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...

Fighting Terrorism with Rhetorics

At the Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared his ambition to contest the 2015 Presidential Elections, the incumbent President of the Federal Republic...

Fayose: The “Surugede” Dance of the Disillusioned Governor

An Igbo proverb: A child that dances to the sweet melody of "surugede" does not know surugede is the song of the spirits. This is...

Governor T. A. Orji: Victim of Circumstance?

A victim of circumstance is a person whom something bad happens to because of factors outside his control. I’m not from Abia state, neither am...

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will Bring Change to Nigeria

"People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible" - US Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor. The resilience and determination...

Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Ahamafule Orji, Abia State and the Media War

In war of propaganda any side with a megaphone will certainly have the loudest voice. The other party without a megaphone cannot shout louder....

Neither PDP Nor APC

My weeklong visit to Nigeria last week was enlightening. Here’s one of the clearest things I discovered: that most enlightened Nigerians are deeply dissatisfied,...

Must Rule Charlatan Syndrome

Must Rule Charlatan Syndrome is a kind of political disease mostly transmitted to politicians by their politically demented supporters. The infected victims are every where...

From Execu-thieves to Law-breakers – A Tale of Greed, Egotism and Corruption

It always comes down to this. How selfish, greedy and insensitive can some of these our rulers be? They are parasites feeding fat on...

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Child Rearing – Figments of the Imagination and the Reality of Discipline among Nigerian Parents

It is important for all who serve the role of parents to continue to examine our thinking in the context of our reality while carefully inviting one another to explore alternate ways of thinking about parenting...

London G20 Summit Minus Nigeria!

Mr President, Nigeria is part of the global economy, therefore your government should fashion out a way by which Nigeria should benefit from this big global economic stimulus announced by the G20...

Tragedy Without Majesty

President Barack Obama recently described Libya as a "mess"...

Nigeria: Wake Up, Sleeping Giant!

Tomorrow, May 29, 2020, is what used to be...

Managerial Problem Of The UN

Washington has allowed issues irrelevant to American commitment to the UN to intrude. The US must pay its debts just like any other nation. Congress must immediately stop hectoring the UN...

Vice President Orji Kalu Angling for Second Class Citizenship?

It is now becoming clear that Orji Kalu has engaged in grandstanding loud-talk just to leverage himself into a vice presidential candidate position....

The Retired Ambassador Peter Anegbeh’s Inaugural Diplomatic Coup d’état Speech: A Rejoinder (3)

Despite the fact that the diplomatic coup d'état staged by the retired Nigeria High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr. Peter Anegbeh, to oust the out-going leadership of NIDO-MY and usurp its leadership was considered foiled,  Mr. Anegbeh and his cohorts re-grouped and went ahead to conduct an unauthorized Annual General Meeting...

Friendly War

My wife claimed I hadn't given her "chop money" for the week. I know you don't believe her. Ah –ah, even the neighbors comment on how much fresher she looks while I continue to lose weight. Then next minute I was accused of being a tribalist who only got on with his countrymen on football match days...

Back Stabbing Betrayal Tendencies of Dr Mimiko Why He May Never Rule Ondo State

Deceptive leaders like Mimiko will always believe that their private imperfections or inadequacies won’t have public consequences, but they always do...

How Nigerian Footballers Conquered America In 1974

It is a trademark of the boots of Nigerian...