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...

On the Restructuring Brouhaha

The need for an urgent restructuring of the Nigerian federation has never been as expedient as it has become of late. The escalation in...

President Buhari’s Unenviable Gritty Battle to Cap Corruption

No doubt, President Buhari is fighting a battle of his life. It is not clear if he anticipated the kind of bloody, gritty battle...

Governor Okorocha and the Erectile Dysfunctional Statues of History

As Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria, is beguiled with the uglification of statues of corruption, it is expedient to reflect on the sad story of...

On Sule Lamido’s Lament Over PDP

Sule Lamido, remember him? He is the voluble, you can say loquacious, former governor of Jigawa State who strikes a multiple-personality image in his...

How the South Marginalizes itself

The plethora of arguments centering on the unjust structuring of the Nigerian federation by the colonial masters, which gave the North an unfair advantage...

The rest of Nigeria should take a cue from Indigbo!

I have been called an “Igbo apologist”, a “basket mouth” and other derogatory and demeaning names due to my incessant calls for a better...

The APC and the War against Corruption

The All Progressives Congress (APC) was formed on 6 February 2013, and, in less than two years, won Nigeria's presidential election held on 28...

The Real World Nigerians Live In

Sometimes I imagine myself as an alien; a being from outer space, visiting Earth incognito, and the first country I landed in in my...

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Let’s leave President Buhari Alone!

I don’t believe that not constituting his cabinet within...

The Dynamics of Obama's Messianism

Obama didn't really make history so to speak. He in a sense validated history rather than create one. A recreation of history was what he duly achieved, and I envy him in no small way...

‘Ghana Must Go’ … Oh No…Ghana Must Come and Teach Us!

Perhaps the time has also come for us to stop calling those carrier bags by the derogatory term ‘Ghana Must Go’; rather it seems more appropriate to call them ‘Corruption Must Go’ in view of their illicit use by some of our corrupt politicians...

The Green Passport Reality TV Show

Every Nigerian is a critic.  We love to criticize others for every problem in the world.  We especially love to criticize leadership in every stratum...

Re-Branding Nigeria – A Game of Roulette!

Mrs Akunyili, do I really care if India has a lot of poverty and is yet more internationally accepted than Nigeria, if my child still remains jobless five years after graduating from a University where my life investment was spent on the hope of creating a future for him?

Sorry, Wrong Number…

Calling the wrong number can be amusing or embarrassing. It can also lead to pleasant encounters or unexpected friendship. In this instance, the encounter turned out to be pleasant and fruitful even though it cost me almost two hours of sleep...

Tinubu Decimates Atiku’s Political Power Base As 2027 Tilts In Peter Obi’s Favour

The political landscape of Nigeria is undergoing a seismic...

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?

The Voodoo Man from Tahiti: Against Political Evil-doings in Nigeria

It is very disturbing that in the last two months, Nigerian politics has been full of “sound and fury” signifying stalled governance, near bankruptcy, proliferation of new political parties opposed to the ruling party...

The currency of life and the leadership question

In one of his New Year sermons, Pastor Adeniyi...