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...

Building Resilience Against Terrorism In Nigeria

This piece is a continuation of this column’s series on “Countering Terrorism in Nigeria”. It became expedient in the face of the increasing challenges...

Still on Buhari’s Al Jazeera Outing

I am sure that when his aides bring to his attention the monthly performance survey carried out by Governance Advancement Initiative for Nigeria (GAIN),...

President Buhari’s Interesting Interview With Al Jazeera

During his recent visit to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari sat for an interview with Martine Dennis of Al Jazeera. Last weekend, close to two...

Rivers State: Rivers of Blood

The cry of the oppressed is not always the just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is—...

Ese Oruru’s Mirror

I received a plaintive note last week from a young man who seemed rather shocked that I had not written about Nigeria’s scandal of...

It’s The Economy, Wise Guy

In 1992, Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party candidate for the US presidency, popularized the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” A year earlier, then...

Dele Momodu, Political Opportunism and the Masses’ Complacency

"Integrity and honor are not common, deceit and opportunism are easily accessible" - Yahaya Balogun "President Buhari, this obsession with 'they stole our money', is...

Gov. Fayose and His Fellow Travelers

When relics of uncivilized, primitive and medieval men who are not fit for the consumption of the modern man are elevated to positions of...

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Papacy, the Occults, America and New World Order

Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history...

A Blazing Sun – The Story Teller Returns

Out of the seething, smoldering ruins of our collective horrid judgment, a giant Phoenix is born, worthy prodigy of the master Phoenix Chinua Achebe. Achebe lives! Adichie lives! Hurrah for the resilience of the human spirit. Chimamanda, I celebrate the mystery of you...

Gov. T.A. Orji’s Love For A United Nigeria

Whether the world would take Gov. Orji seriously in the future is left for the world. But the fact remains that he has disappointed the trust the people once had for him...

Not In Our Character?

The late General Sani Abacha was one bloody former...

TB Joshua: A False Prophet In The Synagogue?

Is TB Joshua a fake prophet in the Synagogue? Or put in another way, do we have a modern false Prophet exploiting the gullibility of Nigerians for his own prosperous end?

Gov. Amaechi and PDP’s Visible Regret

From the look of things, it does not require the help of a soothsayer to tell the world that the People's Democratic Party, PDP, has been regretting and also fighting already lost wars...

Ogoni Oil and Sahara Energy’s Playbook

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Oyedepo is now God! Extricate your Inquisition

Commenting on the phony nature of Nigeria’s religious eminence would be like beating a dead horse. That horse has been beaten quite a few times, unfortunately despite the private jets, the flashy cars, the flashy suits, the very apparent disparity between what is in the bible, what is being said and what is being practiced, their enterprises flourish...