Nigeria Matters

For those of us in the Diaspora, there is need for absolute caution on how we yield our platforms for some felonious elements who masquerade as business or political leaders …

Fellow tenants in this mad-house called Nigeria, lend me your ears! Whether Cesar should be buried or praised, is Mark Anthony’s business. Mine is to unmask the epistemic plagues afflicting …

A few days ago, some youth groups in the Niger Delta region aired what they termed their resentment in the appointment of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as Sole Administrator of …

President Muhammdu Buhari’s popularity rating must be currently at its lowest ebb, consequent to the plethora of debilitating crisis situations his administration is being forced to grapple with. Sequel to …

In October, 2020, Nigerian youths stormed the streets of some of Nigeria’s major cities in massive protests against police brutality and gross human rights abuses. In what became known as …

The problem of insecurity and lawlessness has forever been with us in Nigeria. What is, however, particularly alarming about the new state of insecurity in the country is its pervasiveness. …

One of the reasons why Muhammadu Buhari was said to have ‘chosen’ Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, to be his running mate for president of Nigeria was that apart from being …

An Attorney is a person designated to transact business for another – a legal agent with the authorization of a principal to do what the principal can lawfully do. The …

People living in Anambra State may not always appreciate the uniqueness of the state since the last few years until they hear stories of what happens elsewhere or, better, travel …

Niger Delta people will, for a long time, remain wholeheartedly grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari, for the immense goodwill he has shown to the good people of the Oil rich …

Are there any indications that Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki may walk his policy talk concerning human capital development in Edo State? From inception as governor, Mr Obaseki had relocated …

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 …