Nigeria Matters

Most of us watching from the sidelines did not really understand what an El-Rufai was going to do in Anambra State on the very eve of the elections. Was he …

From religious fundamentalist groups rising up against the state and its institutions, ethnic militias adopting arcane methods of their own in questioning the legitimacy of the Nigeria State, an increasing …

At the beginning of August, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Suleiman Abba as Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police. On the day of his formal investiture as police henchman, Mr. Abba …

Nigerians were thrown into the ice when in July 2003, a sitting governor in the person of Ngige was abducted and was placed with a gun on his throat to …

A great number of public nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary schools across the country do not have lavatories, experts said. Some have toilets, but its either the restrooms do not …

My recent column, entitled “Bishop Kukah’s Grave Misreading,” generated a high volume of emails, many of them remarkable for their insight. I was so struck by one email, written by …

The signs of a brewing political war are very ominous to all discerning observers as we gradually approach the 2015 General Elections. From shifts in political alliances, convocation of fresh …

It is important to note that fundamental organizational strategy frameworks used in businesses can easily be applicable to political parties. When it is all said and done, political parties are …

It has been over one hundred days since the abduction of the Chibok girls. Over one hundred days in which the girls have had to endure pure horror and pain …

Amaechi seemingly did not tighten up how contracts were awarded in Rivers State. He might say that it was not in his office to award contracts, but since this concerned …

It beats every sense of reasoning when a machinery of the Federal Government like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, bemused the world with the statement that the former …

Abia State has become the devil’s den with daylight robberies, killings and kidnappings. The state has become a free for all place for killers and armed robbers…

Around Amaechi are people one could call spoilers within. They are sharks that swallow both the small and big for the hunger of wealth…

If you sample the opinions of the so-called “most enlightened” segment of the populace as to what constitutes the most formidable challenge – out of a multitude – militating against …

Bishop Kukah’s lecture was also remarkable for a more dubious reason, one that pertains to me. In a bizarre turn in his talk, the bishop singled me out for furious …

A common issue concerning the distribution of the things we all aspire to in our country has been a denominator dominated by unevenness. There has never been any kind of …