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...

Gov. Amaechi and PDP’s Visible Regret

From the look of things, it does not require the help of a soothsayer to tell the world that the People's Democratic Party, PDP, has been regretting and also fighting already lost wars...

An Open Letter To President Olusegun Obasanjo And Nigerians

Dear Sir, your open letter to president Goodluck Jonathan few days ago, going viral on the internet and the media engendered the writing of this missive to you. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands...

Why Nigeria Is Not Respected – Governor Fashola Got It Wrong

Respect is not shoveled out the way oil-blocks and contracts are rolled out  to cronies in Nigeria. Respect is not free food in a paper plate or a hand-out received on demand. Respect is not a freebie tossed on your lap...

Of Political He-goats, She-goats, Rattle Snakes and Turn-coats in Nigeria

Among the Nigerian political class, there are political he-goats, she-goats, rattle snakes and political turn-coats. They infest the political landscape like maggots...

Gov. T.A. Orji’s fulfilled Campaign Promises

The same government that had told us that it had sent crime into exile was the same government that recently set up an inter-agency committee geared to examine the racketeering of sales of babies in the state...

Gory Lamentations and the Spilled Milk Syndrome: Is Nigeria Really in Jeopardy?

I have thoroughly studied General Olusegun Obasanjo’s terse 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The letter dealt with the state of the nation, the disintegrating political  party, the PDP, the ineffectiveness of societal institutions...

As Corruption Deepens, EFCC Chases Rat In Imo State

Last week, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watchdog released its ranking of world corruption among countries. Nigeria was ranked the 25th most corrupt nation on earth...

Ogboru’s Lincoln Argument and Otive Igbuzor

It’s strongly alleged that Great Ogboru wants to contest the 2015 guber election in Delta. For a man who has hitherto contested severally, got the people’s mandate all such times but in each case failed to get it right in the end, it is no wonder that tongues are now wagging...

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Law Enforcement In Nigeria

Despite the presence of abundant law courts located in every nook and cranny of this country, the Nigeria police and their security counterparts are fond of, harassing, intimidating and killing underprivileged Nigerians...

Fighting Terrorism with Rhetorics

At the Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared...

A Battered Presidency

The Nigeria presidency is under attack. This is true considering the barrage of abuse, insult and innuendoes targeted unfortunately at the office. The perpetrators of this act, under the guise of attacking the occupant of the office, are indirectly attacking an institution that should be revered and given all the necessary support and co-operation...

Political Transparency and the Judicial System

Legal findings and developments in Nigeria as it relates to annulments and replacements of governors and other fraudulently elected officials in the INEC conducted elections of 2007 have created jubilations and validations of the need to accelerate as best possible the core principles of good democratic processes...

BAO2BAO… and God answered! (2)

To begin with, the messages that flowed in after...

Cultural Diplomacy In The 21st Century

As if to make up for the disastrous consequences of the Berlin Conference of 1884-5, which neatly divided Africa into European spheres of influence  with its attendant mayhem on Africa, a new spirit of collaboration between Europe and Africa is being fostered by the  European African Alliance...

Of Dele Momodu and the Future of the Black Race

I do not know how Dele Momodu arrived at...

Insecurity, Economic Regression and Social Anomie: A Call for Decisive Action

While in the past, the point at issue was...

In Search of An African Husband

Some Igbos still have inhibitions about marrying 'white people' due to the cultural differences that may rock the marriage in the future. During courtship these may not be so much a problem but in marriage they play a big role...

Thirty days of blessings and simple hopes

In the next thirty days of fasting, Muslims are also asked to be generous. As a people, one thing Nigerians, rich or poor, can rarely be accused of is tightfistedness...