Nigeria Matters

What is genocide? How many people do you need to kill before you qualify as genocidal?  How many millions do you need to steal from your people before it becomes “impermissible …

Recent stories that have appeared on Elendu reports leave much to be desired both from the stand point of true professionals as well as human decency. The seeming direction the …

Sometime ago, the president of Nigeria launched a pet project, which by now is long forgotten and dead. It is dead because even the person who initiated it probably used …

They have figured it out that it is better to safely divide up Akure at a time the preeminent Amanyanabo and owner of Akure, the Deji’s throne is vacant, and …

In Nigeria today we have the Nigeria Police, FRSC, EFCC, ICPC, Office of Public Prosecution, FIIB, SSS, DMI, NIA, DIA etc. all different agencies that investigate, prosecute and even arrest …

Dr. Bukola Saraki was elected the Executive Governor of Kwara State in 2003. He replaced his father’s former political godson, Mohammed Lawal. The later had fallen out with Bukola’s father, …

“The House was leased from 1999 until 2004, when I completed payment for the house. I bought it from a Sokoto businessman who lived in that house for about thirty …

The immunity clause in our constitution was clearly not intended to shield or protect a president, vice president, governor or deputy governor, if they engage in gross misconducts and criminalities, …

October holds memorable significance in my diary. It’s of course time of year to reflect on the state of our national journey since independence, which many of us still regard …

Alamieyeseigha dug the hole he currently finds himself in. The perception, whether real or not, is that he misappropriated funds. That he abused his power. That he engaged in all …

Lawlessness is the most effective ingredient for breeding ravenous monsters for any nation. In the same vein, it will take a real miracle, which is very rare in Nigeria, to …

It would appear that Nigerians have come to expect their public officials to engage in corruption, profligacy and all kinds of public immorality. While we have been applauded for bringing these …

The time has come to speak up, time for those of us who believe in one indivisible Nigeria as sacrosanct, time for us to raise awareness and perhaps raise alarm as …

The elitist practice of acquisition of homes abroad has become the norm among politicians in spite of the law against it and the devalued Naira cost.  It would not matter …

In the age of the Internet and credit cards, persons who count hard currency in the millions have access to all forms of transfer. That is why cash transactions of …

Chief MKO Abiola, it is already seven years since death took you away from us to somewhere far away where we cannot reach or hear your voice; to where we …