Nigeria Matters

What saddens me most is the list of those that have written several articles on the subject of corruption, with continuously growing criticism, yet, in their rush to criticize OBJ, …

What saddens me most is the list of those that have written several articles on the subject of corruption, with continuously growing criticism, yet, in their rush to criticize OBJ, …

Obasanjo is clearly an enigmatic leader. If you are judging him by his persona or sheer lack of Charisma, you could easily write him off as an imbecile of sorts, …

A multinational society like Nigeria can reconcile unity and diversity only if it does not confuse unity with uniformity and seek comprehensive cultural uniformity among its ethnic nationalities. It should …

Identical words with totally different meanings and effect in dialectics or languages around the world may be telling us something about our common heritage…

President Obasanjo is surely a smart and brilliant manager of Nigeria’s resources. It is often said in management that smart and savvy managers hire the best fits for the jobs …

America has clearly set out to undermine Nigeria, to create instability and disintegration! Despite the adamant insistence by some Nigerians that the current American federal government means well for Nigeria …

Those in power are always sensitive to avoid handing over political power to their avowed political enemies. Hence the deliberate subtle manipulation of both the process and the personnel to …

Those in power are always sensitive to avoid handing over political power to their avowed political enemies. Hence the deliberate subtle manipulation of both the process and the personnel to …

Corruption a la Nigeria is a reactive phenomenon.  It is a crime perpetuated out of the need to survive in the moment and reserve enough for the dicey future.  It …

Corruption a la Nigeria is a reactive phenomenon.  It is a crime perpetuated out of the need to survive in the moment and reserve enough for the dicey future.  It …

Imagine a ship at sea that is in trouble. The lights keep going out. The engine is faltering. The rudder is unreliable. The first mate is drunk. The crew is …

The women in Nigerian politics have come a long way.  Theirs has been a very thorny and torturous journey through a very narrow and murky path in the nation’s political …

For those in the West, negative projections on Africa serve a very veritable purpose.  In the United States, for instance, the homeless, the hungry and the poverty-stricken members of the …

I cannot help but laugh when I hear Obasanjo and some of our leaders complain that our system of Justice is rather slow, and there is nothing they can do …

Nigeria is not among the announced countries slated for debt relief or cancellations, and in large measure, this is what I accuse President Bush of, he did not want Nigerian debt …