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...

Buhari and Sowore: Birds of a Feather Flock Together!

Intercontinentally, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has displayed some maturity and wisdom so far in his town hall meetings. But I have a strong advise for...

Nigeria and the Mace Snatching Saga

It is troubling, to say the least, that an incident like the invasion of Parliament and snatching of the Mace, our symbol of authority,...

Deranged, Debased Dino, Detonated!!!

Dear Dino, Aghhhhh… Dino Melaye!!! You again? Rascally you again!!! I pray that you will not return to that hollow chamber which you have defiled...

Nigeria and her too many Wars

Wonders shall never stop happening and as I look at our dear nation Nigeria, I am beginning to wonder when the wars will end.  ...

State of a Failed Nation (1)

Today, we have to pull and push Nigeria on all sides. Today, we have to embark on flesh-and-blood distillations of the many aberrations pummeling...

On Babangida’s Malapropisms

Apart from being widely known as the dictator under whom corruption became state policy in Nigeria, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, erstwhile military “President”...

Buhari and the Lazy Political Youth Coyotes

In his speech in London last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, ever his frank and honest self, captured the challenges a state like Nigeria faces,...

The Democratization of Ignorance and Laziness in Nigeria

We should empathize with President Muhammadu Buhari's honesty and his current self-inflicted brouhaha. Buhari is being badly managed by his handlers. I also strongly...

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Volunteers In Nigeria Where Art Thou?

Despite the upsurge of Christian and Islamic fundamentalism and fanaticism in Nigeria, there is dearth of volunteerism in Nigeria. Volunteerism is profoundly absent and yet, Nigerians are said to be the most religious?

An Open Letter to my Ijaw Kinsmen and Women

How do these peddlers of secession position the Ijaw with regard to the plight of the black person not only in Nigeria, but on the African continent? If they are only about what we could do with the oil in our backyard, should we not be suspicious of their claims of altruism?

Seeking God’s Kingdom or frenzying about Mammon?

The subject matter of giving and its attendant benefits should not attain such magical aura for that is what it is among the cults, mystics and the sundry false religions. Let us not be like the children of this world...

“Occupy Nigeria”! Monday Morning, What If?

What if Southern Christians insisted on protecting their Southern “Moderate” Muslims and Protested together?

Mercy Johnson: Settle Down Now And Forever

Many Nollywood ladies are today shamelessly proud of being divorcees, turning bad role models to our good young girls. Some of these husband heart-breakers say that they are now married to Jesus. And one asks, if a woman cannot be submissive to her husband, how can she be submissive to Jesus...

Repositioning Nigerian economy for growth (3)

Nigeria should seek some unconventional solutions to tackling its power problem. The most plausible way to putting the present power problem behind us is to seek sovereign loans from countries like China, using the country's oil reserves as strategic collateral...

Hypocrites eulogizing Yar’Adua

Just after the president died, those who took one cheap shot or the other at him and at his family are the very ones now praising him to heaven and hell...

The Recorded Tragedies of the World

The history of the world has been a record...

Heightening Political Drumbeats And Economic Recovery

With preparations for the 2011 general elections gradually gathering momentum, it is increasingly becoming clear that all facets of national life will be affected before, during and after the elections...

The Call for Women Governors

Nigerians needs to embrace a new generation of state governors…specifically women. They are often more forthright, they seek answers to questions not for the personal financial benefits it may bring but for the goodness it may have on the masses...