Nigeria Matters

The Nigerian senate on the 28th of September, 2017 passed a bill into law promulgating death sentence for kidnappers in Nigeria. If these are normal times, and if Nigeria is …

For Ndigbo, another chance beckons in 2019. Yes, in 2019, Nigeria will go through another election process. After the self-inflicted tragedy of 2015, the coming election should be an opportunity …

Accursed is the land where the young are slaughtered for expressing a contrary opinion. That nation has betrayed tomorrow. That land is finished where the young are forbidden from questioning …

This issue of Biafra agitation and the Igbo question in Nigeria federation has been dangling in the air for quite some time now, but many Nigeria conveniently chose to decide …

My brothers it is good as we share information on personal safety and on exercising caution as we deal with domestic staff. However, I wish we would not sweep the …

After this war on corruption, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari should as a matter of urgency trigger a referendum to discuss our continued unity as a nation. A marriage shouldn’t be …

Like the British Psychologist, Oliver James put it in his book, Affluenza, I could conjecture that there is a correlation between the increasing access to satellite television and the epidemic …

“Prof. (Ishaq) Oloyede of JAMB has remitted 5billion to government early in August and yesterday announced another 3billion is ready to be remitted this week making it 8billion. The Finance …

Perhaps, one of the critical takeaways in the recent indisposition of President Muhammadu Buhari is the importance of the Vice Presidential and deputy governorship seats in the conducts of states’ …

The Actions of the ignorant, muddied IPOB and the Soldiers of the Nigerian Army are condemnable. The two players’ actions are like mess and salt in the famished and thirsty …

You probably saw the video the other day…of Nigerian army personnel in an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), being pelted with stones, bottles and all other kinds of projectiles by a …

For quite some time now, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has elected for himself the role of the main opposition to the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party in Nigeria …

“If the elements of the past reappear in the present, the future can (easily) be predicted.” – Abdullahi Saidu Wasagu In legal parlance, it is generally opined that he who …

A more coordinated and articulated Ojukwu failed to win an unwinnable war. Reason: he was fighting a country that had all the instruments of war at her disposal. Kanu, the …

This statement by the late great Madiba, Nelson Mandela, a true African son and only one of its kinds is what I consider the apt title to this piece. It …

“Listen! We have done this and we have done it! That’s it! Nothing is going to happen! All that you are seeing right now…all those people shouting all over social …