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While we pray for Mr. President…
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published Today
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Power is everything. Without it, we revert to living like the Neolithic and the Neanderthal, stone age people who eked a living hitting rocks against each other to produce weak fires to roast a cob of maize for dinner...
Anambra’s “Verdict 2010” as lesson and revenge
- By Okey Ndibe
- Published Today
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Last Saturday, voters in Anambra State came out in impressive numbers to elect a governor. The stakes were extremely high, and the obstacles formidable, but the people of Anambra did themselves great credit...The Final Come Down Came: A Book Excerpt for Men Only
- By Michael Egbejumi-David
- Published Today
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
I had barely sat down. Hadn’t even had time to take the first sip of my coffee when this man planted himself in the chair directly opposite me. It was the last thing I needed...Onitsha Needs and Deserves Environmental Facelift
- By Emeka Chiakwelu
- Published Yesterday
- Health & Environment
- Unrated
Onitsha the commercial Mecca of Anambra State in Nigeria, the city that gave us Main Market, the largest market in Africa, has been neglected so much that it desperately cries for a facelift...Shadow Government
- By Chinedu Vincent Akuta
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Damn our "leaders" if they like it, damn them if they don't. The people have spoken. Enough of power vacuum, near constitutional crisis and over heating of the polity all due to the fact that the ruling party does not trust the Vice President...Nigeria, A Nation Caught In The Web Of Circumstances
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
For weeks now, the Nigerian media has been agog with vexatious outburst by some of those who brought Nigeria to where we are. Political malcontents of all hues and colours have made insipid statements about the state of the nation they ran aground...Adams Oshiomhole: A Labour Activist as Governor
- By Jideofor Adibe
- Published 02/4/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Though Oshiomhole impressed many people as President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, history teaches us that some of the most famous labour leaders of the past few decades failed woefully as political leaders. This should be a source of concern to Oshiomhole...Another World Cancer Day: Nigeria's Prognosis
- By Adepoju Paul Olusegun
- Published 02/4/2010
- Health & Environment
- Unrated
While on clinical posting to the department, I met a woman who just had her worst fear confirmed, she was diagnosed to have a madly spreading cancer in her left breast...Recent Articles
Lamentations of a Writer
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 02/4/2010
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Somebody should have told me way back that I'll someday carry burdens like Atlas of ancient Greece which no one can help offload from my heart. For if I had known, I would have played out the worst-case scenario in my mind...
Will the Dollar Rebound and Appreciate?
- By Emeka Chiakwelu
- Published 02/4/2010
- Africa & World
- Unrated
The bearish development of the Dollar, the world's primary and dominant reserve currency is something of concern...
Of the Logistician and the Actualizer
- By Peter Claver Oparah
- Published 02/4/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
One calls the other the Logistician while the other calls his friend, the Actualizer. They are friends and have worked together. Between them lies the most mobile, progressive and solid political base in the country at present...
2010 Gubernatorial Elections in Anambra State: Opinion Research (2)
- By Jideofor Adibe
- Published 02/4/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
We are happy to present the results of our second opinion poll for the February 6, 2010 gubernatorial elections in Anambra state. The survey was based on 9000 likely voters in the state, and was conducted on January 21-23 2010 by a combination of telephone calls and direct interviews...
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Another Military Coup d’Etat?
- By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
- Published 02/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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In an age where people are soulfully clamoring for good governance, accountability and constitutionalism, military coup d’etat may not be the solution to the countless ills that have become institutionalized in the Nigerian vein and marrow...
Yar’Adua to live forever; Nigeria may die
- By Okey Ndibe
- Published 02/1/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Many of us following the argument that a comatose Umaru Yar’Adua is fit to run Nigeria must have a sense of déjà vu. Nigeria is not the only country that falls into the hands of inept, clueless leadership...
Gen Obasanjo: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
- By Sheyi Oriade
- Published 02/1/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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In his mental universe, it appears Obasanjo sees himself as the nation’s pre-eminent statesman. But for such a mental outlook to have any basis in reality, one of such status should be possessed of humility and be in good standing with his people...
Ending the scourge of poverty in Nigeria
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 02/1/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
One is saddened by the current constitutional impasse occasioned by the lingering ill-health of President Yar’adua and the spiralling effects of this on the entrenchment of good governance and the eradication of poverty in Nigeria...
