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...

A Humane Proposal For Buhari: Resign

There’s a chance that President Muhammadu Buhari would have come back to Nigeria by the time you read this column, but the fact that...

APC: A Nest of Liars

Wole Soyinka once described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a “nest of killers”. That was at the height of PDP’s power when former...

Andrew Yakubu – Another Kleptomaniac in the Net

I have always had my suspicion about that class-influenced submission that people who grow up in poor environments develop built-in senses of deprivation that...

Nigeria: Blueprint for Good Governance

There is a tacit reassurance and a bubbling confidence that the era of military interruption of democratically elected government in Nigeria is widely unpopular...

Tell Them Freedom, Mr President!

The Ogidigborigbo of Oghara, James Onanefe Ibori, the kleptocratic ex-Governor of the oil-rich Delta State, returned home from London recently. Ibori had spent years...

Islamization of Nigeria: The example of the Mexican Border Wall

What the Mexican Wall does to a people on either side is what divisive words do. It is not more Mexican than it is...

Between Fact and Fiction

The gecko is one animal that can automize itself. It sheds its skin and changes its teeth at regular intervals. For its survival, it...

Before 2face Idibia’s Protest March

Dear 2face Idibia, I hope this message gets to you in an atmosphere of reflection. Inasmuch as you have the constitutional rights to assembly, one...

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Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds

I signed up to be a student. I didn’t sign up to visit cemeteries. I was going to tell my professor that I am a complete Naijaman and Naijas don’t mess with cemeteries...

Iborinitis (1)

James Ibori is the quintessential raw material for a thriller writer. He is the value-neutral, graft-drunk dude from rogue to riches and because he could swing backwards, he is also the dude from riches to rogue...

A Battered Presidency

The Nigeria presidency is under attack. This is true considering the barrage of abuse, insult and innuendoes targeted unfortunately at the office. The perpetrators of this act, under the guise of attacking the occupant of the office, are indirectly attacking an institution that should be revered and given all the necessary support and co-operation...

Al-Mustapha, Abiola, And a Nation’s Shame

It is easy to forget that Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, is standing trial for allegedly ordering the assassination of Kudirat Abiola, one of the wives of former President-elect Moshood Kashimawo Abiola...

Medical Love: Distraction or Motivation?

I made a vow that although my mind belongs entirely to the clinical laboratory, my heart should not. The reason is simple – I don’t want to mix love with work...

Re: How an Elected Governor Can be Removed under Emergency Rule

The theory behind an emergency rule is hinged upon a hypothesis of taking actions necessary for peace and security, irrespective of what the constitution says or is not saying. And currently, Nigeria is in a state of war...

Still on Osun and the election that was!  (2)

In its natural, neutral and humane form, politics ought...

Oodua Republic: To Be Or Not To Be?

Fellow brothers and sisters, it's very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a 'trap' that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and hold back our economic and cultural development...

Not my Style

I had never lost my wallet before, but it happened just the other night.   How I made it home, I had no clue.  I was flat out of my mind.  I was a walking time bomb!

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...