Nigeria Matters

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will inherit something of a perfect political storm when he takes office in a few weeks. He ran a well-orchestrated campaign as an outsider, an agent of …

Recently, the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. John Oyegun, was quoted as saying that he was “sad” that his party could not produce a lawmaker from the …

As we move closer to handover day to a brand new Federal Government of Nigeria on 29 May 2015, with a mixture of optimism and trepidation, if Nigerians (whether you …

The heavy defeat suffered by the ruling party, PDP in the just concluded general elections has taken its toll on the party and right now the centre can no longer …

There is a fascinating metamorphosis going on amongst Nigerian elite that is worth of paying attention to. Like in the biological process wherein animals physically develop a conspicuous and relatively …

That the tasks before the incoming administration arrow headed by the overwhelming winner of the 2015 Presidential Poll, (Rtd) General Muhammadu Buhari, are gargantuan, is a fact that cannot be …

As Ndigbo, we shouldn’t pretend that all is well with us. Our house has fallen and the earlier we tell ourselves the bitter truth that we are the architects of …

Ever since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960 and becoming a Republic in 1963, the country seems to have been living on the edge; living dangerously, like the adrenalin-junkies of the extreme …

After the large turn-out of Nigerian  voters clamouring for change, it has become clear that the political and legal underpinnings of our under-development  has been the ascendancy of illusionary statecraft …

In a recently published interview he granted the Vanguard Newspaper, ace columnist and social commentator, Dr Femi Aribisala expressed his candid views on the recently concluded 2015 General Elections, with …

Muhammadu Buhari’s triumph over Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28, 2015 presidential election has unleashed a fever of hope in Nigeria. Everywhere I turn, I encounter among Nigerians the sense …

It started out as a great idea for Engr. Seyi Makinde; the grand design that would see him clinching the top position in Oyo State’s politics. He put together a …

Nigeria’s Presidential Election have come and gone with all the apprehension and fireworks that accompanied it. After a very intense battle that pitched the candidates of the various political parties …

During the governorship and states’ houses of assembly elections that took place in Nigeria last Saturday (April 11, 2015), several persons reportedly died across the nation. As I write now, …

The dust is finally settling on a new reality in Nigeria, as we the people have finally seized the moment and decided that enough is enough with being ruled, with …

In every decision or action one undertakes in life, there’s a reason. But what I’m yet to understand up till this moment is the reason why we “Ndigbo” decided to …