Nigeria Matters

I am the Chief Press Secretary of Governor Timipre Sylva, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. What that means is that I have the responsibility of…putting the facts about the …

The logic that informed the idea of constant fuel price increment is as absurd as it is fallacious. The history of this same logic defeats reason itself…

Dear Reader, before you think or say “Oh my God, not another essay about Nigerian corruption from this guy”, please bear with me…

The real test for Nigeria’s high-profile and high-speed anti-corruption drive has only started to unfold. All transitions are fraught with risks…

Last night we had a meeting on the state of affairs in motherland and I have been mandated to communicate our dismay to you all…

Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources…

Nigeria has faced numerous challenges in achieving sustainable development since independence in 1960 in spite of its abundant human and natural resources…

Young people have a choice, but perhaps they are too lazy to be bothered to engage their minds with more creative and enterprising endeavours…

The greatest legacy a leader leaves is not any program. Great leaders make great successors. They build a legacy of self service, inspired followers and everlasting memorial…

The political process in Nigeria has evolved in a particular direction, corresponding to the characteristics of political activists and the incentive-structure to reproduce the political system…

The political process in Nigeria has evolved in a particular direction, corresponding to the characteristics of political activists and the incentive-structure to reproduce the political system…

The recent call by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, to invite the British Police to reform the Nigeria Police has met with …

The joke out there is that while  the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, is at one side of town “fighting corruption,” Obasanjo is at the other end neatly arranging his …

Leadership is an important element in a democratic institution, where change is the norm. In fact, the power of a leader in a democratic system being derived from the people …

Apart from the corruption of our political leaders, if there is one of their characteristics that I abhor, it is their hypocrisy…

The federal government must know that it does not have a monopoly of violence, or of savagery. For some silly reasons, Nigeria keeps tempting fate…tempting the Ijaw nation. How unwise!