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 State of Dystopia?

Nigeria is a beautiful nation inching into a state of dystopia? Can Nigeria really be redeemed? These are infinite questions begging for unending answers....

Wole Soyinka: Kongi’s Harvest In The Wasteland

The respected and erudite Professor Wole Soyinka's epistle in The Guardian on November 13th, 2016 gives credence to the monstrosity of the media and...

Time To Think About Nigeria 2019

There’s something about this year’s presidential election in the US that is oddly reminiscent of Nigeria’s 2015 presidential polls. Many Americans, Democrats and Republicans...

Unholy Grail of Whistle-blowing in Nigeria

Several Nigerians recently expressed a good measure of outrage at what was perceived to be the laidback disposition of the National Judicial Commission and...

Re ‘Igbos Are their Own Worst Enemies’

The recent statement by Dr. Orji Uzor which appeared in some major newspapers that Igbos are their worst own enemies calls for great concern...

State Police in the Hands of Unruly Governors?

Provision of adequate security of lives & property for all and sundry is a major prerequisite of any organised society. The government of Nigeria...

The Demons and Ghosts In the Villa

Dr Reuben Abati was reportedly arrested last week by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for his alleged involvement in 'Dasukigate'. The anti-graft...

A Lesson From Abati’s Travails

I disagree with Dr. Abati's article in The Guardian of 14 October 2016 titled: "The spiritual side of Aso Villa". Abati’s spiritual tonic about...

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I plunder national resources. I embellish the treachery of my people with a well-trimmed moustache and cute face, fluent English, and a command of aristocracy. And I alter societal thinking and national orientation forever...

Borne on Dis-virgined Eagle's Wings

The Igbo woman whose prayer was most dramatic on the flight told me how she had a dream while in China the previous day. The melodrama involved her pastor who forcefully restrained her from entering a particular flight in the dream and after the exchange, she had woken up and the nightmarish scare nudged her to pray...

Politics of Generals in Nigeria

The politics of Generals in the Nigerian democratic evolution constitutes enough ground for one to be apprehensive...

Congratulations To Jonathan/Shame on ACN et al

The ongoing general elections in Nigeria could be described as an eye opener to the real problems Nigeria has with leadership. In the light of the revelations, we are getting a clearer picture of why it might take us – like a prophet of doom said – about forty years to get rid of PDP...

Addressing the gender stereotype in Nigeria’s political sphere

Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following...

Great Ogboru: When Greatness Beckons!

Chief Ogboru was alleged to be the civilian who bank-rolled the military operation and when the effort failed spectacularly he beat a quick escape using the famous 'NADECO route' like the articulate Lt. Col Tony Nyiam and Major Saliba Mukoro implicated in the failed coup bid. Today these gentlemen are all alive...

The Rebirth of Biafra

The Biafra actualisation Forum is made up of Igbos in exile in America who put their time, money and energy into the project of actualising the Biafra Nation. The are believed to be working closely with the movement for the Actualization of the Soveriegn State of Biafra, MASSOB.

Iran's Unchallenged Progress to the Nuclear Club: A Threat to World Peace

Iran has now a presence in space! She has launched her first two-stage satellite into orbit. A situation that has put the new administration in Washington on the defensive...

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Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

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