Nigeria Matters

Over the years leaders of the Edo South stocks have emerged; we have Charles Idahosa, Osazee Ize-Iyamu, Prof. Edun Akenzua, as well as others too numerous to mention. These Sons …

The partnership with Toro-Atlantic Global Limited caused a ceremony in Dubai that attracted the eyes of the crème de la crème in business the world over…

So much drama is unfolding in Nigerian political arena today, and the big players seem to care less about the people or the identity of the people they are governing. …

The question among many Abia people is whether Governor T.A. Orji has built a new capital city in the state, except Umuahia…

I am deeply troubled by the current pattern that our civilian democracy is trending in Nigeria.  It is frightening and if not curtailed, will metamorphose into a cancerous worm that …

Again and again, experts, foreign and home-bred, have foretold that Nigeria was on the cusp of becoming a stupendous economic miracle. With each new prediction, many Nigerians, especially those who …

The Southern part of Nigeria is dominated by people who studied in Britain, speak fine English, but are short of the political philosophy evinced in nation-building…

For now, may we say that the disenchantment of the people about Ogboru is not mono-causal.  We have said it well enough previously that Ogboru’s repeated failure in getting it …

Quality public primary and secondary education provides the fountain for human development and a catalyst for social and economic development in Nigeria; a nation endowed with natural and human resources …

Before any politician can justify disembarking from his party and seeking accommodation elsewhere, he must show written evidence that he has assiduously tried to correct his party’s wrong policies to …

The grand passion of Nigeria’s under class and marginalized under-achievers is to talk familiarly with “exalted personages” and entertain them with buffoonery…

I have nothing against Kayode’s bid to project himself as the arch-defender of the Yoruba, whether within the Nigerian federation or as an independent entity. Self-determination is no sin and …

Nigeria has suffered and also has been abused by its rulers from the inception of nationhood. The country is like a wife who endures a continuous domestic violence from her …

We appear to be growing more and more incompatible, and more and more prominently pulled apart by many overt and subterranean reasons. More people feel cheated and desecrated by principal …

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence speaks eloquently, with overwhelming confidence and not the cautious optimism of a diplomat…

Why are we so blest? What combination of factors has rendered Nigerians this apathetic, this nonchalant, this indifferent to their degraded condition? In a space where most so-called citizens exist …