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So What Next...After The Mother Of All Protests?
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 01/26/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Nobody has a monopoly of knowledge or opinions. We all have to learn from each other, and believe me; I have learnt a lot from my countrymen and women in the past two weeks of the oil subsidy removal imbroglio...
Boko Haram – Elders Should Act Fast
- By Suleiman Oji
- Published 01/26/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The suggestion that the federal government should dialogue with Boko Haram sect is not a bad idea. The government's reluctance to initiate such dialogue is also not mistaken...Adeniyi, Peterside – When Carelessness Begets Recklessness
- By Banjo Odutola
- Published 01/26/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Obi And The Killing Of Ndigbo
- By Odimegwu Onwumere
- Published 01/26/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
On the stand of the leaders of Igbo extraction on the killings of Ndigbo in the North, those who read newspapers and do not base their observations on beer parlour politics would note that a meeting of the South-East governors was held this year on the issue...Negotiating with Boko Haram terrorists
- By Gbenga Kayode
- Published 01/25/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Instead of wasting its precious time on dialoguing with an anti-humanity and destructive group as Boko Haram, the Government must institute counter-terrorism measures to further clip the wings of these reckless suicide bombers and their sponsors, paymasters and sympathisers...The Town Crier – Seven Kings, Seven Seasons
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 01/25/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Do not fault peerless Bro Jona. He is vigorously confronting corruption and is making every effort to tame the Boko monster. For example, his security vote remains limitless and not accountable to anyone...
Toward repositioning Nigeria's petroleum industry
- By Odilim Enwegbara
- Published 01/24/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Since its discovery some 150 years ago, oil has never stopped ruling the world. Just like money, oil has brought both affluence and quandary to the world. While it turned some once forgotten parts of the world into economic centres of the universe, it also turned some others into irreparable desolate lands...What would the ghosts of Kano say?
- By A.A. Kila
- Published 01/23/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
What if the ghosts of Kano and others that died of terrorist attacks meet the head of police and other chiefs of the Nigerian security? What will these ghosts say to those charged, paid and even honored for protecting their lives?Recent Articles
Nigeria: The Road to Failure
- By Mike Opeyemi Omilusi
- Published 01/22/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Like many of the failed or failing states, elections in Nigeria do not provide a just and veritable platform for its teeming masses to change an abysmally bad system of governance...
The misadventure of a Good Luck called Jonathan
- By Tunde Ali
- Published 01/22/2012
- Nigeria Matters
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If OBJ had a conscience, now would be the time for him to bury his face in shame. This is due to his role and schemes in navigating President Jonathan to the corridor of power...
Nigeria: A Giant to Emulate
- By Mike Opeyemi Omilusi
- Published 01/22/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Nigeria, through its government, is trying very hard to deal ruthlessly with the social menace of corruption, particularly since 1999...
Lawless vs. the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 01/22/2012
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Since 1960, our Federal Republic has been injured very often by criminal conducts. Lawlessness has been rife, lawlessness has been on the rise and the serpents of illusion have crawled around the nation...
Occupy Nigeria House New York, January 10 2012: A Personal Reflection
- By Chinyere Ugomma Eze-Nliam
- Published 01/21/2012
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
On New Year's Day, when Nigerians were celebrating the advent of another year, the government of Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan announced the removal of fuel subsidy. This unpopular move which raised exponentially the cost of living for the common man was met with stiff resistance and led to widespread protests throughout the federation in what is now known as the Occupy Nigeria Movement...
Town Crier in the city of the deaf – Power must change hands!
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 01/21/2012
- Nigeria Matters
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Just when I was thinking of expressing comradeship with the courageous men and women in Lagos State who were planning to continue the street protests that greeted the removal of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria, I was abruptly brought to a great sadness by the scale of human and material destruction that characterized Boko Haram attacks on the ancient city of Kano...
Dynamics of transformation in Nigerian economy
- By Gbenga Kayode
- Published 01/21/2012
- Business & Economy
- Unrated
Sustainable transformation efforts being initiated to effect marked improvements in the quality of life of the people in all areas of human endeavour certainly involve change-producing forces in any society...
The African National Congress is 100 years old
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 01/21/2012
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Recently, the African National Congress celebrated its centenary with pomp and gaieties. Last year, the Communist Party of China also celebrated its centenary. The fine thread running through the political culture of the two parties is their adoption of Marxian dialectic...
