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...

Back to the Land: What we should have done decades ago with our oil money!

“With the downturn in the global prices of oil, we now have to prospect our solid minerals. We have to return to agriculture. Mining...

“Wikeleaks” In the Rivers Of Blood

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, is a happy man of late. This happiness of body and soul is not without any...

A Word for President Muhammadu Buhari

FOR those who care to know, I am a passionate supporter of the Muhammadu Buhari cause and that position is not about to change!...

The Fall of the Naira: Our Come-to-Jesus and Come-to-Allah Moment!

All of a sudden, Nigerians are clamoring for made-in-Nigeria goods. Until this month, few Nigerians outside of Nnewi, Anambra State had heard of Innoson...

Could this be the End of Tompolo?

One person of interest, an Aso-empowered militant, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a former militant leader, like a wounded telltale, has been in the dock...

Now that the Swap is Swapped

At an oil and gas reforms workshop which took place in Abuja in August 2015, I had the privilege of listening to as many...

The Oracle Has Spoken!

Penultimate week the 'god' of Ota, Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a courtesy visit to the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. There, the...

Cheap Kerosene as Antidote to Tree Felling and Deforestation

On January 24, 2015, the news came that the Federal Government had hiked the pump price of kerosene, from N50 to N83 per litre....

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A Memo to the Emerging Leaders of a New Nigeria

There is no country in the whole world that does not have a Nigerian community and professionals in all different fields. With all the returns from the oil sector, our leaders have found it difficult to provide undisrupted electricity supply and clean tap water for all...

Breaking the rule of the Rule of Law

I believe that the office of president anywhere there’s a democracy is a weak office. The chap occupying it equally is weak as well if truly the principles of fiscal federalism and representative democracy hold sway...

Orji and the Commendation to South-East delegates

It takes absolute morality to expose absolute immorality...

The Revelations of the Damned!

"Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our...

Friendly War

My wife claimed I hadn't given her "chop money" for the week. I know you don't believe her. Ah –ah, even the neighbors comment on how much fresher she looks while I continue to lose weight. Then next minute I was accused of being a tribalist who only got on with his countrymen on football match days...

Importance of CPR In an Emergency Situation: Nigeria as a Case Study

Dear Sir, The Guardian publication of February 15, 2016 titled:...

The Characteristics of and the Mechanisms for forging a Sociocratic State in Nigeria

In the glaring absence of political thinkers, who would...

South Africa's World Cup: Africa’s moment in the sun

The long awaited soccer world cup tournament is about to kick-off in South Africa and the festivity is gaining momentum as the countdown continues. Simply put, Africa and the world community of soccer lovers cannot contain themselves...

Awo is still Relevant

Chief Obafemi Awolowo successfully raised political, economic and legal discourss to intellectual levels in Nigeria. Through international conferences, both in Nigeria and abroad, Awo’s political thoughts are subjects of academic debates...

Help Comes From Unexpected Places

Mike continued to pray silently. He wasn’t even praying for God to deliver them, rather he was asking God to accept their souls for he considered himself and Mohammed as dead men walking...