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...

Ground-breaking and Commissioning– A Wasteful Phenomenon and Culture

“Ground-breaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the...

Obasanjo @ 80: Matters Arising!

The Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is a great man from all indications. An enigma Obasanjo achieved greatness by both opportunism offered by the...

The Shames of the Nation

Reflections on Mamman Vatsa's death, the gruesome assassination of Dele Giwa and the unresolved murder of Bola Ige are some of the shames of...

How We Can Help Governor Godwin Obaseki Succeed

Democratic governance is a two-way activity involving the complementary actions of the popular sovereigns (the citizenry) and the political sovereigns (elected leaders or representatives)....

The Silent Working Governor

Good governance is a democratic idea and process that is animated and activated through the actions of altruistic leaders committed to the provision of...

Nigeria 2019: Nigerian Youths and One-Term Proposition of Buhari’s Presidency

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for...

The Whistle-blower @ 46!

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, marked her 46th birthday anniversary recently. She was reported to have donated some gift items to the...

Once Upon A Tuface!

Perhaps it is not irrelevant to begin this essay by making a confession: I had a little problem deciding on the title of this...

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Before They Begin Igbo Point-And-Kill In Lagos

April last year, I wrote an article, titled, “Didn’t...

Dealing With The Chibuike Amaechi Migraine

However one sees it, the escalating, man-made crisis in Rivers State portends real and grave danger to the dysfunctional democracy we have been slaving under for the past fourteen years...

Buying And Selling Human Beings

Many Nigerians will gladly sell themselves to travel out...

Nigerian Youths, the reason for the Crimes

Everybody talks about the bad image that Nigeria has internationally. While I accept that this is true, what irks me is that nobody devotes time to addressing the reasons for the proliferation of crimes by Nigerians all over the world...

The Best Revenge

You must not take the failure as personal to you. The setback that you had is not peculiar to you alone nor customized to your name. There are many other people that are also going through similar things...

Rumours of a Coup in Nigeria: Another Perspective

Recently, Nigeria’s political and social spaces were saturated with...

Have you read the Electoral Act 2022?

After the February 2023 Presidential Election, many theories concerning...

The Importance of Functional Education

The importance of functional education to national life cannot...

Pius Anyim: The Symbol Of Our Politics

Pius Anyim is a contradiction that makes our politics the infamy for the electorate.

Toward an Evaluation of the Educational and Sports Sectors in Nigeria

For the past two months, since returning from Nigeria in July after living in America for 30 years, I have been thinking and reflecting on my observations of how the educational and sports sectors work...