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Yar’Adua’s Health and the Need for Full Disclosure
- By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
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Is Dr. Goodluck Ready To Step Up To The Presidency?
- By Sheyi Oriade
- Published 09/6/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
As far as Nigeria’s political power brokers and kingmakers are concerned, this may be the time to ponder, plot, and perfect their political game strategies in respect of who occupies the top job going forward...
The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy (Part 2)
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/6/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
Pentecostalism hypnotises the populace with its belaboured emphasis on demonic forces or “spiritual attacks” as the aetiology of misfortunes, accidents, barrenness, ill-luck and so on...
Where On Earth Is Evi-Edna Ogholi Ogosi?
- By Bell’ Ihua
- Published 09/6/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
I recently stumbled upon some of Evi Edna Ogholi Ogosi's tunes posted on Youtube and oh my God, they brought back lots of memories and nostalgic feelings of my days as a boy growing up in the city of Lagos...
Speaking Truth to Power: The Dummy OBJ Sold Nigeria
- By Olu Ojedokun
- Published 09/5/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is beginning to appear to me late in the day that President Umaru Yar'Adua was imposed upon us not because of his ability to transform Nigeria but more for the opportunity to wrong foot and outwit the then Vice President Atiku...
Gerd Meuer: Encounter with the Oyinbo Pepper
- By Bayo Olupohunda
- Published 09/5/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
The African Oyinbo who has transcended the length and breath of the Africa continent is in town to present his book written about his long time equally larger-than- life friend, the man he proudly calls Kongi- our own enigmatic Wole Soyinka...
Igbos Of Delta State And Crisis Of Identity (Conclusion)
- By Ephraim Adinlofu
- Published 09/5/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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An Igbo man once asked me in London whether I am a Yoruba man, that my surname looks like one. I just laughed and politely asked the man to pronounce my name. He ended up pronouncing it with all the Igbo-ness and accent which goes with it...
A Call To Duty
- By Ope Ajayi
- Published 09/5/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
In a democratic system, we should not keep mum when wrong steps are taken by government. We should start fighting against unpopular government policies...
Yar’adua and His Sickness
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 09/5/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Last June, Yar'Adua was forced to remain indoors for two days with a congested nose and sore throat. In July a slight cold helped him lose two of the seven pounds which he had picked up during his Asia vacation. In August another head cold and touch of fever again confined him to bed...
The Story of Julianah Balogun-Oke, A Champion Mother
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 09/4/2008
- Life Abroad
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Seventeen UK newspapers and five television stations carried the news of one Mrs Julianah Balogun-Oke, a Nigerian single mother in London whose quadruplets had all been admitted to various Ivy League universities in the UK…
Revisiting the University of Port Harcourt ‘Gang War’
- By Nnaemeka Oruh
- Published 09/4/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
How Rashidi Ladoja Embarrassed Ibadan People
- By Abiodun Ladepo
- Published 09/4/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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If Ladoja spent most of his term fighting Adedibu and about a year on “impeachment” his ability to gobble N8 billion smacks of nothing but ingenuity. Where was this man’s conscience when residents of Alaadorin in Ibadan told him that they had not had pipe-borne water for over 20 years?
Recent Articles
Obama Envy: Bill Clinton Finally Bows to the Inevitable
- By Sheyi Oriade
- Published 09/2/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
These can not be the best of times for Bill Clinton. I mean, it must be difficult for a man who prizes himself as one of the greatest strategic and tactical political minds of his generation...
When God Taught Me Lessons On Faith
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 09/2/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
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Though God gave us mental abilities, he still expects us to seek his opinion before we take off on our tangent. And because we rely and trust he has good plans for us, a relationship with him develops and grows in intimacy as we continually depend on him...
What Happened to the Nigerian Intellectual Class?
- By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
- Published 09/2/2008
- Miscellaneous
- Unrated
By the early to late 1990s, the society of Nigerian intellectuals had become mushy, clay-like, adulterated, corruptible, and puerile. It became a laughing stock...
