Nigeria Matters

Have you ever been to Ekiti State? If you have, you will understand the depth of my consternation. Ekiti State is one of the poorest in the Federation. Other than …

Kukah’s unfortunate defence of  Obasanjo’s abysmal misrule should provide a window for the examination of  his strange, embarrassing support and defence for Gana. His eager, uncritical romance with politics, and …

It is wrong for the government not to be involved in the commercial sex business when it is so obvious that it is the most singular business turning the economic …

Pat Utomi and others like him must stop their grandiose dreams of changing Nigeria from the top and consider more realistic ways of impacting concrete changes in their societies…

Why do we then refer to Nigeria as a democracy? We know for instance that Nigerian elections are never free and fair, that the peoples’ rights are regularly abridged, and …

“I flog a lot. I have canes. If husband and wife mess up by having misunderstanding, I have to settle them. But the person that is at fault, I must …

I wish to congratulate Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for her service to the nation and for her resignation. When young people mention the good that is happening to Nigeria, they include her…

In the sense that there is no set Nigerian culture since we have 250-350 different ethnic groups that may or may not know jack about their neighbor, we may have …

What are these pictures telling us about our children and the choices that they make these days? Can we judge the level of morals in our society based on these …

While we agree with the Federal government that terrorism of any kind is abhorrent and stands as an anti-thesis to a democracy, draconian laws reminiscent of the strong-arm military tactics …

Nigeria is not only the biggest democracy on the continent but also the greatest accommodator of the freedom of speech. Many of us did not realize this…

Dele Giwa. Alfred Rewane. Marshall Harry. Bola Ige. Jerry Agbeyegbe. The list goes on and on and on and on. It never stops. Will it ever stop? And now, Chief …

If concerted efforts are not taken by the government to painstakingly plan and systematically build decent and affordable houses for the working class, the developing satellite towns would eventually become …

The new season we are approaching is one that gives us the opportunity to review and renew things. It is a season where technology — mainly the Internet, GSM telephones …

It is common sense fact that the problem with our electoral or voting systems is squarely about transparent conduct of the actual voting process and that all that is needed …

One is tempted to say that we are back in the days of the French colonial policy of Assimilation right here in Nigeria, where there is deliberate, sustained effort to …