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...

Our Politicians’ Main Income Is Corruption

The present atmosphere we now find ourselves in today seems to come down to the attitude of the people versus government.  This is not...

“Buhari too dey Shame! But im Belle no gree am”

I told you guys that Nigeria is a neo-colony of Britain.  That is why Buhari preferred to present a speech at Chatham House, instead of...

The ‘Nigeria-First’ Culture: Myth or Reality

Nigeria-First is a mindset.  It is a frame of mind where you sleep and dream of your nation and get passionate to the point...

All Said, Why Should I Vote Out Buhari

As 2019 approaches, those who brought Nigeria to its knees, vandalized and wrecked it and left it for dead before 2015 are busy trying...

We all must be involved

Sometime ago in 1985, some musicians heeded the call to a studio to record a song that became an epic. That song; “We are...

Omoyele Sowore: A Crucial and Mindful Message

You are merely not what people see outwardly but who you are inwardly with your mindfulness - Yahaya Balogun "Man is not what you think...

Towards a Sustainable Electoral Process in Nigeria

Elections and electioneering campaigns are becoming interesting in Nigeria these days with the unthinkable number of political parties struggling for visibility and prominence.  The...

PDP And Its Many Self-Indicting ‘Looters Lists’

Since Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, released what he called a ‘teaser’ to the list of looters that vandalized and wrecked the country’s treasury...

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The Untalented Mr Woodrow

I’m having a bad day at work, my nerves are barely holding together as a result of work pressure and this creepy moron’s email pops up again on my mail box...

He’s Just Not That Into You…

Sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending; we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave...

Of the Logistician and the Actualizer

One calls the other the Logistician while the other calls his friend, the Actualizer. They are friends and have worked together. Between them lies the most mobile, progressive and solid political base in the country at present...

State Assemblies, Impeachment Plots and the Boomerang Effects

The heavy defeat suffered by the ruling party, PDP...

Jonathan and 2015: An early farewell to governance

Today, Nigeria has never been more polarized and divided as a country. For the first time since the end of the Civil War, a few disgruntled people are calling for the break-up of the country because they feel they are receiving the short end of the stick...

Abacha Loot as A Weapon of Mass Palliatives

Even in death General Sani Abacha keeps donating money...

Governor Adeleke And The Accord Of Discord

By Bolanle Adelaoye The political ground in Osun State is...

Alhaji Abdulazeez Ude @ 80: Meeting My Mentor

It was impossible believing what my eyes were seeing. I...

A lifetime of Servitude – the story of Judith

I came across Judith in the aftermath of the publication of “A Child Witch in London”, the story of boy Adam who faced the vicissitudes of life borne out of ignorance, Pentecostal mischief and unscrupulous superstition in his native Nigeria...

Reclaiming the Soul of a Nation

For the Church to remain relevant, she must find her voice among the myriad of voices. She must cease to be the echo of postmodern ideologies and stand firm on the sure foundation of the eternal word of God...