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...

While Amaechi and Omehia are fighting

Gov. Amaechi and Sir Omehia should understand that happiness goes with the journey, not the destination; just like mundane achievements lead us to nowhere, even though we see achieving things in the world as necessary or as necessity...

Igbo Presidency: Orji Uzor Kalu’s love for Ndigbo and the Unity of Nigeria

The absence of love is the cause of many problems that are associated with the world today. Inter alia, lack of love is the cause of disunity among peoples. But if there is any man who is cosseted to love, that man is Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu...

In Nigeria, Powerful Habits Die Hard: The Failure of the Colonial Legal System

In Nigeria, powerful habits like the quest for money, unearned fame, love for tribal affiliations, condoning corrupt practices, inordinate ambition for political office, showing off stolen national wealth, peddling of cheap influence, die hard...

Kidnapping – Taking Our Security For Granted

Ten years ago when the Niger Delta militants started kidnapping expatriates for ransom, Nigerians  all felt it was not our problem since we  were not ‘’Oyinbo’’. Our Government and security forces as usual trivialised these kidnappings as isolated incidences and left the employers of these expatriates to their own devices...

Aluu 4: One Year After, Nothing Changed

It is amazing how time flies and how quickly human memories forget or ignore things that are important. About this time last year, the entire country, including the social media, was abuzz with calls for justice over the veracious death of 4 undergraduate college students of the university of Port-Harcourt...

Ndi-Anambra Have Chosen Ngige To Lead Anambra Again

Seeing the irresistible support that goes his way, other contestants have resorted to towing the inglorious line of propaganda, knowing full well that Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige representing Anambra Central senatorial zone, has been chosen by the people...

Who is Afraid of the National Conference?

Regardless of the political insinuations from all quarters about the need or call for National Conference, the reality of the season dictates that Nigerians must come together  to discuss and re-determine the status of Nigerian nation...

Oduagate, Jonathan Presidency and the Culture Of Corruption

It may be true, as being put forth by perverted ethnic mandarins, that what presently passes off as Oduagate is becoming an integral part of statecraft in Nigeria. It may be true that corruption has become an ethnic commodity in Nigeria...

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Da Grin: Made Popular by Death

The first time to hear that a young man called Olaitan Olaonipekun, popularly known as Da Grin, was living was when he died, but not the last to hear the name....

Niger/Delta Militancy or Criminality a Genuine Cause for Agitation?

When the word militancy is mentioned in the Nigerian context, the South-South zone readily comes to mind. It has become an ineluctable attribute associated with the oil rich region and has continued unabated...

Window Into Kalu’s Passion for Education

By IfeanyiChukwu Afuba  Between the demands of office as Deputy...

Stealing Statesman: A Faceless option of Nigerian Politician

Since Nigerian politicians have redefined public service as an avenue for wealth acquisition, and have out of greed disingenuously compromised honor that leads to statesmanship, the Nigerian masses should rise up to the challenge by check-mating their insensitivity...

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Enugu Workers

Enugu State governor, Mr. Ugwuanyi, has enjoyed a rather impressive portrayal...

Ikwerres and Their Denial of Igbo Identity

It amuses me when indigenes of Igbo-speaking communities outside the South-East deny their Igbo identity. The Ikwerres, represented by the likes of Okachikwu Dibia, are the fiercest and most strident in this act of playing the ostrich...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

It Is Up To You To Fix It

The media purposely made most of the anti-third term legislators’ sound better than they really did on the floor while speaking live. Most of them could not even marshal two sentences without stammering...

Thirty Days of Simple Hopes

Once upon a time, there was a land wherein...

The Seven Stations of the Egyptian Cross: The Military Coup in Egypt (3)

Over six thousand Egyptians were killed on 13th to 16th August, 2013. These gruesome events happened on the 13th month, in the 13th year of the 21st century, lending credence to the superstitious belief about the number 13...