Nigeria Matters

Some weeks ago, the youthful segment of the Nigerian population staged series of peaceful protest marches across some of the country’s major cities, calling for an end to police brutality …

The recent nationwide mass protests by angry Nigerian youths against police brutality and other extrajudicial misdemeanors by operatives of the force, which culminated in the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery …

A belief is not just an acceptance that something exists or is true, with or without proof. It is much more than that. We all believe in things that defy …

On the heels of the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, mobs of angry citizens overran several government-owned warehouses and looted food items meant to be distributed to the poor and vulnerable as coronavirus palliatives. On the whole, …

The recent, largely peaceful #EndSARS protests across several Nigerian cities against police brutality has inadvertently revealed the country’s several visceral sores, consequent to the violence that later marred the well-intentioned …

After the minutes of the EndSARS meeting was written, read and adopted, there are plenty matters arising, and these matters are not funny at all. First and foremost, the Nigerian …

I have said it so several times that when Nigerian politicians converge to map out plans for acquiring power, which, in most cases, practically translates to securing unlimited access to …

Following the violence that later marred the initially peaceful #EndSARS protests across Nigeria, an emergency session was convened in Abuja between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the governors of the …

In case Nigerians are gradually forgetting, the probe of the affairs of the country’s apex anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), under the stewardship of its suspended …

It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place it is gloom and doom, but a writer must perforce write. The great French novelist Balzac called himself “the secretary …

Usukaloyi is A Spirit The Spirit of Revolution It fears no one It dares everyone Only the upright can stand Usukaloyi Ogbodu na nko nko No face leads this protest …

As protests against police brutality and calls for the reform of the force continue to spread across the country’s major cities and towns, the need for the Federal Government to …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated some rather radical decisions by governments the world over, which were meant to stem the galloping spread of the disease, one of which …

On a day like this, I remember President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence Anniversary Address to Nigerians and my heart bleeds! From the “directionless, unstable” and “nose-diving” state of the economy, to the deplorable security situation of the country, only a fool will …

History has its funny ways. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police Force was established in 1992 to fill the void created by the chasing of the police …

Since the #ENDSARS protests began, I have had a tab open on my computer to put down my reflections on the movement. Like many young people in Nigeria, I have …