Nigeria Matters

There is something about Governor Alamieyeseigha’s great escape from London that just doesn’t sound right. That an accused can just board a transatlantic flight without the Nigerian and British immigration …

In a country with over two hundred and fifty thousand paid policemen, thirty thousand custom agents, fifteen thousand immigration officers, eighty thousand military personnel, and nearly fifty thousand men and …

If I were President Obasanjo and I was determined to fight Corruption, my priority would be to use all the leverage I have to convince my Party the majority Party at …

Alamieyeseigha has no moral authority to put anyone in jail henceforth, having jumped bail himself. The precedent set by the governors of Plateau and Bayelsa is this: If you can …

Nigeria is a very dangerous place, and we are a dangerous people. The same categories of people that are campaigning for the continuation of the Obasanjo administration are the same ‘yes …

If anything is to be learnt from Alamieyesegha’s brazen escape from London and the bravado with which he has reportedly “resumed” his “authority as governor” of Bayelsa state, it is …

Corrupt friends of President Obasanjo are untouched while his enemies are hounded by the EFCC. The thinking in British Government circles is that Pres. Obasanjo is using the agency to silence his …

I have taken time to examine the various tributes paid to late Stella Obasanjo by several characters that have over the years over-tasked the public space with their uninspiring presence…

I am still hoping that Agagu and his Deputy would allow wiser counsel to prevail, and not assume that once they have finally given Akure a new Deji, theirs and …

Nigerians need to actively engage and participate in making public and private institutions in Nigeria serve all Nigerians for our common good…

Alamieyeseigha did not get to where he is without help and encouragement. He was helped and encouraged by the deafening silence of some Ijaw leaders who also participated in the …

Perception is not easy to change. Corruption is debilitating. It is injustice. It leads to mismanagement and waste…The EFCC delivered almost five million dollars to an 88 year old lady …

It is debated in intellectual circles that the current group of leaders has also failed to start.  If that is true, could we not start again?  If you were given …

Barrister Fawehinmi ignored all precepts of decency as he engaged in his garrulous commentary at a time Nigeria mourned the death of 117 passengers and crew of the ill-fated Bellview …

This week the Nigerian University Commission announced that due to the falling standards in Nigeria universities, first degree will become a requirement to study professional courses…

What kind of Government is Agagu running in Ondo State, if he is allowed to brazenly circumvent the Law? A Governor who will sanction this kind of coup, would have …