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...

A Season of Kettles and Pots

Nigeria is a country where anything is seemingly possible; a land of miraculous signs and wonders – apologies to the prosperity preachers; a modern...

Nigeria: From Egypt To Canaan

This piece is a call to civil duty. It is dedicated to all the victims of the modern institution of slavery in Nigerian; to...

The Untold Story of Goodluck Jonathan’s Crimes of High Corruption

My dear readers, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is right: “stealing is not corruption”. In a society where 70% of our people live on less than...

Nigerian Government and the Extra Time Mentality

The reason why we are still lagging behind in the comity of nations is because our government - both past and present - failed...

Political Madmen and Specialists

Even at the tamest of times, Nigeria can be an infuriating address. In an election season, it becomes maddening, a space where nothing is...

PDP and the Art of Mental Trickery

Anyone who has read the article, “Deciphering Karl Rove’s Playbook: Campaign Tactics and Response Strategies” by the trio of Art Silverblatt, Jane Squier Bruns...

A Postponement Unlikely to Reverse the Imperative Mood

It was Samuel Johnson–English poet, essayist, moralist, lexicographer and biographer – who said that few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Sundry other...

A Virulent Form of Absurdity: When Society and Politics go Insane

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." —Groucho Marx "Politics, noun: A strife...

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World Cup Without Beer

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Student Loan : Is It Necessary Among Nigerians?

The student funding in Nigeria is more of a pie than a puzzle. The schools want a bigger pie and more slices instead of realigning their budget priorities like the rest of the world in our present economic crisis...

How Do You Say “Goodbye…So Long”?

No matter how bitter or joyous the relationship, sooner or later, goodbye moments will become a reality. And no matter how it is said or when it is said, goodbyes and so longs dim the human spirit...

I Will Really Show You!!

Tell me, what is it you want that I have not given you?  What is it that I have not done for you?  You are with me practically 24/7, so you cannot possibly say I abandon you...

The Coming Anarchy in Bayelsa State

Ever since Mr. Timipre Sylva became the governor, and Mr. Goodluck became the Vice President, both men have managed to find ways to cause themselves, and the people of Bayelsa, pain and grief...

Use GMO for Electricity and Gas, not Food

In my days in secondary school, one of my...

Going to Meet Black America

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't blend. They caught a whiff of the continent the moment they saw me, even before my accent gave things away. Everywhere we went I was moved by the brotherhood and fellowship that was extended to me in the middle of so much poverty...

Chengi Don Come!

Finally, change has come! We have an incumbent president,...

Ring! Ring!

A voice on the phone in the middle of the night: Call Nigeria! Call home! Call Now!