Alone Quote by A. J. Odudu

Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent

— Goodluck Jonathan

I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him.

— Patience Jonathan

Nigeria shed the last of a succession of brutal military dictatorships in 1997 and adopted a democratic form of government only in 1999. Our…

— Uzodinma Iweala

There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“High voter turnout, which some equate with a healthy democracy, has been in Nigeria (and in some other countries) an indication instead of a…

— Thomas Sowell

I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just…

— Chinua Achebe

I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The work of making Nigeria great is not yet done, because I still believe that change is possible, this time through the ballot, and…

— Muhammadu Buhari

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference…

— Chinua Achebe

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

— Masai Ujiri

I try as hard as possible not to be pessimistic because I have never thought or believed that creating a Nigerian nation would be…

— Chinua Achebe