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...

To Probe or Not To Probe, This Is the Answer

“Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue, so it...

President Buhari Must Succeed

“Failure is not an option for us. We will not contemplate it’’. These were the words of President Buhari at the United States Institute...

The Aches and Pains of Explaining Nigeria

One of the burdens of being a longtime commentator on issues Nigeriana is that people frequently search me out, via email, text messages, and...

How Long Will Buhari’s Intoxicant Work?

Strange and worrisome as the decision by the Buhari administration to limit its ongoing probe of public officers and institutions to the era of...

Stealing Is Now Corruption

The immediate past prodigal administration would remain a reference point in the annals of our nation's history as the most corrupt and insensitive government...

War On Terror: Probing The Presidential Ultimatum

Some days ago, President Mohammadu Buhari gave the Nigerian military an ultimatum of three months to put a final end to the Boko Haram...

Waiting on Buhari

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting pattern. Everybody, Nigerians and foreigners alike, are waiting on President Muhammadu Buhari. This pattern is...

Softly, Softly Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah

It is shocking and disturbing to read about Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah's disposition to official corruption in Nigeria. Our word is our bond for...

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Queen’s College And Civil Responsibility

Is Queen’s College trying to make a statement of its uniqueness or is there a grand plan to annihilate the excellence she imparts?

The Femi Fani-Kayode in us all

The last 48 hours has witnessed varying degrees of...

Dewdrops of Memory: Isanlu and the Islam that I knew

The Islam that I knew was already in full swing decades before my head kissed the earth of Isanlu, my home town in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. As is the case all over Nigeria and Africa, life in Isanlu was suffused in colourful forms of traditional spiritual expression until Christianity arrived...

Anarchy as a weapon of power

I was wondering if Nigeria should out of fear calmly succumb to the glorification of Atiku’s destructive self ambition. Perhaps, we should simply call the forthcoming (s)election a no-show and simply ask Jonathan to hand over to Atiku without even a pretext at voting...

This Balogun of Owu, This President, This Obasanjo

This president should be told, for his own good and for the good of the nation, that he must change his ways...

Ndi-Anambra Have Chosen Ngige To Lead Anambra Again

Seeing the irresistible support that goes his way, other contestants have resorted to towing the inglorious line of propaganda, knowing full well that Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige representing Anambra Central senatorial zone, has been chosen by the people...

Ezenwanne Leads Nigeria To Triumph At Dubai 2023 Para-Powerlifting World Championships

The President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, Ichie Chiemeka Charles...

Ekiti: Time to silence the guns (1)

Thank God Ekiti school children and their teachers who...

Galala, Alanta are Echoes Of ‘Suffration’ In Ajegunle

There are allegations that some ghetto soldiers who fought so gallantly to highlight the plight of the ghetto in their songs seem to abandon it just as soon as the big bucks start rolling in...

Football Is Not Played On Roads

In the 21st century, we are still celebrating, building roads, pipe borne water, rural electrification, etc. I wonder how backward and mediocre in thinking the FIFA delegation must have thought us to be, when instead of talking about the needed specifics and showing what is on ground, the officials were talking about the roads that have been built...