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...

War Is Not The Answer

I hear militants in both the North and the South on television and radio blustering and bragging about how they intend to subdue their enemies. Gunshots are rattling in far-away forests, bombs are booming in busy cities, and there is confusion pervading the landscape...

Five Things Boko Haram Has Taught Us

Boko Haram is here to stay. Those who keep asking why the army is not able to "finish off" Boko Haram overnight do not understand that terrorism is a decades long problem. This is real life, not a Rambo or Chuck Norris film...

Jonathan Doesn’t Know Poor Nigerians

If anybody wanted proof that Nigerian “leaders” do not occupy the same space and time as most of their country folk, President Goodluck Jonathan amply provided it in an astonishing speech he gave last week...

With Over N100b Annually Gov. Orji Can’t Provide Job Opportunities?

The governor said that he had made kidnapping disappear from the state, but he could not make unemployment disappear from the same state, even with the huge funds that the state grabs
monthly and annually...

And they said Mr. President is not a human being…

We recommend to Mr. President once again: declare a full and total emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa...

In Cameroon Boko Haram Is Preached As A Religion

The authorities and well-meaning people of Nigeria are worried about stopping the trashy activities of the Islamic sect popularly known and called Boko Haram...

The Boko Haram Challenge

I’d rather discuss the subject of Boko Haram as a problem or crisis that must be tackled with the spirit of one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state and be quickly resolved for the security and welfare of the people...

This Land Is Falling

It is such a pity when one reads about blatant betrayals of Nigerians by the members of the political class and their supporters. You hear of huge monies stolen, ballot boxes hijacked, billions of unremitted funds, and then no one is held accountable or made to feel guilty for the obnoxious acts...

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Criticizing The Critics

Election is fast approaching. I have read about those who want to rule the country. All I've seen so far are personalities and all that people are supporting are personalities. I did not see anyone addressing the issues...

Only The People Must Save Nigeria

Yes, we have been writing about and exposing corruption to no end. What Nigerians  have been asking are: What are the practical solutions? How do we rid Nigeria of all these thieves? Can we ever be successful in tackling corruption?

U.S Foreign Policy and the Niger Delta Conflict

A critical examination of America’s foreign policy in the last two decades proves she is concerned with environment issues and with matters dealing with social dislocations, international health challenges and uncontrollable migration that are likely to constrict its resources...

The Many Lies of Helen Ukpabio

Helen Ukpabio has gone to town against those she perceived as her enemies. The struggle to cleanse Nigeria of mischievious superstitious beliefs that have perpetually kept us in darkness and such that the likes of Helen has been using to exploit and keep the people in bondage has come under severe attack...

Iyabo Obasanjo Is Not Guilty, We Are

It is common these days to find a politician or civil servant who goes to church or the mosque everyday to pray to God or Allah, yet when they get to the office on Monday morning, all that is in their heads is how to misappropriate or embezzle money...

The 2016 Rio Olympics and the Perpetual Failure of a Nation

As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the...

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul Obinali Ebereonwu is one that reads like a classic legend. It is the story of a young man who sought to conquer the world by pursuing his professional interest in remarkable ways...

The Underdevelopment of the African Continent

Why is Africa so backward in all sphere of human endeavor? What is going on and what has gone wrong? Even our acclaimed culture is turning out to be an impediment to growth and development...

Portends of a Failed Election in 2007

There is a vital factor that makes any election credible and that one factor is that whatever it is that is put on ground to make that election credible must be absolutely transparent...

Dear Bishop Oyedepo…

The main purpose of this write-up is to analyse the aim of the purported visit to ailing President Yar’adua by Bishop Oyedepo and some other clerics...