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...

Saraki: To Your Tents, O Israel

The biblical quote, "To your tents, O Israel", is the latest dissonant hit tune that has found its melodious cymbals in our polity. Even...

The New Sheriff: Killing Our Economy

"If we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill us" - was one of the reverberating quotes of President Muhammadu Buhari that gained traction with...

Needless Assets Declaration Drama

Saturday, September 5, was exactly 100 days since Muhammadu Buhari took the oath of office as President. His four-year term has 1,461 days and...

NNPC Appointments: Much Ado about a Conflict of Interest

I was as usual browsing the noted and respected Sahara Reporters website when I came across a Petition/Press Release by a group named Civil...

Let Pensioners Eat Sand

One’s first reaction on reading some newspaper headlines out of Nigeria is one of incredulity. It simply can’t be true, one declares. Such was my...

Gov Masari’s Eleven Billion Naira Lie

It is more than one week now since Premium Times carried a very shocking story in which the Katsina State Governor and one of...

Our Last Collective Journey to The Past

The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was our last collective journey to the past as a country. The battle between the government and the...

CGPI 100 Days

INTRODUCTION Assessing elected officials on a 100 day period has gained a worldwide phenomenon and is usually used to predict the direction of a government...

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Edwin Clark versus Nigeria

Part of the significant changes that came with the emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in Nigerian national discourse are the metamorphosis of and the new role assumed by Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clarke...

Education in Nigeria: The Return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as Minister

The return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as minister of education will signal a shift and a renewed commitment to education as President Goodluck Jonathan continues to demonstrate transformational leadership and his vision for education...

Saminu Turaki’s Weird Kites

Senator Turaki has hoisted another kite to add to his rising profile as a master of slapstick: he has made a highly bizarre call for tenure extension to enable the administration of President Yar’Adua complete its development programmes...

Who Will Teach Our Children?

The sun has arisen daily from the East and has set in the West since the turn of the century bringing with it a lot of changes, but the poor opinion that everyone has of the teacher is still there...

The Tragedy of Greed and Corruption: The Pain and Grievances of the Ijaws

What is happening in the Niger Delta is the product of several decades of neglect and abandonment, of institutional and systemic corruption, of failure in leadership and of a country and a government that would not listen to the cries and pleas of a thoroughly marginalized people...

On The BBC Narrative: Scrutinizing The Allegations Against TB Joshua’s Legacies

In a three-part documentary, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)...

The Purpose of our Existence Here and Hereafter

In life three vices stand out as the 'undoing' of men. From generations men are known to be addicted or passionate for one of these three 'great evils' - smoking, drinking or womanising...

Buhari and the Enemy Called Time

Last week, when he finally unveiled a partial list...

River's Brand Image And The Competitive Struggle

It is the idea of joining unionism with politics that has swelled the nation’s security, unity and democratic lapses...

Bird Flu: All Eyes On Nigeria?

Recently (January 2015), Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina,...