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...

Fayose, Ekiti and the Progressives

Shortly after he was sworn-in as governor last month, Fayose ordered the closure of a petrol station in Ado Ekiti giving a standard made-in-Nigeria...

A Dangerous Non-Debate

Nigerians ought to be having an urgent, indeed fundamental, debate about the very direction of their much-troubled country. Instead, I fear that too many...

Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh and the Fifth Columnist

In a statement at a conference issued by the Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Marshal Alex Badeh on 8th October, 2014, described "Fifth...

Boko Haram: What Manner of Ceasefire?

A couple of weeks ago, the mass media – regular and social – were riff with news of a ceasefire agreement between the Nigerian...

Aminu Tambuwal: Double Dipping

In Nigeria, nothing sells like unnecessary drama. Aminu Tambuwal who emerged from the clear blue and became the Speaker of the House of Representatives...

Why should Mr. Speaker Resign as Speaker?

Morality and governance are Siamese twins. You cannot separate the one from the other. Try and separate the one from the other and you...

PDP: Victim of their own Impunity

The recent happenings in the polity of our nation as the 2015 general elections draw near have led to internal crisis amongst parties. The...

Mrs. Patience Jonathan Resigns

Yes; that was how I first saw the headline too late Thursday, 23 October, 2014. Another headline screamed at me, “Wife of President Jonathan...

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