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...

EFCC and the Cry of Witches

The ugly cry of witches which in the not too distant past were incubating resound both day and night in our garden of change....

Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar has Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s Phone Number, Right?

Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, who was also a member of the National Peace Committee that went to see President...

Buhari Dead Serious about Corruption: “Masu Gudu Su Gudu” (Run if you Must)

Updated version: Goodluck Jonathan gave one of the most shameful and ridiculous excuses of any person who ever occupied the exalted office of President when...

Our Own Worst Enemy: The Iniquities of a People

To be your own worst enemy: to cause most of your problems or most of the bad things that happen to you yourself, because...

Nobody Is Safe: Recognising the Threat of IDP Situations In Nigeria

The large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) occasioned by the Boko Haram scourge in the North East of Nigeria represents to most Nigerians...

Duplicitous Condonation is a Co-ordinate of Corruption

The origin of inexplicable wealth often displayed by some Nigerians has been laid bare to ridicule by the Buhari administration, in its anti-corruption drive. The...

Mr. President, Let The Purge Be Thorough!

"Whoever that is indicted of corruption between 1999 to the time of swearing-in, would be pardoned” – President Mohammadu Buhari on March 11, 2015 at a...

Disagreements Among APC Members

During the 2015 general elections, APC won across most states, had a majority in the National Assembly and also won the presidency. The progressives...

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Are You on Twitter?

I am by no means claiming to be an expert on the twitter community. But I do know enough from my experience to say that it is almost like a 24/7 flea market full of vendors, shoppers, and browsers...

The Orwellian Activists In Our Midst

Nigeria is like George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” where some few “smart” individuals will take advantage of the conditions and emotions of an impoverished people to feather their own nests...

Ekiti Re-Run: Hanging to a Void or Hunting for a Voice?

What an historic opportunity we in Nigeria have wasted. With our British legacy of parliamentary democracy, we could have been different, a model and beacon for the rest of the third world...

Some Cherished Moments at the Q Club

Perhaps age has something to do with it. I prefer a club where I do not have to bother about the girl next to me. I want a club that my wife will know when I am visiting it and she would not have sleepless nights about the possibility of some smart girl taking advantage of my tipsiness...

Money (2)

The notion that “Money is the root of all evils” is ridiculed by Wall Street gurus and the City of London investment bankers, who walk proudly in their Austin Reed and Seville Row suits.  They drive their shinny Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferraris and E-type Jaguars...

Have We Been Here Before?

If the state elects to break the law, the citizenry, in who resides the ultimate sovereignty, is being implicitly invited to break the law. Civil society has been shown by example, that the law exists not to sustain society...

Improper Abandonement Of Oil (3)

Improperly abandoned oil wells, improperly abandoned facilities, and abandoned oil sumps are all potential sources of safety hazards. Prior to current abandonment procedures, oil wells were cut off below ground and capped...

For Nigeria; What Have You to Contribute?

If someone were to ask what the most crippling problem of Nigeria is, we will not have a moment’s hesitation in deciding that it is infidelity and irresponsibility to the affairs of the nation...

The Real Problems with Nigeria

If your quest and journey is to know the real problems with Nigeria, then this post is for you. And if, on the other hand, you are truly concerned about Nigeria, then this post is also for you...

If Nuru Ribadu Dies, The Nigerian President Killed Him!

In our Nigeria today, the corruption chain reaction now appears to have hijacked the total hierarchy of power. It is complete...