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 was Sambo Dasuki Fronting for in GEJ’s Government?

Of all the accusations levelled against Sambo Dasuki, the ones that should rile every Nigerian, if true, are that he directed the Central Bank...

Praying for Diezani and the Rest of Us

Had ISIS not shocked the world by sponsoring a spree of deadly attacks at six locations in Paris last Friday, killing at least 128...

Nnamdi Kanu and the Quest for Biafra

Prelude to the recent bitter exchanges between the Nigerian government and groups agitating for the establishment of a “Sovereign State of Biafra”, this column...

‘Future’ President Babatunde Raji Fashola?

You heard it here first! Since President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled his ministerial portfolios last week, an idea has been gaining currency in private discussions...

Biafra: The Dream and the Dreamers!

Let me begin this intervention by making a solemn confession: by the time the great idea of Biafra was mooted and its attempted actualisation...

The Republic of Reprobates

Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian literary legend, has just released his latest book in which he dealt with many lies and liars that inhabit...

Apples of Paradise and Buhari’s Ministers

A wise man with a wide following was once asked by a devotee of his teachings to show him an apple from Paradise. A...

Karma of Justice on Crass Impunity

The Karma of justice has taken up permanent residence in the house of those who contributed to the Somalization of some Nigerian states in...

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Africa: Local financing of oil and gas industry

The lack of large capital financing is a major obstacle for the oil and gas industry in Africa. For the industry to continue to be viable and buoyant, ways must be devised for ready availability of the capital in local markets...

Rebranding Nigeria: Why Dora ‘Absconded’!

Nigeria needs rebranding, no doubt. Indeed it is long overdue. And this was why many of us seemed to have jumped at the choice of Dora and consoled ourselves because of her success at NAFDAC. This was also why it was comforting that Dora was quick on the draw about it...

Is Nigeria Worth Dying For?

Love, respect and loyalty are the primary ingredients for patriotism. Nigerians are devoid of these ingredients. Loyalty to the country takes a back seat to ethnicity...

Nigeria at 51: Time to Re-organise a Dis-organised Society

Selfish and corrupt godfathers, inept politicians, military cabals and their cronies have taken control of leadership positions for many years...

Begging For The Life Of Your Twins

In today's Nigeria, twin children are very attractive and somewhat celebrated. The parents of these children usually get some kind of support from neighbours and friends particularly when it seems that it is mostly the abjectly poor that often have twins...

The Executive/Legislative Tango in Abeokuta

It can not be seen as a 'crime' or the extra ordinary when members of a State House of Assembly seek for accountability and good governance in conformity with their constitutional briefs...

Africa as part of an invisible empire

Economies under invisible empire are ruinously and continuously undermined by systematically moving the economy from one form of fiscal crisis to another, with the intent to perpetuate underdevelopment and dependency on Western financial institutions...

Misplacement of facts in Abia

No matter how they have tried to justify ineptitude as sensitivity, Orji should stop trying hard to show a remarkable record of his government, which the people have marked as ghastly...

Building a Homegrown Economy: The Politicians' Energy or The Public’s Synergy?

In order to answer the question where do we as a nation go from here we must honestly ask ourselves where we are now...