Minority citizens are typically marginalized from the affluent political society and have little representation or voice in public and political debates, making it even harder to escape poverty…
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Nigeria Matters
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At the risk of sounding sanctimonious and being accused of being in support of Obasanjo, I have always been of the conviction that on the balance of probability, Obasanjo might …
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Nigeria has unveiled a new logo and slogan for its national rebranding campaign which the Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili says signals the march towards national re-birth…
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It is impossible for any modern computer software or calculator to keep track of the dizzying number of Nigerians who die like goats every day…
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Many Nigerians are unwilling to share the optimism of the president on the eventual realization of the goals of Vision 2020, which the inimitable writer and poet, Olatunji Dare, recently …
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Trafficking is the worst example of how Nigerians overseas are mistreated and how no government has ever done anything to safeguard the simple human dignity of Nigerians outside the country…
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Living in Europe and observing how “systems” and institutions work complementarily has made it impossible for some of us to think less about Nigeria. My few years exposure in Europe …
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What is going on in all the three tiers of government is tantamount to, if not worse than, bold-faced, daylight armed robbery of the people of Nigeria. It is calculated …
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It is well known within foreign intelligence ring that Nigerian government officials are the most loose-lip when it comes to informing on Nigeria. Some officials, both at the state and …
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What benefit will come to Nigeria from allowing the Diaspora to vote? We must emphasize that no one is required to prove their value to a nation before they are …
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It has be seven hundred days of hobbling in the dark for the Yaradua administration. More than two years after his selection, the only achievement he can point to is …
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To avoid perhaps the impending apocalyptic prediction by the US intelligence of “Nigeria as a failed state”, I have proposed that the country should return to its former regional formation…
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The desire to create a distinct Biafran identity suffered a crisis of integrity recently when Ralph Uwazuruike, the revolutionary and leader of Massob was rumbled in a property deal in …
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In the context of today’s realities, the question should no longer be whether Nigeria should initiate or resuscitate a national branding campaign but rather how should such a campaign be …
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The Nigerian system of governance is wide open to fraud and any would-be political fraudster knows that. There is a likelihood that the forthcoming general election in 2011 will be …
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My wife was concerned that I am growing emergency grey hairs simply because I seem to be carrying Nigeria’s problems on my head. She seemed to think I am fighting …