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...

APC, Start Governing, Not Whining

Last week, I suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari has squandered a full month of his presidential tenure doing little. Many readers understood the spirit...

Always Have Disdain for Charlatanry and Reject Shallow Posturing

The statement calling on Nigerians to celebrate themselves is open to logical disputation, polemic and exposition. It was not given much thought. It is...

Please Give Buhari a Chance!

Just a month into his inaugural tenure as President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the...

APC Leaders need to apologise to their Voters

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, it is imperative that we calmly but unequivocally state that the national leadership...

Buhari’s Disappearing Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari is dangerously close to leaving Nigerians disillusioned. Forget about his failure (as at this writing) to announce his cabinet, bad as...

Musings on the State of Biafra

The agitation for the state of Biafra has been a struggle that is not alien to Nigeria. Many of us that were not born...

Issues in Assets Declarations by Public Officers

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo are being held to their campaign promise to declare their assets in public. As I do not...

The Characteristics of and the Mechanisms for forging a Sociocratic State in Nigeria

In the glaring absence of political thinkers, who would have pointed to a new, more relevant societal system and order, the legacy of the...

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Puny Men, Vendors of Impunity

Bankole appears to be an expert in matters of pugilism. Last June, he presided over a session of the House that degenerated into an all-out brawl. That shoving, clawing, knuckle-throwing and clothe-tearing spectacle has since become a top draw on youtube...

Putin’s Mad War

It’s going to be a different world when all...

The problem of Nigeria is not Corruption. It is Unpunished Corruption!

"The problem of Nigeria is not Corruption. The problem...

Mercantilist Christianity

The yuletide is upon us again. It is that...

Lepa Shandi or Orobo?

To crucify Oluchi or Agbani Darego – ladies who are simply trying to make a living - for looking the way they do or the way their creator created them because it doesn't fit your bill is simply ludicrous...

Oil Has Stained Nigerian Economy, Grey!

At less than 1%, the share of manufacturing in Nigeria's exports is minuscule. Most industries are struggling to survive, with capacity utilization in manufacturing down from 64% in December 2007 to about 98% in the first half of 2008...

What Is Right With Nigeria

Before military manners destroyed the civic and humanitarian disposition of Nigerians, we were very humane and caring people. Our neighbours were part of family...

Musings on Love

Love your enemies  -- Matthew 5:4 Man is a social...

A Few Good Men…

I think it should be a prerequisite for all aspirants of a political office in Nigeria to rent at least the first two seasons of '24' In fact, '24' ought to be included in some miscellaneous administration budget and incorporated as a training tool for every government official...

Governor Fayemi and the Bonding Ideal

The hot button in Nigeria today is to crow...