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...

Presidential Debate: Challenging the Challenger

Challengers don't let things remain the way they are, they are advocates of change and will go the extra mile to see they emerge...

Nigerian Youth, ‘Shine Your Eyes’

The rescheduled elections will soon be here with us. An opportunity to exercise one’s democratic rights by helping to decide in whose hands the...

Why Jonathan Will Win the 2015 Presidential Elections

Two things are certain about this article; it will not be published by Sahara Reporters (they have proven to be a completely anti-Jonathan media outlet...

Endorsements For Sale

I have often argued that the entire Nigerian political machinery that bears the name “government” is little more than an arrangement to enable a...

Politicians as Nigeria’s Biggest Headache

Now, let’s face it. Despite all the empty (and, often, very exasperating) noise about being driven by patriotism and “desire to serve my people”...

2015: Another Chance to Clean Up the Mess

Due to purported security concerns and other technical challenges, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria - the country’s chief electoral umpire -...

The Patience Standard

Patience Jonathan, aka Dame Patience, aka First Lady, aka Dr. Chief (Mrs.), aka Mama Peace, has emerged as the standard for Nigeria’s current political...

The Mosquitoes of Otuoke and the UN Project

In 1960, as  a junior clerk in the Accounts Department of Nigerian Ports Authority, Port Harcourt, I used to board the NPA steamer to...

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Politics, governance and the value of time

Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political...

Nigerians are no Longer Suffering and Smiling

I cried on the inside, reading about the level...

America Invades Nigeria To Liberate Nigeria's Oil!

Why does the United States, a nation supposedly friendly with Nigeria, always find itself frequently engaged in the throwing of verbal and undiplomatic projectiles and cudgels at Nigeria?

An Irritating Apologue – Ibadan People Do Not “Serve” the Same Leader Twice

I always take exception and umbrage at hearing that...

PayPal: The World Minus Nigeria

What exactly is the magnitude of our ‘offence’ if put in the proper perspective? Did Nigeria and Nigerians invent internet scamming? Did we take out a patent on it, or was the ‘Registered Trademark’ of Country of Scammers thrust on us by an over-malicious outside world?

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary...

Just what is Christmas?

Christmas is, without doubt, the most prominent among the several irremediably polluted children that emerged from the very unholy and ungodly marriage between a depreciating version of Christianity and Roman paganism...

Understanding the Concepts of Affordable and Social Housing in Nigeria

One of the continuing challenges posed by unprecedented urbanization in developing countries, including Nigeria, is the provision of adequate and affordable housing...

June 12: Abiola and a Posthumous Presidency!

One year after the death of Chief Abiola, General Sanni Abacha died. Though his death was unexpected and sudden, it was a welcome relief to the people who have for several years been gagged, coerced and silenced by a regime headed by an empty headed drunk...

Jonathan Doesn’t Know Poor Nigerians

If anybody wanted proof that Nigerian “leaders” do not occupy the same space and time as most of their country folk, President Goodluck Jonathan amply provided it in an astonishing speech he gave last week...