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...

Buharism: A Doctrine That Will Change The Way We live

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell The term Buharism evolved during the regime of General Muhammadu...

An Interrogation of the British Intelligence Records on the January 15 1966 Coup

The three-part series on the revelations from the British intelligence reports on the January 15 1966 coup that ran in ‘The NEWS’ magazine from...

Lekan Fatodu as an Assassin!

Comrade Omoyele Sowore is the publisher and founder of the New York-based SaharaReporters (SR), a whistle-blowing popular international website that brings investigative news and...

Sorry, But My Country Is Ugly

I’ve known for a while that Nigeria was in sorry shape, but not even that knowledge prepared me for a side of the country...

Between Daura and Dauras

Every Head of state or President in Nigeria (living or dead) had had an inner circle (kitchen cabinet if you like) within the government....

Not In Our Character?

The late General Sani Abacha was one bloody former Head of State who rose to national prominence by announcing successful coup d'etats against constituted...

365 Days of Urgency

One of the rituals of my childhood was writing down New Year resolutions. Under instruction from our parents, my siblings and I distilled our...

Au Nom Du Peuple (Bienvenue 2017!)

Permit me, ladies and gentlemen, to commence this commentary by expressing my warm greetings to the people of the world as we enter the...

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Francisca Yetunde Emmanuel (Nee) Perreira

With Francisca Yetunde Emmanuel, what you see is what you get, because there are to pretenses about her. She would tell it like it is, no matter whose horse is gored...

Equal Opportunity Embezzlers

Mr. Dimeji Bankole, the speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives has finally conceded to a probe, over the car purchase contract scandal rocking the lower house at the moment...

There is still one more inauguration to do

People need to know their rights and how to make sure they get use those rights. People also need to learn to rely on the fruit of their labour rather than favours...

Comparative Analysis of the Nigerian and American Presidencies

Like America, Nigeria is a federation. America has 50...

A Condolence Letter To Americans: A Tale Of Two Gulfs

Until and unless the United States policy-makers realistically and coolly understand and accept the incorrigible nature of 12th century feudalist and anachronistic systems in those states they aspire to democratize, they will continue to fritter away scare resources and the precious lives...

Party Delegates: Another Venal Enterprise

As part of the electoral requirements before elections, political...

Where the Heck Is the Money?

Nigeria’s is a fascinating story of a corrupt country...

Princewill's Path To Media Greatness

Prince Tonye Princewill's congratulatory letter to The Management of the Rivers State Newspapers Corporation on its 40th anniversary of the publication of The Tide Newspapers, made a good read...

Comments On That Human Rights Watch Report On Nigeria

HRH sees human rights violations in every other state in our universe, except in the United States of America. They tell the world about human rights violations as if the generally well-documented violations in the USA do not constitute human rights violations...

Economic revolution: Like Deng, like Jonathan (1)

Had China's economic revolution followed traditional western development route, the usual 'big bang' neoclassical path; had it accepted the usual, ''Don't do as we in the west do, but do as we in the west say you'd do," would China have ever risen to these economic heights today?