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...

The Nigerian Bingos and President Buhari

My friend, Dr. Lekky Okotete posted the below on his Facebook page recently. "Over 20billion dollars unremitted to federation account, Nigeria economy will crumble if...

Buhari: His Winnowing Fork In His Hand

The monthly revenue allocation to the three tiers of government for the month of June justifies the arduous cleansing work the regime of President...

Long Standing Illogicalities In Nigerian Politics

Since 1960, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is unalloyed truth that the ambition to govern has not been “made of a sterner...

SARS, Amnesty International and Our Rights

Recently, the Amnesty International (AI), a combative NGO combating human rights abuses around the world, had released a damning report on the atrocious activities...

Frozen Loot: Letter to President Barack Obama

Dear President Barack Obama I hope this letter meets you well. Like they say back home in Nigeria, “Se dada ni gbogbpo ile wa?” Eku...

Fani-Kayode: Delivered Or Possessed?

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), the former Minister of Culture and Tourism and later Aviation under the Obasanjo 'Babacracy' is a typical Nigerian politician of...

After Recession: What Next for Nigeria?

The Nigerian plane, carrying our wealth of over five decades has crashed.  The Ship, carrying our Oil, Cocoa, Groundnut, and Rubber has capsized, and...

Still on the Postponement of the Edo Governorship Election

The postponement of the Edo Governorship election, earlier scheduled to hold on the 10th of September over what our security agencies described as security...

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Condemnable Acts: IPOB and the Nigerian Army Saga

The Actions of the ignorant, muddied IPOB and the...

Reuben Abati, Land Grab and the Oath of Omerta

Why is Abati enraging his admirers? In one sentence, Sahara Reporters alleged and screamed that Reuben Abati, the deified priest of our moral grove, is involved in a land heist in Abuja...

World Cup Bad Belle

Nigerians suffer no fools and my oracle is Nigerian. In fact, my oracle bribes every policeman, eats guguru from inside of a newspaper and enjoys putting milk and sugar inside Garri. My oracle went further to predict beyond all palatable prediction that Nigeria will win the competition...

Spike Lee and Nollywood

I agree that there is room for improvement in Nollywood productions, as indeed with anything else, I do feel that Spike Lee’s Nollywood remarks were suffocatingly patronising, condescending, paternalistic and hubristic; characteristics which he has often detested and decried in the many of the antagonists with whom he has crossed swords over the years...

PPA Exhumes Chapter Over Kalu’s Political Relevance

How can somebody who called himself a party chairman in a state like Abia not be able to coordinate the party very well? His lack of political dexterity has culminated in thugs storming PPA’s meetings and kidnapping some party faithfuls...

Unraveling West Africa’s Disturbing Coup Trend: Searching For Solutions Amid Growing Discontent

Recent Coup In Gabon Highlights Troubling Coups Trend in...

President Pat Utomi: for Which Nigeria?

Pat Utomi and others like him must stop their grandiose dreams of changing Nigeria from the top and consider more realistic ways of impacting concrete changes in their societies...

100 Men With Technology Can Secure Nigeria — Not 100,000 Soldiers

Nigeria’s security crisis is no longer a debate about...

Rebranding Nigeria’s Cities

A conceptual gap still exists in the understanding of the principles and practices of place branding amongst Nigeria's many state and local government officials...

The Failure of the Colonial Legal System in Nigeria: A Rhapsodic Passacaglia on a Legal Theme

Recent unbecoming developments in the Nigerian judiciary have proved me right in my long contempt for the British Colonial legal system that was foisted on Nigeria by British colonial authorities...