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...

Is This the #Change for Which I Prayed and Voted?

Your APC government has increased the official pump price of fuel from N86 to N145. No. You can’t be serious. That was one of the...

Selfie of Fuel Scarcity

Factually and sadly, the ongoing fuel scarcity is turning out to be the longest in the history of Nigeria. Above and beyond the obvious...

Can Nigeria Be Crushed Into Shape?

I was disturbed by a report in last Sunday’s edition of The Punch newspaper. It read, “Buhari orders military to crush new Niger Delta...

Enugu Killings: Matters Arising

There seems to be some quiet in the South East after the national uproar that greeted the massacring of over 50 indigenes of Ukpabi...

Saraki: Enough Is Enough!

The Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) is not one without scandals from time immemorial. From 1999 when democracy was restored after the June 12 presidential...

Time to Rethink Nigeria

No matter how hard one tries, it is difficult, almost impossible, for any Nigerian to pretend not to be angry with the way things...

Herdsmen, Actions and Consequences

Last week, alleged herdsmen armed with rapid-fire guns and machetes descended on the Ukpabi Nimbo community in Enugu State, killing and maiming scores of...

Labour Day: Remembering Nigerian Workers

Labour Day which is observed annually as International Workers’ Day on the 1st of May had its origin in the May 4th 1886 Hay...

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Obama wrong on Nigerians

President Barack Obama has every reason to be dismayed with the Nigerian state. The Nigerian daily, Next, scooped last week that Umaru Yar’Adua, who has occupied space in Aso Rock since May, 2007, was brain dead. A brain dead “leader” pretty much sums up Nigeria’s tragic story...

My Interview with Jonathan Goodluck

"Could you please address me as “Your Excellency.” My official position demands you address me as such. You know I have a doctorate degree, I have chieftaincy titles five times over, I have been a governor and now I am just a heartbeat from the presidency…"

The Blessings of Adversity

Our world is a world of visible ambivalence, paradoxes and contradictions. Things don't always go smooth and rosy like we'd always expect them to... Yet, wise men of old knew that a world without opposites would be flavourless...

Conrad the Bloody Racist: A cultural criticism of Heart of Darkness

To put it in typical Achebe fashion, it is easy for the man who defecates to forget the stench of his own excreta but the man who has to clean it up cannot forget. And this is what is now making Conrad turn in his grave...

Tough Guys Write Poetry

It’s the first night of our honeymoon but I...

Sam Omatseye Vs. Awo Family: The Incredibly Shrinking Nigerian Tribune’s Prestige

Sam Omatseye’s recent commentary on the Awolowo family - “Awo Family Without An Awo” - has generated quite a furor. Scores of Yoruba people have written letters to the Tribune editors and to online media outlets, castigating Omatseye for the supposed disrespect of the Awolowo family...

Reforms As Blinkers

In recent months, it has become the refrain of government spokesmen to attribute any negative fall-out from any policy or action of government to the natural painful consequences of reforms...

“Accountability” in Oyo State: A New Word in Alao-Akala’s Lexicon

What Alao-Akala is doing is steal enough money with which he can create his own niche, establish his own connections and power base, and buy up everybody who is for sale in Oyo State in order to facilitate his re-election in 2011 since Adedibu is no longer able to rule Oyo State by proxy...

Understanding and Tackling Poverty-Inflicted Diseases

We can only imagine the number of Nigerians that would be spared the agony of living with preventable cancer if only they are aware of the right fruit to choose, and the herbs to chew...

Our Economy: Assuming We Didn’t Have Oil

For our leadership to Create a competitive business environment that fosters investment and economic growth the Government should define the rules and parameters that guide and influence the development of business…