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...

Who Voted For Muhammadu Buhari?

Voting on March 28, 2015 for the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, was almost a badge of honour. At...

APC, One Year After: We Must Learn Again To Fly

By this time last year, it was wild jubilation, triumph and historic as Nigerians witnessed the triumphant ascension of Muhammadu Buhari to the presidency. Everyone...

Amina, Sambisa, and the Parable of a Wobbly Nigeria

A peculiarly Nigerian type of frenzy happened last week. The event was triggered by a report that a young woman named Amina Ali Nkeki,...

The Travails of Citizen Chidi Duru

Let me disclose from the outset that Nze Chidi Duru is my friend. I met him for the first time sometime in 1999 through a...

This PDP should Perish or Reform

There is no other way to put it; the PDP as it appears today is not useful to Nigeria and to students of politics...

APC: All Promises Changed?

The ruling party, All Progressive Congress, (APC) has come under contemptuous criticisms by majority of Nigerians who are disenchanted with the leadership of APC...

Nigeria’s Savaged Poor

Before the 2015 presidential election, Candidate Muhammadu Buhari essentially advertised himself as a magician. Even though oil prices were tumbling, Mr. Buhari promised to...

No, Comrade Oshiomhole, No!

Initially I had wanted to caption this piece "The Comrade's Last Wish" but changed my mind and went for the one above. As a...

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Ballot Box Snatchings, Results Declaration at Gun-points, and Bloated figures: Delta as Case-study

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The Farmer Who Queried God

God of harvest, why have you forsaken me? And made my days of labor to be in vain?

Edo 2024: Will My Vote Count?

By Eben Enasco As the 2024 governorship elections approach in...

My Countrymen Lie On A Bed Of Nails

The Niger-Delta. My Niger-Delta. Why has it been difficult for me to jump in the fray for as long as the conflict in that area has lasted? Am I immune to the devastating effects that oil exploration and the debilitating effects that poverty has on the disposition of the aforesaid region?

Sexual Cannibalism

Assuming women were like the female praying mantis or the female black widow that feed on the male counterpart during or after sex, how many men would have loved or love to be loved by women?

Why Gov. T.A. Orji Is After Critics

The question among many Abia people is whether Governor T.A. Orji has built a new capital city in the state, except Umuahia...

Iborinitis (2)

A band of stupid, senseless, brain-dead local urchins had to engage the state police in hand-to-hand combat to defend a man who stole their destiny and pauperised their future. Political education among our poor is still low in Nigeria...