at some point a house fit for the habitation of its people; is it then safe to conclude, that at its founding, it was the output …

“I still insist that there is a land registry at the FCTA. You go there and do your investigations instead of asking me to respond to pure rubbish…. What is …

Ogbonnaya Onovo is now a star. He’s one of the few Nigerians who have had the privilege of enjoying national support, sympathy and yes, having the entire nation fight for …

Mr. Dafaranos and his wife were at the reception area of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on July 11 when the wife found a wristwatch, which a client of the hotel …

What do you have against education, after all Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna himself, started Ahmadu Bello University cleverly named after him? He did not miss a beat and responded immediately: …

This is the story of how three sons of the soil helped to impoverish their state. This is the story of how three Ijaw governors – Alamieyeseigha, Goodluck Jonathan and …

Welcome to Nigeria, a country no one wishes to slave or die for. Nigeria is like a collapsing House, cordoned off by the Ruling/Eating Class, who are busy day and …

Nigeria has officially stopped being the tolerant nation it has always proclaimed to be, especially when it comes to religion. The country with the world’s largest black population, one that …

The Niger Delta militants are not one organisation operating under a common leadership with unified ideology. There is no central chain of command or a clearly defined political ideal. Rather, …

No one can guarantee the Nigerian people and the Nigerian state peace, security and stability insofar as the Niger Delta crisis is concerned. No one! Not even the Movement for …