Nigeria Matters

Since we all knew that Obasanjo knew nothing about petroleum and its management, and that the main reason for assigning himself this ministry was to fill his pocket with Nigeria’s …

As I look at 2007 and beyond, I try hard to locate Ita-Giwa’s likely next bus stop in the whole power set-up, that is, the next centre of power from …

As it now turns out, Jeff Koinange has admitted to third parties, half in boast and half in jest, that he was actually paid to contrive the MEND stories that …

While the lives of Nigerians rested in pieces in the eight years Obasanjo worsened the country the military left in shreds, he shamefacedly metamorphosed into a god…

One may not necessarily have to approve Orji Uzor Kalu’s style of government but a true student of politics will actually give the brash OUK mighty thumbs up for the …

In other climes, democracy is a most exciting experience, and a handover day, a national carnival that provokes widespread joy and pleasant feelings across the land. But here it was …

Thanks to Mr. Paul Adujie, no one is ever going to be able to question my patriotism again. In the same stream, any one who calls into question the stated …

I have said this in the past and I am doing so again pointedly. Nigerians have a dramatic effect on me. Nigerians are the bone of my bone and flesh …

How did we arrive at the juncture in our national life where the people no longer have faith in the sincerity and impartiality of those who should protect and lead …

President Olusegun Obasanjo has, once again, moronically and sadistically decided to exacerbate the agony and pain of Nigerians by gratuitously increasing the pump price of Petroleum products…

Is it really the case that the Nigerian situation is a result of a dearth of solutions? Anyone who believes that is in deep denial. There is an over-abundance of …

I agree with the erudite 100 in their condemnation of the conduct and results of the polls in general, suggestions that fresh elections be conducted in all places where elections …

Debates, occasional dissent and even protests, all form parts of some of the essential elements and ingredients of vibrant and vigorous democracy. This is welcome in Nigeria…

I have observed over an extended period of time that a good number of Nigerians are self critical, a tad too self-critical, to such extent that at first glance, this …

Mr. Obasanjo got it all wrong in hinting that PDP members of the National Assembly are supposed to be loyal to him and the party in all circumstance, laudable or …

Almost from the time he became the governor of the state, he was despised by a segment of the populace. It was assumed that time would heal whatever wound and …