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...

Nigeria's Incompetent Economic Team Nmutaka's Paranoiac Pen

I'm writing on behalf of disenfranchised Nigerians. I'm writing to bring to the attention of those in government that millions of our frustrated youth and their powerless parents have nowhere else to look than their government...

Alams’ Pardon: The Privilege of Indignation

President Goodluck Jonathan’s pardon for Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is expectedly eliciting quite a lot of surprise, indignation and condemnation. Public commentators and individual citizens have used the media to express their disappointment and anger...

Solutions To Nigeria’s Real Problems

A few years ago, I worked with a Nigerian who said that “The problem with Nigeria is food”. That guy, to me, is neither crazy nor completely wrong. For the human stomach can neither fear nor lie...

Alamieyeisegha – Corruption Revisited

As I am writing this I keep on thinking: What kind of a people are we Nigerians? What the heck is the matter with us? What manner of men and women have we become because of money?

Early Warning Signals to The Nigerian Opposition

The present altercation over the registration of the All Progressives Congress should alert the opposition in Nigeria of the type and nature of what to expect as the ruling PDP grapples to extend its rule in 2015...

Nigeria and the lottery of life

Nigeria may be regarded as the giant of Africa. That does not translate into increased life expectancy and reduced mortality. The health and well-being of the Nigerian people is not considered a national priority because of the high rate of corruption...

Auctioneers and Buyers of Igbo Presidency

Political debates are heating up Nigeria for the 2015 presidential elections. The debates are divided among regions, political divides and individuals in the country...

The Real Problems with Nigeria

If your quest and journey is to know the real problems with Nigeria, then this post is for you. And if, on the other hand, you are truly concerned about Nigeria, then this post is also for you...

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What Happened to the Nigerian Intellectual Class?

By the early to late 1990s, the society of Nigerian intellectuals had become mushy, clay-like, adulterated, corruptible, and puerile. It became a laughing stock...

Diesel Power: How Otedola Brought Down the House of Lawan

Diesel Otedola is the kind of Homo erectus we love to adulate, glorify and celebrate in our classrooms, business discussions, the Internet, homes and even in the midst of enlightened, robust discourse. This tall, young, dark, handsome man is among Nigeria’s wealthiest 100. From childhood, the Nigerian society has bred into his bones its own belief in social and political mobility. He has been taught that wealth attracts positive attention, universal respect, unmerited privileges, consideration, affection, friendship and congratulation from the president...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (3)

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent...

The President’s Palliatives

Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name)...

Between CBN and its foreign exchange interventions

Since the appointment of Sanusi as the CBN governor in 2009, one thing that every body agrees Sanusi has achieved is bringing some kind of stability into the banking industry. But the other two areas of his job, inflation control and determination of realistic exchange rate, the CBN governor can be said to have achieved minimal success...

An Irritating Apologue – Ibadan People Do Not “Serve” the Same Leader Twice

I always take exception and umbrage at hearing that...

Diran Odeyemi: Alao-Akala’s Special Corruption Conduit

In this piece, I will strive to bring Odeyemi, the Special Adviser to Oyo State governor Alao-Akala on Special Duties, back to the issues. I can play the personal attack card too, but this is neither the place, nor is it the time for it. And quite frankly, there is no personality in Odeyemi for me to attack...

What An Obama Presidency Should (And Might) Look Like

The immediate priorities of the new administration should be stemming the tide of economic troubles caused by the bad decisions and indecisions of the past eight years...

Just how okay is Mr. President?

Nigeria was last week gripped with the confusing puzzle over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua. The palpable confusion over the Mr. President's health was widely reported by the media...

Nigeria: Situational Tribalists and a Naïve Populace

I have said it so several times that when...