Nigeria Matters

When a certain head of state died in the middle of the night at the height of his power, even some of his supporters said it was the hand of …

President Olusegun Obasanjo did not catch politicians unawares with his ‘third term’ agenda. Even the most naïve among them would have noticed Mr. President’s scheming for a life presidency long …

President Olusegun Obasanjo did not catch politicians unawares with his ‘third term’ agenda. Even the most naïve among them would have noticed Mr. President’s scheming for a life presidency long …

 There is absolutely no excuse for the mayhem that plays out in Nigeria every day. Under the watch of a greedy cabal of intellectuals, pastors, priests, imams, and our agbada-clad weevils, …

President Obasanjo, while I admire some of your good attributes in government, would it not be advantageous to come out to say openly and to clear all the fuss like …

Can anyone think of Nigeria in the last thirty-five years or so without Obasanjo? He is the custodian of political-goodies, the man with both raw and refined power and unbridled …

Perhaps the people of Oyo State are now realizing that the integrity of the law has been eroded by political expedience and that not all of their judges could be …

Perhaps the people of Oyo State are now realizing that the integrity of the law has been eroded by political expedience and that not all of their judges could be …

“Papa Nkiru, agaghim ekwe nkea. Nkiru must finish her secondary school before she gets married. Nkechi got married like that, and now you want Nkiru to follow suit…”

“Papa Nkiru, agaghim ekwe nkea. Nkiru must finish her secondary school before she gets married. Nkechi got married like that, and now you want Nkiru to follow suit…”

It is startling to fathom how these brothers led their individual lives, each in his atypical manner, in the bid to change the lot of the ordinary man in Nigeria …

Abuja’s political graveyard is littered with such yesteryears’ men and women but like every other Nigerian that has ventured into Abuja in search of either fame or fortune, they dare …

There are very few honest people in Nigeria who would dispute the justness of the clamour for Igbo presidency. The distribution of resources, social rewards and even justice in Nigeria …

Oh ye Nigerians, you must learn to be appreciative because it cost your wonder-working government a whole seven noisy years of loud promises, invaluable efforts, sacrificial work, sleepless nights and …

Oh ye Nigerians, you must learn to be appreciative because it cost your wonder-working government a whole seven noisy years of loud promises, invaluable efforts, sacrificial work, sleepless nights and …

One may not be far wrong to assume that Pat Utomi belongs to that special category of Nigerians that believe in trying, and who are also more comfortable to be judged by …