Nigeria Matters

With the total collapse of the road network in the entire country, Nigerians who anticipated that the recent interest in the railways would provide an alternative will have to wait …

Andrew famously “checked out” in 1984 and Nigerians have never forgiven him. Somehow Andrew has become a permanent target of the ire of home-based Nigerians…

Dr Reuben Abati looms large ostensibly in the public consciousness but this reality does not guarantee, in my humble estimation, any ‘immunity’ from the public ‘trial’ he is now facing…

Unless a powerful cartel in the top echelon of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria is retrenched, the perennial power crisis facing the country will persist…

I do not know for how long the President’s spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, will continue to fool Nigerians with respect to President Yar’ Adua’s health condition and his medical trips …

Since the dawn of multi-partyism in Nigeria 10 years ago, acrimonious and atrocious statements have been the order, unfortunately, more so with a country that has been under military rule …

Majority of the reporters practicing in Nigeria today are pen-prostitutes. For a dollar, they’d sell or kill a story. For a dime, they’d write speeches for politicians. For a nickel, …

Once again I am forced to write an article on the November 28, 2008 civil disturbance in Jos but this time around, I am suggesting the declaration of a state …

“Don’t ask me what my ideology or economic program is, I don’t know any law and I don’t understand economics, but I know it when my stomach desires pounded yam …

I have always been of the opinion that Lagos is the zenith in the comity of anarchic cities and if you can survive in Lagos, you can do so anywhere …

Barack Obama becomes president of the United States this Tuesday, 20th January, 2009. That time, he will have little breathing room to deal with ‘the horrible mess’ left by his …

I’ve always argued that Nigeria presents social scientists with the unique research situation of the citizen-as-state. Every Nigerian is a state. The UN needs to recognize all 140 million of …

The following is a review of independent party concept in Nigerian history, its impact in the United States of America, and the consequences for the African nation…

Nigeria is challenged. With growth, we have a chance to wipe out the stigma of abject poverty, and our people can enjoy the advantages of being citizens of an increasingly …

With all due respect to Mr. President, the political career of Umaru Yar’Adua is not the most pressing issue on the national agenda. What is most critical, rather, is that …

Across the nation today, different religious organizations offer prayers against bribery and corruption in Nigeria. Salvaging Nigeria from this scourge of corruption will definitely require a complete change in the …