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...

Before we Plunge into Granting State Police

In the wake of the restive agitations by Nigerians from a re-jigging of the structure of the country, one issue that is almost drawing...

We must all be part of this

One of the primary duties of any government is to secure the lives and properties of its citizens. Any slack in this basic duty...

Ensuring the Present Anti-Graft War Outlives the Buhari Tenure

For many Nigerians, the quest to internalize, deepen and permanentize the present efforts to curb corruption will be a priceless legacy this government will...

The Swan Song of a Failed Leader/Letter Writer

And so, Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State and two-term civilian President wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari praising him on his anti-corruption...

Ending the Rule of the Nigerian Village Idiot (the Traitor)

President Trump’s alleged invective, mislabeling African nations and Haiti as sh*thole countries, merely voices the attitude of most westerners toward the zip code of...

Who is Afraid of Adamu Aliero?

During his tenure as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu once published a scathing corruption report against 31...

Ensuring Adequate Fuel Supply Before Dangote Refinery Berths

The persistent fuel crisis Nigeria has been made to undergo reflects the curse which oil has become to an oil rich country; in fact,...

President Buhari, Something is Wrong

"No one knows how tough this job is until after he has been in it a few months' - President John Kennedy Dear Mr. President, Happy...

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The God Delusion And The Irrational Basis Of Religion: Reflections of a former Skeptic

Our modern lifestyle of perpetual cycle of activities and noise has been a major deterrent to encountering God in the quietness of our soul...

Aso Rock Tenancy and the Madness of men

Aso Rock Villa connotes power. It remains a mystery to many Nigerians except the privileged few who have had access to its formidable walls. Yet this gargantuan and mysterious edifice has been nothing but a great albatross in our struggle for socio-economic emancipation and political righteousness...

This Government And The Leadership Newspapers

The tension between the Press and the government has hypertrophied to the point that neither is acting in the public interest. It is time for these two adversaries to discuss the patterns of behavior creating such rancor and frustration...

Foundations of Misrule in Nigeria

Every tyrant is a megalomaniac. Tyranny is nothing but a political manifestation of psychosis. That is a fact that remains indisputable. I have never known a tyrant, stripped of the paraphernalia of power clothing his madness, who has not acquitted himself as a grovelling coward...

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

One Nigeria: To Be or Not To Be? (Part 6)

Today, only the North is ready to spill blood or go on another 'killing rampage' in order to keep Nigeria one. This is more than enough evidence to support the claim that the North can not sustain itself and relies completely on the resources of the South to survive...

Yar’Adua’s Health and the Need for Full Disclosure

A president’s declining health or death adversely affects the psyche of the citizenry. This is so because a president is a thread in a nation’s blanket...

The Case for Indecent Dressing

The need to prostrate before an idea, to one vision of perfection, to get addicted to a programmed way of life is the bequest of the Islam and Christianity gripping us till date...

Nigeria’s Decaying Universities: Blame Govt, Not ASUU!

I have always had this lingering suspicion that apart...

Buhari: Biting the Bullet!

President Muhammadu Buhari is living up to the status...