The Perfect Treatment
- By Bemgba Nyakuma
- Published 09/2/2008
- Life Abroad
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The last two weeks of my life will forever remain the most precious ones to remember for a long time to come. I spent them on the heels of the Netherlands Consulate in search of an MVV- an Authorization of Temporary Residence...
We Are Waiting For You
- By Ope Ajayi
- Published 09/2/2008
- Personal Development
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The only commodity God gave all human being equal is 24hours. When you wake up every morning, a suit case containing 24hours is regularly handed to you...
PDP Domination: Blame the Opposition
- By Bayo Olupohunda
- Published 09/2/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Some of the opposition leaders should be blamed for contributing to the death of viable and sustainable opposition politics in the country since the advent of this democratic journey nine years ago...
Emperor Muhamar Ghadaffi - The King of Kings
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/1/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Something is extremely clear and incontestable, Muammar Ghadaffi remains the “King of Kings” amongst those who selected him. He remains the “King of Kings” amongst his cabal of hungry, shameless and corrupt kings...
Building a Homegrown Economy: The Politicians' Energy or The Public’s Synergy?
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 09/1/2008
- Business & Economy
- Unrated
In order to answer the question where do we as a nation go from here we must honestly ask ourselves where we are now...
Developing Nigeria’s Economy: The New Challenges Of Industry Policy-Making
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 08/29/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Through industrialization, developing nations aspire to achieve higher economic growth, and to eventually attain developed nation status. Yet, it remains doubtful whether the approach of industrial policy-making in developing countries has indeed been successful in transforming their economies...
Jacob Zuma: A Maverick in Pursuit of South Africa’s Presidency
- By Sheyi Oriade
- Published 08/29/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Given President Mbeki’s antipathy towards him and his ambition, Jacob Zuma has taken to adopting opposite views to him on a number of issues...
The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 08/27/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
Our Christian men of God today have contributed in no small ways to the social upheaval the Nigerian nation is going through at the present moment. They laid the foundation of greed and social discontent...
Igbos of Delta State and Crisis of Identity (Part 1)
- By Ephraim Adinlofu
- Published 08/27/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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It is unfortunate that our crisis of identity extends to our own Igbo brothers and sisters across the Niger who are supposed to know better. Unfortunately, they regard themselves, as “the proper Igbos” while the Delta Igbos or Ika Igbos or Western Igbos are regarded derogatorily as “Hausa-Igbos”. ..
Conversation with Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State
- By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
- Published 08/27/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
We were the first government in Nigeria to establish a functional due process unit. We are very clean; my hands are clean. I am not corrupt. My government is very transparent. Those who say I am a thief are not being 100% correct...
Call For Interim Government: Undemocratic Games?
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 08/27/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
If a doomsday prophet defines politics as a mean-spirited enterprise motivated by greed, it can be accepted and used to describe a new political paradigm as seen through the eyes of opposition parties in Nigeria...
How PDP Governors are Under-Developing the South-West
- By Bayo Olupohunda
- Published 08/26/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The giant strides in economic, education, industrial and infrastructural development of the South West witnessed during the First Republic was unprecedented. These gains are being threatened under the present set of Governors!
Infrastructure Concession in Nigeria as Panacea
- By Uche Ohia
- Published 08/26/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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With the support of the World Bank and other financial institutions, many African governments are adopting the concession option for the development of their basic infrastructure...
Bracing Up For Self Sustenance
- By Hassan Rilwan
- Published 08/26/2008
- Position Papers
- Unrated
You can enter any business at any level as long as you bring with it innovation which is the edge and quality service delivery. Never enter any venture without these two things or you will fail sooner than you think...
Tax Reform and Illegal Commission Agent: Oyigbo Example
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 08/26/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The State of Rivers is guilty of illegal taxation of its residence, who, with a fair and objective policy on traffic speed enforcement, would not be considered criminals and could not be reasonably or ethically expected to pay what can only be described as a tax...
