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...

Apologies to the Past

The 54th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence was a day of silence for me. I didn’t have the stomach to leave any comment on Facebook...

The Vulnerability Of Nigerian Youths During Election

As the 2015 general election draws close, we have seen an influx of different campaign groups all over the country. Top on the list...

Amaechi and the Jonathan Question: It appears Nigerians have been passive

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has been fighting a political battle with the presidency and its arsenal of political impostors that many Nigerians thought that...

Nightmare called Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressway

It is unmistakably secure to walk through the den of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram than drive on most roads in the South-East and South-South,...

A Flawed and Vague Sense of Morality and Conscience

“Ex-Governor Storms Capital; Declares Intention to Return to Government House” By the way, the above caption is mine. But I will not be surprised if...

Nigeria’s September of Shipwrecks

This September, I was determined to scour for signs that Nigeria was moving in a good direction. I was able to count one solid,...

Generations of Murderers

The great Gomorrah and its sister nation did not fall to ruin because they experimented with the fiery coals of decadence: they fared worse...

When ‘development’ is not enough…

The April 2015 elections are just around the corner. Without a shade of doubt, one of the issues that would form and inform the...

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Amaechi’s True Enemies

What is wrong with my articles about Amaechi that my admonisher is so embittered with me? His principal even commends most of my works, but my admonisher will never find anything good in them because I do not praise Amaechi...

Haiti and Nigeria: Case studies in failure of Human Management of natural resources

Haiti remains a constant site of catastrophe because of its heart-tugging social ills. Poverty remains the chief, also including deforestation, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates. Or as Professor Richard Olson of the Florida International University puts it, “there is a whole bunch of things working against Haiti..."

Prosperity, Eternity (13): Old Testament Saints had Bosoms

We cannot entertain angels if we are living in sealed houses. We cannot if only those we harbor in our homes are our ‘loved ones’ and our close friends. Learn to harbor missionaries, the persecuted believers, the physically-challenged, orphans and the others who are in need...

Worst Fashion Mistakes Of 2009

A lot of overweight women in their attempt to be sexy end up squeezing themselves into clothes that are ill fitting. This was a common sight in 2009. If you are in doubt, check the fashion pages of magazines published this year...

David Mark and Maummar Gaddafi, who is mad?

When a person of Gaddafi’s pedigree begins to suggest that we must jettison the federal character principle and allow merit and achievement to be the templates for our march forward, we should eat the humble pie and listen...

Atiku Underestimated OBJ at His Own Peril

Some in the media want us to believe that government has ground to a halt because OBJ is dissipating energy on trying to remove Atiku. I beg to disagree...

There They Go Again: Carpetbaggers' Diaspora Organ

It is funny that a government that does not adequately attend to the ordinary needs of its citizens...is pretending to organize people whose presence in America, Europe and elsewhere is by and large a result of the failure of the Nigeria state.

The Tragedy of Bayelsa State’s Unending Electoral Cycle

Rumbles, side-talks, murmuring, sighs and more. I was suddenly...

If The Niger Bridge Collapses…

From what we are seeing, the Federal Government is not behaving as if it is aware that a devastating tragedy is lurking at the corner, waiting to strike...

Passport Identification: Proudly Nigerian

The many issues confronting the country nonetheless, Nigeria remains a powerful global brand worth trillions of dollars, unlimited natural resources, millions of hectares of fertile lands, over 350 languages and 150 million industrious, determined people...