Nigeria Matters

Nigerians are fond of turning very serious matters, even ones threatening the very life of their country, into objects of jokes and laughter. And so, as President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption …

Just like the All Progressive Congress (APC) which was driven by very poor judgment to ask him to pilot its affairs, there is no doubt that having Mr. Adams Oshiomhole …

Nigeria is a sacrament to mediocrity, stumbling towards Armageddon; a metaphor of dysfunction, hovering dangerously over the precipice. Over and above being a testament to the messy afterlife of colonialism, …

Let me start with a confession. I borrowed the title of this piece from the American Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The novel and …

Controversial oil billionaire Prince Arthur Eze is making so much news of late. He has received some heavy knocks in some quarters for insisting that only God can make an …

Wole Olanipekun! Remember him? Yes! Everybody talks about him in glowing terms: he is gifted and God-fearing. As a matter of fact, everybody marvels at how the accomplished technocrat, who rose to the …

The Nigerian political woman is hardly ever allowed by the men who control the parties to get elected into high office. The women have to make do with being appointed …

The acting State Publicity Secretary of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress APC, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke has expressed surprise over Hon. Igo Aguma’s call on Thursday, 2nd July 2020, demanding …

One of the most worrisome developments in today’s Nigeria is what appears like a firm resolve by the Muhammadu Buhari regime to continue circulating the very distressing impression that it …

Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and women have of course forgotten the bomb of a letter that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent to then President Goodluck Jonathan. …

We do not entirely make our luck. Much of it is gifted to us by nature and, perhaps, cosmic forces. Although it is difficult to conceptualize him, it is safe …

Perhaps it runs deep, the Old “Bendel Blood”. It all came alive, as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa went along with Governor Nogheghase Obaseki as soon as he collected his PDP Registration …

I have always been curious about judicial pronouncements in Nigeria. I have therefore been studying, investigating and asking non-Nigerian lawyers that I know, about law and politics in various countries. …

“The problem of Nigeria is not Corruption. The problem of Nigeria is Unpunished Corruption” — The Guardian (NIGERIA) “No system should be 100% democratic or autocratic. A good system is …

The dance of the absurd taking place in the media space in recent times couldn’t have been had President Buhari not ordered for a Forensic Audit of the Books of …

“One life taken in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in a pogrom.”—Dele Giwa (Nigerian Journalist assassinated in 1986) After five whole years of seeking admission into the institution …