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 Path to Perdition (Part I)

Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing...

Why Aisha Yesufu Goofed!

In security parlance, officers are trained to be firm, fair and consistent to safeguard their safety and the security of the society they protect....

Kingibe and the Cabal In Aso Rock

Ambassador Babagana Kingibe is a Nigerian veteran politician who could be said to belong eminently to the gerontocratic generation. They have been pampered and...

Lai Mohammed: An Unmanageable Mistake!

When President Muhammadu Buhari announced the people he has selected to occupy some of the most strategic positions in his regime, there was understandable...

Boko Brothers and Haram Sisters

Before President Buhari left Abuja for London to, yet again, take care of his deteriorating health he had hosted some 82 Chibok girls released ...

The Coup Scare and the Political Class

When Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), declared that Senator Dino Melaye was once a corruption fighter, many...

The Thieves at Seme Border

That Nigeria is a lawless country is an under-statement. And that 'anything-goes' is the order of the day is also a true statement. Our...

The Man Refuses To Die!

The fingertip of Esau, the voice of Jacob touched the internet again a few days ago, via those whose stock in national or international...

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APC: Remember, the Plebeians are Watching!  

If the news emanating from APC Kogi State is...

Hate is No Excuse: A Cursory Review of the Trayvon Martin Case

The reason for Zimmerman’s curious acquittal is said to be hinged on self-defense. For self-defense to be admissible in a criminal case, I submit that the danger to the person claiming self-defense must be intimidating...

2026: The Alpha, the Omega and Jagaban’s Mandate!

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I...

American Suicide Bombers Are Engaged In Terrorism Or Protests?

A bloodthirsty terrorist engaging in murderous and catastrophic bombing of human beings is a protester, a tax protester? Where was his placard? In the gas tank of his plane? Andrew Joseph Stack is just another Gandhi, King or Mandela?

Nigeria: How Not To Mismanage the Covid-19 Pandemic

Even though by 2015, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party...

The Naira: Politics versus Policy

Many pro-policy advocates were caught off-guard when the government officially announced that Soludo acted unilaterally without proper clearance from the seat of power, and therefore all actions on the proposed changes should be suspended...

There is an Evil in our Land

“There's an evil in our land, And a foe...

The insensitivity called fuel subsidy removal

Following sober Christmas celebrations in some parts of the country, the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan delivered a frightening New Year gift to Nigerians in the name of fuel subsidy removal...

Farewell Mallam Ribadu

It was always going to end in tears. I mean the eventual displacement of Mallam Ribadu from the EFCC. There was a certain sense of inevitability about his removal from office...

Let’s Tap into This!

Japan is currently the world’s second largest developed economy...