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...

No Thanks for Lady Orji

Lady Orji should have known and understood that it is not everybody in our state that has money like her family before she called and tasked corporate bodies and individuals on philanthropy and support...

Undeniably, Gov. T.A. Orji Has No Hidden Agenda

In any locality, state or country where the leader is weak, not as a result of old age, but out of incompetence, such an environment is bound to grow weaker and the people that such a leader is heading, susceptible to suffering...

Rivers Crisis: A Go-Round Obio-Akpo Memogate!

The state capital of Rivers is undergoing another political crisis. That is neither a novelty, nor particularly significant. The treasure-base routinely seems to set-in the throes of emergency...

Thank you Rotimi Amaechi…

When I met Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I was, in the words of an anonymous writer, looking down. When I left him, however, I was looking up. Besides the notorious or infamous aftermath of the election that justifiably retained him as the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, news of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s sense of humanity and love has filtered in very recently...

What's in a Dog?

Two issues grabbed the headlines this weekend. Here, I will try to examine these issues as reflections of the state of our country Nigeria...

OUK and the Chase for Substance

Social injustice in our country is the real clog in the wheel of progress of the country. This is what Kalu has been toiling to re-write, to make the message of justice clear...

Between political naivety and political sophistry…

We have a largely complicit elite class that's just too comfortable and happy with the status quo to be bothered about changing it - only rising up in response to events or people that directly affect or threaten their continued enjoyment...

Nigeria – Tsunami Of Corruption, Docility And Stupidity

Permit my reminiscences about a land I left behind so long ago. Permit my tears and frustration about a country I love and cherish so much. It is early morning but do permit the expression of my frustration about my fatherland...

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The National Assembly elections is come and in the main gone. In the main because there are areas where they were postponed and in areas where they held some persons are bound to go to the tribunals to seek redress for many reasons...

Ijaw in the Diaspora: Their Hypocrisy is Tiring

There are Ijaw who, publicly, will abuse and attack and criticize government officials; yet, when government officials visit the United States, Canada or the UK, will be first in line genuflecting, running errands...

The Most Impossible Article Ever Written

The most challenging article ever written by me was...

Better Leadership: Vice President Atiku’s Promise to Nigerians

Full transcript of the Vice President Atiku Abubakar speech on "Challenges For Nigeria After The Election", delivered at Chatham House, London, on Sept. 20th, 2007

Let’s Have Part Time Legislators

I recall a testy exchange in 2009 at the...

The Coming Anarchy in Bayelsa State: The Governor’s Response

"Sabella, rather than the anarchy you fear coming to your state, I state boldly that we have broken into a golden age of peace and development..." - A rejoinder to the Sabella Abidde article

As The Cloud of Mischief Gathers Over Anambra…

Anyone conversant with the murky politics that Anambra State has been known for will not be surprised at the political adrenalin that has been injected into politics in that state as 2011 fast approaches...