Nigeria Matters

I have heard the condemnation trailing the handcuffing of Metuh and I won’t say nothing else but well done to whoever thought it fit to handcuff him. Suspects are always …

Nigerian presidents are notorious for self-aggrandizement. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo termed himself founder of modern Nigeria. And yet he presided over one of the most imperial eras in his country’s …

The word “Senate” originated from the Latin word, “senatus” or “senex” meaning “The Elders”. The term originated from ancient Rome. The defunct Roman Senate remains one of the most enduring …

I have been musing over the conundrum above for a very long time, even before this new dispensation of the sincere and stern President Buhari, and I can’t get it …

President Muhammadu Buhari is living up to the status of the strongman Nigeria needs at this critical juncture in our national life. Prior to his ascension to power less than …

It is well past the time for Goodluck Jonathan to hold a “World Press Conference” and address all the questions being raised today about his alleged complicity in the various …

Nigerians are in the midst of a familiar feeding frenzy. On the menu this time, former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Dasuki, a retired colonel of …

Since our anti-graft agency, Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), beamed its search lights on the arms gate scandal, the revelations that have been coming out daily from the purported arms …

The French Revolution occurred when the people decided to crush the power gaps themselves. When England reduced the powers of the Monarchy, it led to Industrial Revolution. Power corrupts and …

The year 2015 has gone down in history as one of the most tragic years in the world. Violent and bloody from many indications, the outgone year made history for …

This article has been written in sad response to two recent “employment advertisement” scandals that have involved (or, rather, been repudiated) by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and …

Nduka Obaigbena, owner of Thisday newspaper, is not going to go down in infamy all by himself. He is going to take down with him all of his newspaper-owner friends …

As Muhammadu Buhari ran for the fourth—and decisive—time for the Nigerian Presidency, his handlers cast him as a man purged of the dictatorial tendencies and inflexible disposition that marked his …

If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions, could survive the year 2015 unscathed, it is now clear that Nigeria’s disintegration is non-negotiable. The year 2015 experienced a 12 month …

Among the 36 Governors in Nigeria one stands out as something of an ‘enigma’, a polarizing puzzling figure in his best nasty element. That one is none other than the …

For the past several weeks, Nigerians on social media have made a big sport of what we’ve styled “Dasukigate—with an imitative eye to the Richard Nixon-era Watergate. The made-in-Nigeria Dasukigate …