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...

2015: The Nigerian tragicomedy

The registration of a coalition of Nigerian political parties signals a dramatic turn in the politics of business as usual, of no vacancy in Aso Rock, of brutal imposition of subjective choice, rigging elections and of Supreme Court enthronement of persons...

Abia and the Fools’ Paradise

Where did I work with that government or who has ever seen me with the ex-governor in question? No wonder Ndigbo would say that a child who does not know a male-stranger in the father’s compound qualifies the stranger as his or her mother’s concubine...

What did Amaechi do to Akpabio?

It is very sad how petty Akpabio has become with the NGF election result...

Look who’s ruling

What shall say we say of the ruling President of the federation and his team who, on their own democracy day, put us through a litany of achievements and reforms that most cannot follow because they have no electricity to watch the TV, that many cannot feel or see because it is not around them...

Angel Michael must praise Gov. Orji

A people without shame do not regard honour. This is what the government in Abia State and its agents have turned out to become...

Pini Jason: A generation has been robbed of a beacon of hope

It has been a challenge for me to write this. Several times I tried to write this piece but each time my emotional strength failed me. The reality, however, is that I cannot continue to delay it even if I have to do this misty-eyed as is the case now...

Ojukwu: The Megalomaniac And Demagogue: Really?

I never met Ojukwu when he was alive. But every historian and other researchers worth their brief know that you need not know your subject personally to write about him or her...

Quest For A 21st Century Reformed Federal And Civil Service In The Context Of Thirty Six States Of Nigeria

The 21st century modern Government is a vast business whose activities directly or indirectly impinge on the lives of every Nigerian citizen in the country. It is often the largest employer of labour...

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Sovereign National Conference: For the Avoidance of Doubt

It has been widely reported in the media that Nobel Laureate and social activist, Professor Wole Soyinka and Yale educated economist, Olu Falae have declared their intention to convene a Sovereign National Conference in the immediate future...

Governor Oshiomhole, Edo State Politricks of Deceit, Sectionalism and Bad Governance

Edo state is part of the oil region of Nigeria and has been in the news recently for the wrong reasons. The politricks of “one man, one vote” mantra of Governor Oshiomhole has now become one man, one show...

Nigeria: The Burden of a Lie

Until recently, I had retained residual hope in the prospect of the birth of a viable nation out of the space called Nigeria. I’m now – I must confess – filled with deep doubts...

Rootsy Uwa Mgbede Concert Goes To Abuja

It was a sight to behold as the folk...

‘One Nigeria’: To Be Or Not To Be? (3)

The only way to put a stop to the squandering of our resources is to break away from the North and concentrate all our resources exclusively on our own development...

Pius Anyim: The Symbol Of Our Politics

Pius Anyim is a contradiction that makes our politics the infamy for the electorate.

Eternal Submergence Defining God As With The Soul

Even politics, religion, science, economics and governments, often misunderstand the nomenclatures which differentiate religion and other discipline from the ideals of God...

From Yahoo Yahoo to Yahoo Plus

Nigeria’s social dilemma is money. We ruminate endlessly on how, when and where to get it. We place far more value on material success than cultural and human values...

Blame the African Witches

Every African village seems to have at least a witch, and wizard. Some villages are rumored to have as many as a dozen who are said to be responsible for all the ills and evil that befall such communities and individuals...

Men In The Pursuit Of Love

I have always wondered why we men can't easily resist the emotional pull that beautiful women exact on our hearts...