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...

Bukola Saraki’s Amoral Political Life and the Gathering Tempest

People like Bukola Saraki, the hugely compromised and controversial Senate President, believe that Nigeria is perpetually indebted to them. How he and his likes...

Dealing with the Aftermaths of Defection In Nigerian Politics

As the 2019 general elections approaches, Nigerian politicians are moving camps, divorcing and marrying new political suitors and erecting new shades to ply their...

Python Dance and the Trials of Muhammadu Buhari

In between 1986 and 1990; Nigeria had a Prof. Jerry Gana; who as the Director of MAMSER- Mass Agency for the Mobilization of Social...

Ekweremadu and his Increasing Anti-Buhari Rants

Any day Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate president wakes up and didn’t abuse or blame President Buhari for one reason or the other is...

Buharism: A Doctrine That Will Change The Way We live in Nigeria 

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell The term Buharism evolved during the regime of General Muhammadu...

Kayode Fayemi: He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best

When he was manipulated out of power in a bizarre and reckless manner in 2014, it was not certain if Dr. John Kayode Fayemi...

Burning Questions on the Returned Abacha Loot

Over the last week or so, there has been heightened interest amongst Nigerians about the use of the most recently repatriated $322.5 million Abacha...

Ojukaye Accuses Wike of embarking on vain glory by commissioning Obiri Ikwerri – Airport Road

The Rivers State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, has denounced the penchant of Gov. Nyesom Wike for painting and inviting...

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Happy Oliver Twist Day

There is need for all to come to the roundtable and iron issues out such that a side won’t be like the big man throwing few coins at the greedy beggar who can’t help but ask for more. The reason is simple—we are all big men… or could be, if circumstances change...

Are You Worried That Your Kids Do Not Know Nigeria?

I am a 38 year old Nigerian living in the UK and bringing up two sons.  My sons were both born in the UK and one of the issues that I am having to deal with is whether my kids will grow up being able to identify with Nigeria and its culture.  In other words, will they see themselves as Nigerian first and British second? 

The Jonathans: There is God oo

I was shocked to hear the President say that we do not have a modern army.  We don’t?  What then has been happening to all the billions that go into Defence budgets every year?  So, in a way, I was relieved to learn that the Americans are coming to help us out...

Comparing Fela Kuti with any Nigerian Musician

In the title of this essay, I have carefully...

The Significance Of All Saints Igbo Language Anglican Church In DC

It was a very important day in the history of Ndigbo in DC area with the formal inauguration of All Igbo Anglican Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington on Sunday September 16th, 2007...

Early Warning Systems: A Strategic Path to Curb Conflict in Benue State

Benue State, a region often defined by the scars...

Business Climate in Nigeria

Here is something to ponder. Have you ever wondered why most businesses in Nigeria die once the proprietor is no longer alive?

An Authentic African Epic

By Yusiff Nanah Charm Kamara   I stumbled on Odili Ujubuonu's "Crows...

Delta Gubernatorial Election: Anioma’s Best Bet

Come April 26, 2011 Nigerians will be going to the polls to elect their governors. This is an opportunity to correct the past. And many states are set to do just that. Perhaps none is as poised to put behind it an inglorious past like Delta...

Naija Women Can Play The Game Too!

I don't think it is out of place for us to concede that a woman's brain is not an organ of her sex. If we keep saying that women are weak because of their physical configuration, how else can we reconcile this with how much they have held their own against us?