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...

An Aberrant Democracy

What exactly is democracy? Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally "rule by people") is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. ......

When the foundation of the Nigerian State is faulty, what can the poor masses do?

Nigeria has been facing constitutional crisis since independence in 1960. The 1999 Constitution is also the reason for the call for secession, disintegration, restructuring...

The Development of a Society is not for Charlatans

For a society to develop (in all aspects and areas of human endeavour – technology, agriculture, governance, industrial, infrastructure, communication, transportation, sports, youth development,...

2023 and Tinubu’s Rumoured interest

Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will...

Okada Ban in Lagos Discussed

Raise your hand if you want your child to be keke rider!’ – Seun Kuti tackles Nigerians over okada ban - TheCable Lifestyle https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/raise-your-hand-if-you-want-your-child-to-be-a-keke-rider-seun-kuti-tackles-nigerians-over-okada-ban/#.XjvAu4u4snw.whatsapp Eric...

Operation Amotekun: An Experiment in Community Policing

In a nation where so much of the rich, natural dynamism is misdirected and squandered upon crude and inventive expressions of corruption, much to...

Nigeria: A Tripod of Hate!

"I fear evolution has inbuilt greed and aggression to the human genome. There is no sign of conflict lessening, and the development of militarized...

Potus’ “Travel Ban” and Nigeria

I hope President Trump--President of the United States (POTUS) receives my recent gracious and well-exposé-concerned-letter sent to him at The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania...

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Who Do Christians Venerate In CHURCH?

You shall have no other gods before me -...

Is Polygamy a Human Right?

The definition of the word “polygamy” have been contrived to suit the wishes of the white man. Given the history of world civilization and conquests, it is the domineering race that gets to define the standards of public morality...

I Bought a Book on Etiquette Today

Child worship and self advertisement among Nigerian parents are definitely on the rise while common sense and good manners are on the decline…

New Pope, new churching…?

If you are in any position of leadership whether physical or spiritual,  the litmus test to the efficacy of your leadership or the legacy you leave behind is in your ability to grow your own people to be as successful as you are. If your people don’t have light, you should not have light...

Do Not Rob Us

It’s been confirmed that the wealthiest place on earth is not the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria, neither is it the diamond fields of South Africa.  In fact, it is not the oil fields of Saudi Arabia...

Political Stargazers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

There are professional politicians in Nigeria, whose morbid preoccupation is with how to become President.  This alluring obsession with power is insatiable and ill-defined...

Just what is Christmas?

Christmas is, without doubt, the most prominent among the several irremediably polluted children that emerged from the very unholy and ungodly marriage between a depreciating version of Christianity and Roman paganism...

Anambra State – A Reversed Renaissance?

So, what type of political intrigue does Anambra State define? Certainly not one that promotes democracy; its state governor is right in the warning that the political upheaval may subsume the current democratic dispensation...

Of Pseudo Letter Writers and Authors

A letter is often a method or means of...

Wole Soyinka: Kongi’s Harvest In The Wasteland

The respected and erudite Professor Wole Soyinka's epistle in...