Nigeria Matters

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 …

Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand …

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by all means and purpose is a constitutional mimic of its American counterpart because it serves no practical constitutional purpose. In short, …

With only a few days to the handover to a new government, we are still hearing belligerent and disgruntled voices threatening brimstone and fire, some very unpatriotic elements calling for …

It is sad that as Obasanjo prepares to quit power in a week’s time, feelings of disappointment, if not betrayal, tend to eclipse what ought to be Nigeria’s day in …

It is sad that as Obasanjo prepares to quit power in a week’s time, feelings of disappointment, if not betrayal, tend to eclipse what ought to be Nigeria’s day in …

Are these hundred persons political jobbers? Are they politicians in disguises? Are they acting on behalf of different political parties as a coalition, while pretending to be some band of …