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...

Atiku and his Consuming Vain Presidential Ambition

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is desperate. He is desperate to become Nigerian President. This ambition is written all over him. He has shown...

Yes, It’s All About Atiku

“This is not about Atiku Abubakar. It is about democracy, rule of law and the future of Nigeria. Let no one be deceived about...

The Atiku Conundrum

That Mr Atiku Abubakar resigned from the APC a few days ago certainly did not come as a surprise to me and many other...

Senility and Governance

Ending monarchical un-meritocracy in Nigeria's political terrain Recently, my friend and I were contemplating how the prevalent culture of sycophancy could be ended in Nigeria....

The Return of Toll Gates in Nigeria

When he was governor of Lagos State, Raji Fashola was notorious for collecting tolls. The joke used to be that if he constructed one...

Lessons from Anambra State Election

It was Theodore Roosevelt that was credited with the quote, “the credit belongs to those who are in the arenas, who strive fearlessly and...

On that Spectacular Anambra Election

Regardless of who wins the Anambra gubernatorial election, the successful conduct of the election adds a great impetus to those who believe and work...

Anambra Poll, a Boost for Buhari and Obiano’s Integrity!

The Ekiti State governorship election that brought in our embarrassment, THE garrulous and loquacious governor Ayodele Fayose, is a serious indictment on the then...

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Jerusalem Pilgrims: Wailing for an Ailing Nation

It is common knowledge that recently much of the executive branch of the Nigerian government relocated to Israel to undertake a widely publicised spiritual/secular pilgrimage...

Creation, True Science versus Evolution (6): God’s Two Great Signs

A time is coming when, through Jesus Christ, all living Israelites shall be saved and that is besides all resurrected faithful Israelites. Israel is that sand on the seashore that cannot be numbered...

Writers Are Licensed To Kill

Writers can kill. The creative writer plays God by creating...

How Safe Is Nigeria?

What if the U.S. State Department placed the recent travel advisory on Nigeria because of intelligence reports about rumblings in the army barracks?

“Ara Eko, Ara Oke”: Lagos, Culture, and the Rest of Us

Never mind Wole Soyinka’s dissing of his own generation as a wasted one. In the nature of things, your generation always just happens to be the last best generation before whatever value systems or institutions you are discussing collapsed irredeemably, hence the tendency to dismiss the generation after you...

Verifying Abacha Loot distribution in the land of the White Horse

Some years ago, the Federal government of Nigeria and...

How do we get Nigeria Right?

How can we get Nigeria right? It has been 57...

Sad Sam Smiles @ 85

The iconic publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka-Pemu, remains...

Replete Nigeria’s Economy; Reply Those Military-Men!

Military professionalism in a society is enhanced if and when the civilian rulers are steeped in democratic ethos. They should also be professionalized to the art of good governance and must be adept in forging the political system on the basis of consent and consensus...

Global Economic Crisis: Nigeria and National Strategy

The recent $850 billion bail-out plan by the Bush Administration indicates that the economic principles that we all crammed in high school are no longer tenable in a world where the excessive consumption patterns of specific economic blocs create panic and throws quaint economic theory in the bin...