Nigerialog.com blog seeks to create, nurture and sustain opportunities for constructive communication among Nigerians. We are of the opinion that past attempts to move the country forward excluded a very vital instrument critical to true nation building; that is the instrument of dialogue and debate. Over the years, it seemed as if this instrument was deliberately muzzled and enervated by forces opposed to the positive possibilities that can result from its sustained application. As a result, existential threats facing the nation simply became more entrenched.. Some of the cumulative products of this “fear-of-genuine-dialogue” environment are: stale ideas pervading the political and developmental space; extremism and tribal chauvinism, militancy and violence, corruption and mediocrity; institutional failures; oppression, suppression and marginalization; stagnancy masked as conservatism; cronyism and promotion of private interests ahead of the interests of the Nigerian peoples.