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...

The 'Moses' Of Our Time

Nigeria, the conquering African soccer Champions, seriously needs a 'Moses' to deliver her from self-inflicted national malaise, a 'Moses' to heal her of the wounds inflicted on her by combined forces of terrorism, religious violence, corruption and leadership otiosity...

Kalu and his attitude

Kalu is one great man from whom many people have learned a great attitude from.  Kalu’s always successful outcome could be his attitude at the beginning of any thorny task...

Abati: The Invalid, The Nincompoop

Dr Reuben Abati, the controversial Nigerian presidential spokesman, was in his best element when he 'opened' yet another front in the 'war' against the critics of President Goodluck Jonathan...

The Judiciary’s Complicity in the Rape And Looting of Nigeria

I am in the wrong racket. And so are many of my compatriots. I have often wondered whether or not my fortunes in life would have improved if I had joined the Federal Civil Service in 1979, when the Federal Civil Service Commission used to visit the universities to recruit graduating students. I probably would not now be struggling, 34 years later, to build my own house and having only a few thousand Naira in my bank account. It’s a dog’s life.

Yoruba Roonu Dada…(2)

Unlike in Nigeria where  cases of human rights abuses, torture and murder of innocent and harmless Nigerians by the Police and Army, kidnapping, human-trafficking, etc., are rampant and have become the norm, Senegalese co-exist...

Yoruba Roonu Dada…(2)

Unlike in Nigeria where  cases of human rights abuses, torture and murder of innocent and harmless Nigerians by the Police and Army, kidnapping, human-trafficking, etc., are rampant and have become the norm, Senegalese co-exist...

On PDP’s Deadly Siege On Imo

Today, PDP national assembly members have invaded Imo, engaging in endless parodies, revelries and jestings and their ulterior mission is to set up a parallel government. The usual comedy of flagging off federal government projects or commissioning same are parodies that will never fool an average Imo man...

Enugu: The Otiosity Of Authority

Aside the huge security challenges Nigeria is faced with a leadership conundrum decades old, something that makes it difficult for her to rise to the top. When it comes to politics our politicians are bad examples...

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Between the Third Sector and the Fourth Estate

The media in today’s highly digital world can help sharpen the focus of the world on pressing issues that humanity must band together to address. Thanks today to the revolution in information and communication technology, we have uninhibited access to information...

The Hope for Education in Nigeria by 2020: A Reaction to Sadiq A. Abdullahi

What exactly has gone amiss with education in Nigeria? Who, when, and under what circumstances has the rudder been rudely uprooted from the ship of Nigeria 's system of education?

Muslims giving Islam a bad name

What is rampant in Nigeria today are major cases reminiscent of the kind of ethnic cleansing that took place in Burundi, the Sudan and in Kosovo. Usually disguised as tribal cases of intolerance, it is becoming clear that these are brazen acts of terror directed at Christians from their Muslims brothers...

Comrades, “Come-Raids” and the Nigerian State

The current state of what passes for “activism” captures...

President Buhari’s Unenviable Gritty Battle to Cap Corruption

No doubt, President Buhari is fighting a battle of...

Ogoni Oil and Sahara Energy’s Playbook

Sahara Energy has had a good chance of being...

Okonjo-Iweala-Adeniji Saga

I am sure that President Obasanjo, in his own mind, probably believed he was doing something praiseworthy and proper by his decision to offer Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the job of Federal Minister of Finance on the terms and conditions that are totally out of sync with our country's crumbling financial status and circumstance...

The Attorney General's Power-Grab Misplaced Priorities

Whose agenda would it be to cripple the EFCC and ICPC? Who would benefit? Why would the first major outing by Nigeria's Minister for Justice have created the impression that he was set to give corrupt public officials some sort of get-out-of-jail-free card?

Nigeria @ 47: Crawling to Manhood?

Are you older than Nigeria but in your actions and in actions you behave like a five year old kid? Are you younger than Nigeria but older in heart, with beautiful ideas on what should be done to make Nigeria work...

Naija Notes: Paid Mourners And Rented Crowds

“Bad people” set Buhari up to contest for just one reason: to make OBJ look good...