Nigeria Matters

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

Nobody Asked Me, But…

A Prefatory Note The title of this series is borrowed from Jimmy Cannon, the late American sportswriter and newspaper columnist whose Nobody Asked Me, But…...

Still on Osun and the election that was!  (2)

In its natural, neutral and humane form, politics ought to be “the messy, vital machinery of human compromise designed to resolve conflict without violence.”...

Still on Osun and the election that was! (1)

With allegations about yet another killing, the never-ending saga of turbulence continues in Osun State. Far from any official rhetoric, the people bear what...

Peter Obi’s Wife: Let’s Talk About Her Handbag

It is difficult to argue that many Nigerians are not afflicted with schizophrenia – that acute psychological disorder characterized by scrambled thought processes, periodic...

­Missed moments and the search for nationhood

A critical tactical blunder in Nigeria’s chequered political history is that the country never gave birth to a unified party of independents, similar to...

The Yoruba ‘Omoluabi’ Ethos And Nigeria’s Leadership

The Yoruba people in the Southwest of Nigeria are deeply immersed in culture, history, ideology, and other guiding principles that define their existence. This...

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What's the matter with women? What do women want? What are they looking for? What manner of men are women looking for? Please tell me. Perhaps I too can be one of those men...

Changing Times

America has a wonderful society with lots of opportunities yet it is a community of varying immigrants and this could be confusing to children being raised in the America society by parents of different or foreign cultural orientation.

Esu: Between Sani Abacha and Bola Tinubu

Over the years, many people, especially Christians, have maligned...

Disconnected From the Motherland

When I told African Americans who were my friends and co-workers, that I was engaged to my then fiancé, some of the first things they asked me is “Is he ugly, for you know those Africans are ugly?”

Ijaw in the Diaspora: Their Hypocrisy is Tiring

There are Ijaw who, publicly, will abuse and attack and criticize government officials; yet, when government officials visit the United States, Canada or the UK, will be first in line genuflecting, running errands...

When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

They say if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. His ways and thoughts are not ours and He certainly moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. So today, learn to write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser. Most importantly, let go and let God. All things always work out together for good. Just believe...

Encounter With The Paralytic Preacher!

It was a little after 3.30 am when the host pastor introduced a special guest preacher to mount the pulpit. The pastor in question was in wheel-chair, a disabled man of God...

Maurice Iwu and the Sale of Nigeria’s Collective Inheritance

Professor Iwu is not alone in this drive towards the sale of Nigeria’s biodiversity to the West for personal gains. Several Nigerian scientists, researchers, students and ordinary citizens, resident and in the Diaspora, have been known to collude with Western interests in selling off the plant resources of the country...

If Ojukwu is a hero who is the villain?

The glorification of the dead Emeka Ojukwu began in Lagos where he grew up and studied in Nigeria like me. As a big fan of Ikemba, I was there at the Tafawa Balewa Square with some old and new friends to pay our last tributes to this great man and what we met there was a rare enchanting pan Nigerian spirit on display...