Nigeria Matters

Since 2003, the good people of Oyo state have known no peace. Like their kith and kin in Ekiti and Anambra states, they bore the burden of quarrelsome leadership and …

Today, the Yoruba Council of Elders is crying hoarse and canvassing for a Sovereign National Conference because it feels that the Umar Yar’Adua-led government has sidelined the Yorubas in the …

It bears emphasizing that Gani is, in the eyes of many, a victim of both impetuosity and ‘senility’. The degeneration of a hitherto great legal mind has struck us, his …

Gowon unleashed three Divisions on the Igbos during the war and these three Divisions were commanded by ruthless and merciless human beings. In fact, those commanders were sub-human, judging from …

Gowon unleashed three Divisions on the Igbos during the war and these three Divisions were commanded by ruthless and merciless human beings. In fact, those commanders were sub-human, judging from …

By failing to implement the Aburi decisions, Nigeria missed a golden opportunity to find a constitutional arrangement acceptable to all of its constituent parts…

Looking back, the EFCC was created to smoke-screen Nigeria with an anti-corruption crusade, while the nation was besieged by the swooping masquerade of massive looting…

I sincerely hope that it would turn out to be true that no form of sabotage was at play in this mysterious fire that consumed the official residence of the …

Two weeks ago, there were reports that Nigeria’s former president, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was trapped in a traffic congestion for about two hours…

It appears to be a distraction and a complete waste of time for Nigerians to start engaging in useless ambiguities and silly prevarications…

The Lagos-Shagamu-Benin Expressway is in a very horrible state. Although it has deteriorated quite beyond what anyone could have imagined was possible in a country ruled by human beings, no …

Buhari’s intervention ended up making things worse because his successors shamelessly looted Nigeria blind. I hope Nigeria does not end up in an endless cycle of misrule by the same …

It is now widely accepted that Nigeria is slowly on the march towards a national renaissance, a re-awakening of the consciousness of the citizens towards their responsibilities, and those of the …

I was opposed to sovereign national conference, I remain opposed. I have been called various unflattering names for believing unflinchingly in one, indivisible Nigeria…

I was opposed to sovereign national conference, I remain opposed. I have been called various unflattering names for believing unflinchingly in one, indivisible Nigeria…

If Nigeria has any hope for a diversified economy, that hope lies and ends in the relentless energy, entrepreneurship, and commerce of Lagos and Lagosians…