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...

Sacrament to Mediocrity

Nigeria is a sacrament to mediocrity, stumbling towards Armageddon; a metaphor of dysfunction, hovering dangerously over the precipice. Over and above being a testament...

Nigeria As A Confederacy of Dunces

Let me start with a confession. I borrowed the title of this piece from the American Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John...

Prince Arthur Eze And The Rest Of Us

Controversial oil billionaire Prince Arthur Eze is making so much news of late. He has received some heavy knocks in some quarters for insisting...

Lessons from Bamidele Olumilua’s life

Wole Olanipekun! Remember him? Yes! Everybody talks about him in glowing terms: he is gifted and God-fearing. As a matter of fact, everybody marvels at how the...

Nigerian Political Woman’s Hell On Earth

The Nigerian political woman is hardly ever allowed by the men who control the parties to get elected into high office. The women have to...

Aguma’s Call for the Closure of APC State Party Secretariat: A huge surprise – Nwuke

The acting State Publicity Secretary of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress APC, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke has expressed surprise over Hon. Igo Aguma’s call...

Will Herdsmen Plunge Nigeria Into Food Crisis?

One of the most worrisome developments in today’s Nigeria is what appears like a firm resolve by the Muhammadu Buhari regime to continue circulating...

When Obasanjo Fired A Letter Bomb at Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and women have of course forgotten the bomb of a letter that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent...

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Fireworks, Street Urchins New Year’s Eve

So there I was, feeling very pious with my Bible tucked under my arm, heading to church...I had a bad feeling about this trip…a feeling I could not shake off try as I may...

Tamas Aczel: A Writer Who Inspired Me

One of the special joys of my time in...

Open Letter to Nigerians

For the Nigerians who believe that we can be better than we are and are willing to make the sacrifice to improve our country, join us. For those who are hell bent on destroying the country just to line their pockets, we shall fight you to the very end...

Nigeria and China: The $23 Billion sunshine deal

China is a big player in Africa and Nigeria in particular especially in oil and gas industry. China has a history of trying to consolidate the deal to refurbish Nigerian refineries...

Post Consolidation: How Safe Are Nigerian Banks?

No bank or nation really stands alone. So whenever a bank fails, there is concern that it may pull other banks down with it or reduce the confidence so essential to the banking industry...

America Means Well For Nigeria; Oh Really?

America has clearly set out to undermine Nigeria, to create instability and disintegration! Despite the adamant insistence by some Nigerians that the current American federal government means well for Nigeria and Nigerians, it is becoming crystal clear that the quick succession of negative events perpetrated and orchestrated at the behest of America are geared toward producing negative consequences...

The Seven Stations of the Egyptian Cross: The Military Coup in Egypt (3)

Over six thousand Egyptians were killed on 13th to 16th August, 2013. These gruesome events happened on the 13th month, in the 13th year of the 21st century, lending credence to the superstitious belief about the number 13...

Understanding Youth Conflict and Sustainable Initiative Model (4)

Conflict is one of the major concerns not only in any given continent, it also affects the international community as well. Conflict is simply the absence of peace, and the successive introduction of diversified sense of humor of people within the context of a community or society...

Nigeria Betrayed Them

Nigerians need an explanation from the Nigerian Army, the Defence Headquarters and the Presidency, on why these soldiers did not receive their salaries in the first place, which opened the way for their protest...

Kalu’s ABSU Degree And Gov. Orji’s Comedian Political Campaign

Orji likes the gospel of division. He has been governing as one man who does not want to see the good in Abia State, because he lacks patriotism in every sense of existence...