Pluralism is more than difference in behavioral patterns. It is a fundamental difference in worldviews and Nigeria typifies it. It implies that autonomous individuals within a societal continuum do not constitute an integral amalgamation of a bodypolitic. A multicultural multireligious multiethnic and multilingual blend Nigeria serves as a good laboratory for pluralist test. What Nigeria needs is authority in order to articulate these plural and conflicting worldviews into a reasonable discourse or committed dialogue. It is then the challenge of authority in Nigeria to reconcile the apparent incompatibilities within the multiple groups into a reasonable consensus. Plagued with the pathological equivocations of human rights incessant military coups and countercoups vicious ethnic discrimination and lack of regard for meritocracy Nigeria stands as a classical example of a leaderless society. Derided by foes as a political patchwork and portrayed by friends as a potential volcano all that Nigeria needs is authority that can articulate her numerous but diversified potentials into a catalyst for human development. No sustainable political or social foundations could be laid in the absence of this desideratum.