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...

An Open Letter to the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari

Dear President-Elect, Hearty Congratulations to you, our great leader and indeed you are. While congratulating you and sharing the joy with you and all Nigerians,...

Chibok: There May never be Girls to be brought back

Commentary to mark one year of the kidnap of the Chibok girls It is one year today that over 300 girls were kidnapped from their...

Chengi Don Come!

Finally, change has come! We have an incumbent president, who allowed for an election to hold 'freely' and proceeded to concede defeat to the...

General Muhammadu Buhari: The Pains & Gains

Wednesday, April 1st 2015 will remain a great day in our democratic history, not only because it was the first time an opposition party...

Obasanjo’s Belated Distaste For Corruption

A few hours after the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, told Nigerians that General Muhammadu Buhari of the...

Thank You President Barack Obama

Thank You President Barack Obama On behalf of the good people of Nigeria and the President-Elect, I am using this medium to express our profound...

Goodluck Jonathan’s Notes To Muhammadu Buhari

Dear General, On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I would like to congratulate you again on your historic victory in the March 28 presidential...

Kaduna on my Mind

Dear friends at home and abroad, today my short notes are dedicated to the state of Kaduna. As you know my country Nigeria is going...

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After it became ignobly clear that General Sani Abacha was ignobly and perversely determined to destroy democratic governance in Nigeria, some academics with social conscience met at the Obafemi Awolowo University to design the theoretical and practical strategies to terminate his madness...

Garbage Removal Is President Obasanjo's Job!

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so many Nigerians infinitely unmoved by the ineffectiveness of state governments and municipal governments or local government authorities?

Going To Meet The Man

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Culture of Political Appointments in Nigeria: For Competence or Compensation?

By Nasiru Usman Massallachi The 2023 general election in Nigeria...

Activism As Violent Leadership

No revolution, either bloody or psychological, can run its full course without a sound, credible and sustainable leadership...

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The World Wrestling Entertainment is indeed entertaining millions across the world. From the owner of the billion-dollar entertainment company, Vince Mcmahon, to spectators, one sees a lot of glorified junkies and addicts on parade...

Ace Economist Uka Ezenwe As The People’s Professor

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Concurrent Commiseration and Congratulation: Our National Dilemma

The foreigners might mourn with us, their eyes are however not blind from the ubiquitous I-don’t-care attitudes, neither are their nostrils blocked such that they can’t sense the cosmopolitan opportunistic aura emanating from our political circuits...