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...

The Travails of Adams Oshiomhole

We do not entirely make our luck. Much of it is gifted to us by nature and, perhaps, cosmic forces. Although it is difficult...

Godwin Obaseki

Perhaps it runs deep, the Old “Bendel Blood”. It all came alive, as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa went along with Governor Nogheghase Obaseki as soon...

Of Elections and Judicial Pronouncements

I have always been curious about judicial pronouncements in Nigeria. I have therefore been studying, investigating and asking non-Nigerian lawyers that I know, about...

The problem of Nigeria is not Corruption. It is Unpunished Corruption!

"The problem of Nigeria is not Corruption. The problem of Nigeria is Unpunished Corruption" -- The Guardian (NIGERIA) “No system should be 100% democratic or autocratic....

Is the Niger Delta Still Part Of Nigeria?

The dance of the absurd taking place in the media space in recent times couldn't have been had President Buhari not ordered for a...

Uwaila Omozuwa: Rape And Murder So Gruesome!

“One life taken in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in a pogrom.”—Dele Giwa (Nigerian Journalist assassinated in 1986) After five whole years of...

Big Country, Small President

The powers-that-be of Nigeria take great pleasure in describing the country as the “Giant of Africa.” A towering giant is not expected to have a...

Nigeria: Wake Up, Sleeping Giant!

Tomorrow, May 29, 2020, is what used to be referred to in Nigeria as “Democracy Day,” but now it will only serve as the anniversary of...

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The Great White Throne Judgment

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Ever since oil drilling got under way in the Niger Delta’s Oloibiri in the early 1950s, the communities that surround this stormy body of “oil-hood” have lived in dread of an environmental failure...

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Why Tinubu’s Hands Seem Tied — The Uncomfortable Facts Behind Nigeria’s Security Impasse

President Bola Tinubu talks tough from Aso Rock. Yet,...

This Coalition Isn’t a Fairytale — It’s a Necessary Evil!

Let’s drop the sugarcoating and call this moment for...

Orji Kalu and Bank of Industry: Old Wines In New Skins

In Nigeria, we intimidate each other by the extent of our network. It is a question of who hobnobs with you and how far reaching your influence can attract the people that matter.

Tony Enahoro, Chairman, Obasanjo's Engineered National Conference?

Obasanjo is much more for the status quo than Enahoro ever was, or could ever be, because he has been a veritable product of that status quo from the get go and can not, at this point in his life and career, do otherwise...

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

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Atiku: From the brink to reckoning

With his endorsement by the Northern political elite to contest for the ticket of the party for the 2011 election, Atiku has bounced back from political wilderness and the coming months will be interesting in the politics of Nigeria...