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...

Is Nigeria Working?

If Nigeria is working, we will know! Those were the exact words of late Prof Chinua Achebe, Africa’s foremost novelist and distinguished intellectual. In other...

Of Kingsley Ayodele Moghalu  and  China: Looking beyond Nigeria

Kingsley Moghalu, then presidential candidate of the Young People's Party, had affirmed on August 12, 2019, that Nigeria can be the next China. He bared his thoughts in a post...

Seyi Makinde & Dapo Abiodun: A tale of two  Billionaire Governors

A tale of two Billionaire Governors: Seyi Makinde the Bishop's Boy and Dapo  Abiodun, the Prince from Remo When I think of the two Governors - I...

Olusegun Obasanjo of Operation Feed the Nation/Zero Hunger

Olusegun Obasanjo of Operation Feed the Nation and Operation Zero Hunger: Cultivating soil and mind, Cultivating Talent and friendship: Cultivating Peace badan dazzles. Ibadan has...

A Collage of Discussion on Corruption in Nigeria

This is not really an article; rather, it is a collage of comments made by members of Champions For Nigeria, an organisation whose members...

Struggling To Understand Democracy

Our leadership are still struggling to understand democracy as a collective approach in meeting collective needs, such as quality education, jobs, housing, mass transportation...

Atiku and the Insurrection tagged ‘Revolution Now’

The victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the last (2019) presidential election in the country was given, in my view. In spite of his...

The Guardian Newspapers: Conscience, Nurtured by Truth!

Alex Ibru (1 March 1945 – 20 November 2011) was a Nigerian businessman, founder and publisher of The Guardian newspaper. He was also the Minister of Internal Affairs from...

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EU Did not Clear Obasanjo of Corruption

Amadeau Altafaj, who is the EC spokesman for Development, denied making any statements about Pres. Obasanjo's ownership, or lack thereof, of foreign bank accounts. He also denied commenting on the other African leaders regarding foreign bank accounts...

Jonathan’s Two Quiet Months

It’s one of the amazements of Nigerian life that the tumultuous events of last January seem now so terribly dim and faraway. But it was in January, two short months ago, that President Goodluck Jonathan incautiously increased the price of fuel...

The Shape of Things To Come?

I have had several sad conversations in the past two weeks with friends who, like me, are from Anambra State. The conversations have focused on the local government election held in the state on January 11...

There Was A Sage Called Chinua Achebe

A Review of There Was A Man - Chinua...

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...

Rewarding Loyalty – The Obasanjo/Andy Uba Story

This article is not about the good or bad, the right or wrong or the positive or negative aspects of political associations, friendships or rewards. It is mainly about the loyalty of humanity towards one another and the philosophies behind them...

Economic Aid, HIV/AIDS, And Nigerian Churches

There are countries in Africa that shouldn’t have been nation-states in the first place. These are countries that are just too small, too poor, and vastly undereducated...

Rivers: From Demolition To Deduction

In a town hall meeting with Rivers community in Abuja on the 5th November, 2012, Governor Chibuike Amaechi-led Government of Rivers State reportedly announced that it has ordered two helicopters...

Anti-Muslim Film: Free Speech or Hate Speech?

The line between free speech and hate speech isn’t always defined. What is hateful to one person may be legitimate to another. All societies place limits of free speech, and some are far more restrictive than others.  Irrespective of geography, however, drawing that line in the sand is never easy, and inevitably leads to intense, polarising debates...

Subsidy Removal: Buhari Must Not Put the Cart Before the Horse!

The current fuel crisis may be causing Muhammadu Buhari...