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...

He Who Comes to Equity Must Come With Clean Hands

I have consistently maintained in my various writings that Buhari's mind is imbued with the mind of a leader. You do not have to...

As We Approach President Buhari’s 100 Days In Office

Every journey starts with a single step and every presidency begins with the first 100 days in office and every president’s 100 days in...

Buhari’s Appointments & Nigeria’s Ethnic Divide

The age-long ethnic division and mutual suspicion among Nigerians have been brought to the fore once again. President Buhari recently announced the appointment of...

President Buhari’s Politics of Exclusion

Let me make a confession from the outset. I have always been a fan of President Muhammadu Buhari and I didn’t hide my admiration...

Edo State: 24 Years In Retrospect

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face...

AppointmentsGate: The President of Northern Nigeria?

Hurray! It is September and Nigerians from the South can now expect to be called upon to serve their country as members of President...

The Unemployed Nigerian Youth

When there was oil boom and a somewhat stable economy, the issue of unemployment was a very big problem. Now that Nigeria is experiencing...

Her Excellency, My Wife!

The title of this essay is not original. The credit for its invention should go to one of the military governors during the Babangida...

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Can the Death of Coach Lawrence Awopegba, a Tennis Legend, Revive Tennis in Nigeria?

Where is Nigeria's national development plan today as it prepares for the next All-African games in Algiers, the Afro-Asia Games in China, and the Olympic Games in China?

Beyond Flyovers: Why Human Development Should Define Nigeria’s Progress

In the glare of ribbon-cuttings and road inaugurations, a...

Politics of blood donation

After the bomb incident of 14th April that took scores of lives and maimed many, the government let out a plea asking kind-hearted Nigerians to come donate blood to victims of that attack...

Al-Mustapha, Abiola, And a Nation’s Shame

It is easy to forget that Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, is standing trial for allegedly ordering the assassination of Kudirat Abiola, one of the wives of former President-elect Moshood Kashimawo Abiola...

Obama's America’s Response to Haiti: A Thunderous Applause, but…

President Obama's pronouncements, promises and pledges on Haiti have been clear-eyed, vigorous and robust and it could turn out to be one of the most pivotal and defining moments of the Obama presidency...

Diary of An Unemployed Graduate (DOAUG)

The need to write this diary of an unemployed...

Softly, Softly Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah

It is shocking and disturbing to read about Rev....

Humphrey Nwosu And His Jaded Market

It is debatable whether the troika of Babangida, Buhari and Abdulsalami Abubakar would insult us with the recent suggestion of Abacha saintlihood were Obasanjo not the woeful failure he was in the last eight years...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Is Goodluck Jonathan Sincere Enough?

Dr. Jonathan has been given the opportunity by Nigerians and a coalition of civil society group to write his name in gold. He should not allow the enemies of Nigeria to tarnish his image and reputation...