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...

Assessing Buhari’s War on Graft: A Word of Caution

“Excoriating the corruption epidemic” has become the driving mantra of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration. The president, true to his pre-election promise to uproot the...

Fugitives In Own Country

Persons of interest who pandered to the whims and caprices of the former profligate government and also elevated corruption to its pervasive status are...

We need to do something about this NTA

After a long period of abstinence, I have returned to discover that there is still an open sore on the airwaves of Nigeria and...

Will Posterity be Fair to President Buhari?

One of the maxims of equity stipulates that, "one who comes into equity must come with clean hands". President Buhari has scaled the hurdles...

Do Bad Things Really Happen to Bad People?

I've always liked this Somerset Maugham quote: "I do not believe myself to be a vindictive man; but when the immortal gods take a...

What Alamieyeseigha’s Death Means

Forget what the objective facts are, former Governor Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha, who died last week at 62 years, is a candidate for...

Nigeria: The Vendetta In DSS

When President Muhammadu Buhari pulled out his kinsman, Lawal Daura, from retirement to head the Department of State Services (DSS), it did not come...

Nigeria in Political and Spiritual Rejuvenation

The God of vengeance seems to be rocking Nigeria now. I think the country is on the road to political and spiritual rejuvenation. When...

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After eight years of the seemingly anti-intellectual presidency of Mr. George W. Bush, who governed with a sort of  moral certainty and inspiration from his gut instincts, we now have the professorial, contemplative, deliberative  Mr. Obama, a savvy-suave and over-analytical president who is on the verge of being afflicted with over-analysis paralysis...

Labour Day: Remembering Nigerian Workers

Labour Day which is observed annually as International Workers’...

Oodua Republic: To Be Or Not To Be?

Fellow brothers and sisters, it's very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a 'trap' that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and hold back our economic and cultural development...

Orji Uzor Kalu As A Political Gladiator

One may not necessarily have to approve Orji Uzor Kalu’s style of government but a true student of politics will actually give the brash OUK mighty thumbs up for the feat he achieved during the last general elections in Nigeria...

Lawmakers As Thugs

Why would Balonwu and his co-travellers on the boulevard of infamy physically attempt stopping the governor from carrying out her lawful duties? Is it part of their lawmaking responsibilities? What manner of desperation would inform such ignoble conduct?

Governor Adeleke And The Accord Of Discord

By Bolanle Adelaoye The political ground in Osun State is...

‘New World Order’: Same Old Architects?

In the face of the magnitude of the challenges which confront us and pose a common and indiscriminate threat to the wellbeing of mankind as a species, it stands to reason that we pool resources together to ensure our collective survival...

SARS, Amnesty International and Our Rights

Recently, the Amnesty International (AI), a combative NGO combating...

Rivers’ Poverty Enhancement Programme

The government should always reach an understanding and operational guidelines with the people in all its endeavours instead of operating largely without recourse to set rules...

Open Letter To Tonye Princewill

Beloved Prince Tonye Princewill, it might not be your greatest of needs, but it is a social and spiritual observable fact that appreciation is one of the emotional needs of mankind...