Nigeria Matters

My sympathies go to the relations, families, friends and well wishers of those who have lost their lives in the Niger Delta crisis. These include both the solders and the …

It is somewhat paradoxical that our current experiment at representative government is severely deficient in its ‘representative’ component…

After ten years of uninterrupted ‘democratic’ rule in Nigeria, many in and out of the country still wonder if anything has changed? Not a lot has really…

Fashola may not be coming to Anambra state as governor in 2010 but it will not be out of place to expect some of the cowboys and hopefuls for the …

Name one thing that the federal government does right apart from looting the treasury and perhaps we can celebrate Democracy Day day in peace…

Haba Honourable!! That oil was meant for your pocket now. Didn’t you hear what the Speaker said that day it was shared? I thought I didn’t hear well myself until …

Is MEND benefiting any public good? Has MEND benefited any Niger Deltan, except MEND itself? Is the Nigerian government wrong in its all out war against MEND?

In Nigeria, as in most other nations, the practice of our politics and its governance – since before, and ever since independence, and right through to the present time – …

I would like to say that like many other Nigerians, I strongly condemn this tactics of the Nigerian Government. Niger Deltans, militant or civilians, at the last count, are Nigerian …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation Professor Dora Akunyuli would by now have painfully realized that the re-branding Nigeria project which she kicked off with an impressive ceremony in …

The current condition of statehood in Nigeria calls to mind two seemingly far-flung and historically divergent analogies, one rooted in Roman Catholic rites of passage for the dying and the …

Mr President, my thoughts have recently reverted back to the question of your legacy as President and the fact that there are no invisible ones.  I am inclined to ask …

Perhaps hurt that your offer of amnesty to the Niger Delta militants was rejected, and perhaps no longer willing to accept the general atmosphere of malaise in the Niger Delta …

I don’t like praising any administration, past or present, for any positive policy. This is because governance is all about improving people’s welfare. Therefore, when governments do their work I …

One example of sheer lack of accountability can be seen in recent allocation of funds by this government. Regarding the funds released by the government to the Niger Delta states …

One example of sheer lack of accountability can be seen in recent allocation of funds by this government. Regarding the funds released by the government to the Niger Delta states …