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...

Where Did We Go Wrong?

The British knew that the ethnic groups were broadly divided along religion and western civilization adaptability, yet because of their self seeking glory and expansionist agenda, they merged the North with the South in a marriage of inconvenience, similar to the way which the European powers scrambled for and partitioned Africa in the 19th century...

Negotiating With Boko Haram: Matters Arising

Nigerians are among some of the most reactionary people on planet earth; impulsive sentimentalist who wait until situations get out of hand before reacting; spectators of action who wait until the head is off before crying; Ostriches who bury their heads in the sand while things are falling randomly apart around them...

Police Attack On Fayemi, Ekiti Election and the 2015 Elections

From whatever perspective one views it, the brutal attack on Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, a serving senator, the leadership, members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti who are on a peaceful rally by a detachment of mobile police men led by a Bayelsa-born police officer, forewarns of the dire dangers ahead as 2015 approaches...

There is God o

A reflection on the journeys Nigeria has made since her inceptions as a nation ruled by her own people, reveals super encouraging motivations that indeed if nothing else is clear, it is certainly clear that God must be interested in Nigeria and Nigeria is yet to know or acknowledge the fact...

Mr. President Negotiate with Boko Haram

Why did the Americans agree to this unusual swap of prisoners, even in the face of their very harsh criticism of the way we have handled the kidnapping of 230 girls in Chibok by the Boko Haram?

The Boko Haram Videos

One of the theories I find difficult to understand is the idea that the federal government is actually orchestrating all the mayhem in parts of the country; that the government is killing its citizens, slaughtering villagers and children in large numbers for some incoherent political gains...

Nigeria, The West and the Girls; Response to a Friend’s Query

It’s always been a struggle historically to get the North to embrace Western Education, something they reject strongly. It is not uncommon in the North for a wealthy 60 something year old man to want a 12 year old as a bride...

Dear Dora Akunyili

I was astounded when I saw your picture at the beginning of the  national conference, where you are a delegate. I was distressed to the marrow...

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Sexual Preferences

Sexual taste will continue to be a controversial issue. The question is, are we better than those who choose sexual preferences different from ours?

Downstream Petroleum Deregulation: Options and Constraints

Nigeria is facing a major fuel crisis following the deregulation plan of this government. The energy industry and our refineries lag well behind other sectors such as agriculture, eatery houses, oil-ware supply, ports and motorways in undertaking an open policy...

The Okonjo-Iweala-Adeniji Scandal Stinks to the High Heavens!

Creating a special cadre of public servants like Obasanjo has done is not the way to go at all. The case can now be made that Obasanjo's declared intent to reform the Civil Service, and end corruption in our country is a dead issue...

Their 8,300 Kilometres Of Lies: A Short Story

Brother Goke, could I have a word with you? How...

Dino Melaye continues to Run from his Shadow

For Dino Melaye, that rambunctious and swash buckling senator...

Auntie Obianuju

Mummy was a workaholic who had no office like daddy but daddy opened a shop for her at the Umuahia main market to console her. To keep her busy mind, hands and legs engaged and distracted. It was a provision store full of household goods and articles...

Ending The Slavery Blame Game By Henry Louis Gates: A Rejoinder

It was with considerable agitation and extreme irritation that I read Henry Louis Gates' pedestrian essay on slave trade and reparations, published in The New York Times...

Afenifere and the Progressive Camp (2)

In the course of the week, I had cause...

Madam Speaker Plays Her Level

What are Etteh and her people doing with Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles? Have these people totally wiped off the notion of service from public office?

Faith Wars: The Dangerous Quest for Religious Supremacy

Religion, often hailed as the foundation of moral guidance...