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...

APC: Gov. Amaechi, Mrs. Jonathan and the Love of Power

Gov. Amaechi has proved Thomas Jefferson right by being himself in the face of daunting manmade challenges...

These Gods Are Afraid (2)

Why are these men and women in the service of the people afraid, and what or who are they afraid of? I think I may have an idea.  When you look at the process it takes to secure a political position in Nigeria, and the hand-wringing and betrayal that accost it, maybe they should be afraid...

Jerusalem Pilgrims: Wailing for an Ailing Nation

It is common knowledge that recently much of the executive branch of the Nigerian government relocated to Israel to undertake a widely publicised spiritual/secular pilgrimage...

Irresponsible People Beget Irresponsible Leadership

In society responsibility is customarily shared between the people and the government. Responsibility is also implicit in social contract which wards off anarchy...

The Tale Of An Islamist Militant

The teachings of Aliyu strike Salisu in a most scintillating way. He muses that redemption is what he needs for himself and even for his late family. He believes his own redemption can rescue his family from Shaitan as they were never practising Muslims. He must find redemption and the path to pleasing God...

Knowledge Waste in Nigeria (2)

The NUC should name “our investigators” so that I can send them damning evidence of fraudulent and criminal conduct, I am waiting...

Work Slavery In Nigeria

The damning report of the Australian anti-slavery campaign group, The Walk Free Foundation, that Nigeria sweeps the board in mustering the highest number of people living in modern slavery in Africa is not only on the threshold of verifiable truth, but also in the crucible of sordid reality...

These Gods Are Afraid (1)

So it is possible for a Governor to be sitting by himself at the airport without a gamut of mean-looking men in black blazers around him?  Is it possible that with a governor there will be no gun-toting cops, no visible private security personnel, no P.A, no S.A, no C.S.O.?

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The Religion of Zero Benefit

Religions in Nigeria have not helped Nigeria to eradicate corruption in any remarkable way. Instead, corruption has continued to increase amidst poverty and increasing number of so-called religious institutions

How to keep a Nigerian Man

It is not hard to see why many Nigerian young men are either postponing their marriageable age or altogether abandoning the enterprise. From Nigeria to America and even Europe the women are crying out loud: "there are no Nigerian men that want to marry!"

The Sorry House of Tribune

It was such a surprise to me when I returned home during the general elections of 2011 and my father announced proudly that he had stopped buying Tribune! If you do not know, this is an equivalent to the Ford family using a Toyota car!

Uba’s Honorary Doctorate: Why UniZik Was Right

While I believe the honorary doctorate to Uba was right, UniZik should perhaps have been more creative in the choice of honour. To confer on him Doctor of Public Administration raises a legitimate question of Uba’s contributions in the field of public administration...

Sexual Cannibalism

Assuming women were like the female praying mantis or the female black widow that feed on the male counterpart during or after sex, how many men would have loved or love to be loved by women?

Jonathan: Looking Back From the Future

Mr. Jonathan’s circumstances are as tricky as Mr. Obasanjo’s in 1999, and his prospects, on the face of it, seem just as unpromising as the former president’s...

700 Days in Office: “Wetin Gov. Fashola Dey Do Self?”

Majority of the people do not see government property as theirs. Otherwise why will people willfully damage public property so callously? They do not even know that these are procured with taxes collected from them...

Sanusi’s Suspension Is An Impeachable Offense

The national assembly should immediately begin impeachment proceedings against the current president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Dr. Jonathan is culpable in the oil theft and non-remittance of revenue from crude oil by NNPC under his administration...

Gombe needs a New Hand

Gombe needs help.  It really does, but not just...

Of Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo

Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo were  both  born in...