Nigeria Matters

It is time to view Nigeria as it really is. Far from demonstrating any robust gains from our democracy, we have, on the contrary, reaped broken hope, stalled vision, economic …

For residents of some Lekki Phase 1 streets, it is sorrow all the way as the roads become impassable…

Because it’s in our statute book, the various state and local governments use the quota system in their various appointments. Merit, experience and hard work do not matter if quota …

The whole scenario called Nigeria presents one with a nightmare, a long one without any discernable way forward.  Sometimes the ‘project’ Nigeria, apologies to Prof Dora Akunyili, is comparable to …

The criminalization of politics has inevitably led to the politicization of crime. Of course, electoral politics is not the sole reason for the criminalization of politics…

In the wake of a spate of collapsed building in Lagos in recent times, Nigerians have resorted to using foreign builders mostly from the West African sub-region…

I am thinking that we should re-name the Lagos – Benin expressway ‘The Devil’s Highway’ due to the state of the road and incessant armed robbery attacks on the road…

Christian religious leaders in Bauchi who were in the thick of the action when the mayhem of February 22 lasted insist that the riots are the handiwork of terrorists in …

Nearing 50 years after independence, Nigeria has not reached far in the intellectual world of books. How much can we truly claim to be our own and not a pale …

Many analysts are of the view that if the Obasanjo administration was “selective” in the anti-graft war, President Yar’Adua has simply failed, two years in office, to dispel the widespread …

The Nigerian Railways is set to bounce back to life if the contract with CCECC as is being renegotiated by the transport minister sees the light of day…

Everybody thought that if there was any other assignment that Nigerians desperately needed Akunyili to handle, it could have been as health minister, mostly because of the relationship that NAFDAC …

I agree with most of the recommendations of the police reform committee since it is aimed at improving the security situation in the country. Security is paramount for any venture …

Nigerians need an explanation from the Nigerian Army, the Defence Headquarters and the Presidency, on why these soldiers did not receive their salaries in the first place, which opened the …

For the past 49 years, it has been a vicious cycle of absurdities for Nigerians, held ransom by greedy, inconsiderate and corrupt leaders and their acolytes and sycophants, so much …

The historical development of nation states have proved that we can not develop as a nation unless we condition ourselves to be able to engage each other in a more …