Nigeria Matters

As the current Vice-President, Atiku is the # 2 person in the order of hierarchy in Nigeria. It is a collective responsibility, if Obasanjo has failed, he has also failed. …

Politics is good. It is admirable. As a politician, I only need to be good at four things: lie, cheat, and steal and do nothing. What beats being a Nigerian …

One wonders why Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, Fredrick Fasehun, Gani Adams and Asari Dokubo were incarcerated while Obasanjo and his EFCC continue to watch Adedibu’s bold fingers writing Oyo State black…

Politics in Nigeria is like war because it is the most lucrative job in Nigeria. It is not impossible to see a man that made some moderate money from, say …

Education in Nigeria has been interrupted by regime change since independence from Britain in 1960. Now that our nation has embarked on sustaining unity, democracy and economic growth, the next president …

It is apparent that after seven plus years of waffling, missing, walking, limping, grins and cheers, democracy has by and large been good to Nigeria…

Why would Balonwu and his co-travellers on the boulevard of infamy physically attempt stopping the governor from carrying out her lawful duties? Is it part of their lawmaking responsibilities? What …

No matter the standard of measurement that is used to measure genuine leadership, accountability, transparency and service, Chief Doukpolagha meets and exceeds all those yardsticks…

It will be disastrous if the president saw Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s UN job bid as payback time, an opportunity to extract his vengeful pound of flesh as it is being insinuated …

I wouldn’t know how to thank Globacom for its wonderful initiatives in Nigeria. Over three years in operation, it has helped break the monopoly in the industry…

One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of …

Twenty years after his passing, Awolowo lives on. He lives through his friends and family. He lives through his disciples. He lives through the great things he did for Nigeria…

Soyinka, for whatever reason, is missing a simple point: At this point in our nation’s life, Buhari is one of a handful of men that can bring sanity, probity, clear …

The need for the South to unite and form a joint political platform is imminent. There is the need for the Yorubas and Igbos in particular to forget the past …

The insertion of certain voices of reason into public discourse usually changes not only the tone of that conversation but the direction. Professor Wole Soyinka’s recent eruption, I’m afraid, has shown the …

Why is it that almost every TV station you turn to you are inundated with procedures for boob jobs, nose jobs and every other ‘job’ imaginable and purely for cosmetic …