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...

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode: The Black Sheep of the Yoruba Race

Femi Fani-Kayode was born into the family of the late political gladiator and renowned lawyer, Chief Remi Fani-Kayode. Chief Remi served in so many...

Before Buhari is sent back to Daura in 2019

When I saw the nauseating and uglified APC 2019 election posters of Musiliu Obanikoro, the former PDP Minister of State for Defense under the...

PDP and its Dubious Apology

So PDP apologized for ‘mistakes’ it made before it was swept to the dustbin three years ago. Its National Chairman, Uche Secondus organized a...

Unknown Soldier: The Inglorious Generals

The sting in the comments by erstwhile British Prime Minister, David Cameron, describing Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt” will linger for a long time. Perhaps...

General T.Y. Danjuma’s Insidious Statement is Regrettable

The current state of the nation is a sad story! Most of us in the diaspora are so upset with the way Nigerian elders...

Hate Speech and Its Death Penalty Palava!

The Nigerian senate has once again shot itself on the foot. This time with a dangerous AK-47 assault rifle. This time there is no...

Literacy and Open Letters in Nigeria

I have only just returned from our dear motherland and the story remains the same – bad leadership, bad roads, electricity failure - no...

The Misappropriation of Yoruba Cultural Heritage

When a rich community with a rich culture begins to lose its identity and redefining its rich cultural heritage, the conscientized elders in that...

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Mutallab: A tragic Example of Poor Parenting

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Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history...

3-Hours With Stella Damasus-Aboderin

Long before Jaiye Aboderin, her late husband, passed on suddenly in 2004, Nigerian movie star actress and singer, Stella Damasus-Aboderin had been the subject of gossips, some of which were very damaging. But through all of this, Stella maintained a silence almost as thick as a wall. Not anymore…

Are we Dangerously Intelligent? II: Umar Yar’Adua, The Unwilling President

I think the biggest question to all Nigerians at this critical stage in nation building should be “Is being indifferent part of being dangerously intelligent that we take the easiest way out...?"

SARS, EndSARS and the need for thorough Police Reform

The recent nationwide mass protests by angry Nigerian youths...

Amaechi and the Jonathan Question: It appears Nigerians have been passive

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has been fighting...

Hell Hath No Fury Like A T.O.S. Benson Scorned

Publication of a letter to an individual in our national newspapers, oftentimes, offend and serve no purpose...

Chief Gani Fawehinmi and a Devalued Honours System

Considering the depths to which the institution of government in Nigeria has sunk and the reputational damage suffered as a consequence of its descent, it does seem strange that our governments continue to place great value on their stock of national honours...

The Nigerian Shame In London II: ‘Kongi’ Soap Doesn’t Wash Off Shame

The BBC got so much commendation each time they exposed bad Nigerians, hence so much search light is placed on us. Because of the recent development it has become a way of life for Nigerians to be the most delayed and interrogated by the police when stopped on the streets of London...

Reactions trail Gov. Wike’s “Why the Riverine cannot get a University”

Recently, Governor Nyesom Wike gave reason Rivers Ijaw cannot...