Nigeria Matters

Government can never resist the impulse to coerce and intimidate its citizens. The lure of power and money is just too strong and the will of most men, too weak. …

Pray, why did the Commissioner prefer disguising himself if the business he had there was of no immoral import? Why did he instruct the hotel personel not to distract him …

When you think about it you’ll realize Nigeria was a concept of the British. It wasn’t our idea, it doesn’t conform to our norms and it’s definitely not working for …

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence…

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence…

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence…

It will come as no surprise, I think, to the president, that increasing numbers of Nigerians, out of bitter experience, have over time become mistrustful of their governments and their …

For the past few weeks now, Nigerians have witnessed with utter disbelief details of the worst form of heartless plunder this nation had ever witnessed, perpetrated with utmost impunity and even …

How long shall we continue to woo unimpressed buyers with our substandard product? Why can’t we deploy all that energy to dissuade Nigerians from continuing to see their country as …

Fellow brothers and sisters, it’s very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a ‘trap’ that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and …

Fellow brothers and sisters, it’s very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a ‘trap’ that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and …

Fellow brothers and sisters, it’s very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a ‘trap’ that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and …

Fellow brothers and sisters, it’s very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a ‘trap’ that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and …

On Thursday, 28th March, 2008, there was a bizarre robbery incident in Owerri when in a mid-day bloody orgy, a platoon of well-armed robbers, stormed the Owerri branches of Zenith …

The reported case of financial misdemeanor on the part of  Prof. Grange need to be handled swiftly. Like Patricia Olubunmi-Ette, Adenike Grange is on her own. They neither represent the …

Before sitting down to write this piece, I spent two days going through Odeyemi’s past articles. I am convinced that if Adedibu and Obasanjo have access to Odeyemi’s old write-ups, they …