Nigeria Matters

This Christmas is the last that Governor Kayode Fayemi will spend as the helmsman of Ekiti State. He happens to be term-limited and cannot seek further re-election as governor. Some …

I don´t blame dictators for their tyranny. It is in the metaphysic of power, that it corrupts; and corrupts absolutely; when it is absolutely exercised. Besides, fickle human nature, in …

Whenever Nigerian politicians resort to thuggery, blackmail and vote buying in elections in Nigeria, journalists usually write about and criticize them to no end. In recent times however, political activity …

Fellow Nigerians, if reports emanating from the grapevine are anything to go by, then, interesting times beckon in 2022. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nigerian government is expected to fully …

Talking philosophically, the seed of tomorrow is always said to be planted today. In other words, whatever actions that are taken today will certainly be giving definition to the future. …

The 2023 presidential election is a make-or-mar moment through which Nigeria can either die permanently or enjoy a magical resurrection. Nigeria cannot afford to lag behind in the age of …

If you are to ask the average Nigerian today about their plans in the next five years or thereabout, it is almost certain that many, if not all of them, …

President   Muhammadu Buhari in his recent meeting  with the USA Secretary  of State  Anthony Blinken did affirm that Nigeria had  copied the USA constitution, as he put it “HOOK, LINE …

Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first president, deserves his birthday, November 16, to be slated as a national holiday. It is deserving honour for the pivotal leader who …

Once upon a time, almost every candidate of the political parties printed their posters and other campaign materials with the same caption, “The People’s Choice”. But all that changed with …

The name General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi evokes different memories for different people: The Army General who became Nigeria’s first Military Head of State following the bloody January 15 1966 putsch that …

“Death is…the absence of presence…the endless time of never coming back…a gap you can’t see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes no sound” – Tom Stopard  In the morning …

The grotesque Nigerian twins called democracy and military rule are crucially joined at the stomach. The military politicos and the civilian politicians eat into the same fat stomach like Siamese …

One of the states in Nigeria with a strong record of as a champion of transparency and accountability in the conduct of governance was Edo. Just two years after the …

In a statement issued last week Monday, Media Mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, of DAAR Communications, opined that the agitation for Biafra by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, …

Nigeria has recently been voted as one of the safest countries in the world to live in. It has a zero-crime rate and you’re a lot safer walking the streets …