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...

Ngor/Okpala and Understaffed Public Primary School Teachers

The abysmal inadequacy of public primary school teachers in Ngor Okpala local government area should be a source of concern to all who hold the education of their wards close to the heart...

Before They Chase Us Out Of Rivers

The fight in Rivers State, which Amaechi is fighting, should not been seen as his lone fight, but a fight for a true Rivers State...

The Mob At PH Airport

A lot has been happening lately in Rivers State: From pro-Governor Chibuike Amaechi protesters to anti-Amaechi protesters and the fight at the House of Assembly...

OUK and the Tale of Nigeria’s Hypocrisy against Ndigbo

This is a man who has left the comfort of his zone to champion for the security and peace of Nigeria and by extension, for the emancipation of Ndigbo in the political progress of the country...

Al-Mustapha: Before Another Blood Bath

It is important to say that Al-Mustapha has been detained since 1998 when he was arrested. As sudden as the death of his boss appeared, so also was the announcement of the ruling of his discharge and acquittance...

Nigeria Under President Goodluck Jonathan: A Catalyst For Participatory Democracy In Nigeria – Myth Or Reality?

In the process of deepening our embryonic democracy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan since elected as president by a wide margin of votes cutting across the six geo-political zones that make the country, has been encouraging civic involvement and urging Nigerian politicians to give way to a society that rightfully demands that its representatives and institutions be more  accountable and transparent...

Dealing With The Chibuike Amaechi Migraine

However one sees it, the escalating, man-made crisis in Rivers State portends real and grave danger to the dysfunctional democracy we have been slaving under for the past fourteen years...

Bringing the Office of the First Lady into Disrepute

I was about to write another article dealing with Africans’ penchant for power, abuse and perpetuation in power, and then our First Lady’s excesses caught my imagination instead, and in a way, what I was going to write was apt to the First Lady anyway...

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Fuel Subsidy Monsters Unmasked; Time For Action

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan and his economic team finally ran out of excuses for inaction on the massive swindle of Nigeria by some crooked fuel marketers and their bureaucratic enablers...

English is not my First Language

In trying to be grammatically correct in the English language, or to imitate the American accent, some of us who did not learn English as a first language deviate from the objectives of a conversation…

Mercy Johnson: Settle Down Now And Forever

Many Nollywood ladies are today shamelessly proud of being divorcees, turning bad role models to our good young girls. Some of these husband heart-breakers say that they are now married to Jesus. And one asks, if a woman cannot be submissive to her husband, how can she be submissive to Jesus...

Rescuing Delta: The Drift from Ogboru to Igbuzor

For now, may we say that the disenchantment of the people about Ogboru is not mono-causal.  We have said it well enough previously that Ogboru’s repeated failure in getting it right in the end each time the people give him the mandate has had incurably dampening effect on them...

Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Updated)

Revisionists are everywhere. For the most part they are attempting to rework history by allowing their prejudices, illiteracy, and preconceived notions to cloud their reasoning. These critics have become masters at injecting willful fallacies, calculated falsehood and historical nonsense into history...

The Dynamics of Obama's Messianism

Obama didn't really make history so to speak. He in a sense validated history rather than create one. A recreation of history was what he duly achieved, and I envy him in no small way...

Dimgba Igwe: Light Too Soon Dimmed

I had just returned home from dropping off a...

Re-branding Nigeria: A Giant Step.

The re-orientation of our people is one of the most important tasks that this country needs to attend to. The proper re-orientation of the people on the ideals of patriotism and other forms of social etiquettes will definitely be an important major step towards making Nigeria a better country...

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

The Unwholesomeness of Homosexuals and Homosexuality

Those in the West championing the cause for 'gay freedom' are frontally attacking the natural order of creation...