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...

Nigeria: A Nation Under Intensive Care

"A nation that celebrates mediocrity in place of meritocracy is sure to be in perpetual state of economic and political quagmire." - Yahaya Balogun Why...

The PDP and the Dynamics of Opposition Politics

My dictionary characterises the term intelligence as the ability to learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations. I have...

The Rampaging Scourge of Suicide

If one can survive in Nigeria, one can survive in any other part of the continent. That explains the reason why Nigerians are fast...

Senator Dino Melaye: A Microcosm of Nigeria’s Moral Decadence

Seriously, the committee of elders in Kogi West, Kogi State, Nigeria should convey an emergency meeting. This crucial meeting must earnestly bring to bear...

What Manner of Senate

We may not have a device for assessing the effectiveness or otherwise of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but -- trying...

Much Ado About A Certificate?

I have written many times on a singularity, or perhaps we should call it a genetic aberration or bane of development and progress in...

How Abati’s Literary Talent Infatuates Our Minds

This piece is not intended to polish the already polished but bruised image of Abati. It is to give credence to Abati’s intellectual prowess...

The Senate and the Ibrahim Magu Issue

Preamble: Case No.1 President Mohammadu Buhari appointed Ibrahim Magu the acting Chairman of the commission, and sent his name to the Senate for confirmation way...

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Auntie Obianuju

Mummy was a workaholic who had no office like daddy but daddy opened a shop for her at the Umuahia main market to console her. To keep her busy mind, hands and legs engaged and distracted. It was a provision store full of household goods and articles...

Inside The Budding Jungle City of Stars

The road to Ajegunle is rough. On this hot Lagos...

Before Goodluck loses goodwill

Fantastic as the idea of tenure elongation may sound, at least based on the President’s handy explanation on why he is revisiting the idea for now, the Government should gauge the prevailing mood of the followership, that the timing may be wrong...

Diane Abbott And Our 'Patriots'

I will not condemn Diane Abbott. I would rather regard her as a true friend of the long suffering masses of Nigeria. The real enemies of Nigeria and Nigerians are those discrediting her unimpeachable testimony...

Reflections on “Serial Marriage” and “Polygyny”

When I came into the UK about 8 years ago, advisers - and they are many, very cunning, comical Nigerians, full of filthy lies - told me that marriage here is 50-50, the man brings 50%, the woman, 50%...

Gani Fawehinmi: The Town Crier

Gani is unequipped to govern Nigeria. Why he cannot concentrate his endeavours in the Courts of Law is beyond me...

Active Governance With Nothing To Show: Why Is It Here?

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence...

What Common Sense Requires

If you sample the opinions of the so-called “most enlightened” segment of the populace as to what constitutes the most formidable challenge – out of a multitude - militating against Nigeria’s development and growth, the major answer that is likely to emanate from such an enquiry is “bad leadership”...

The Commonwealth: Its Diplomatic Relevance or Irrelevance; Kaddafi Vs NATO

The name Commonwealth was cleverly used to give the impression that the wealth of members was common to all. This was false and it is still false...

Under The Hair Drier

So you think you know what Nigerian women talk about when they go under the hair drier? Think again...