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...

Enugu Monarch Errs On Igbo Tradition Because Of Road Construction

It might not be the writer’s fault, because many of the contemporaries have been brainwashed into seeing anything African as demonic. This is because of their Christian indoctrination or inclination, which is dotingly maneuvering in the South-East region of Nigeria...

Why Orji Will Not Thank God

It is obvious that Governor T.A. Orji of Abia State is not a happy man. He must be blaming his God for giving him a governorship position he has shown that he cannot handle...

Nigerian Soldiers In Army Uniform In Brutal Attack Of A Civilian In Ibadan

What looked like a normal day in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be a nightmare in the early hours of 22nd of July 2012 at around 2.30am when about six soldiers of the Nigeria Army in uniform attached to the PHCN Capital Building at Ring Road Ibadan went berserk on an unprovoked savage brutalisation of Mr Akintokunbo Adejumo...

Boko Haram is a Localized Global Phenomenon

Much has been written about the atrocities of Boko Haram and the chain of events that led to the rising of the group in Northern Nigeria. Indeed, the testimony of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s President, Revd.  Oritsajafor at the US Congress early in July 2012 had on display the different theories that have been propounded about Boko Harem and its agents...

Oshiomhole: And The Ayes Have It

The way and manner the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole routed the PDP candidate in the just concluded Edo State governorship election showed that if they have a system that can be trusted to allow them make the best possible choice on who governs them, Nigerians can make a difference with democracy...

The joy of normalcy

One of the greatest and perhaps most damaging idiosyncrasies of Nigeria is the quest for greatness without ever striving for normalcy. There is a sort of a born-to-be-great self-delusionary mindset that has for long induced Nigerian leaders and its people talk about achieving greatness when they have not even got the basics of normalcy right...

Plateau: The Fire Next Time

Now that a new National Security Adviser has been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, one hopes that things might improve for the better. Mallam Sambo Dasuki, a gentleman from appearance, should go ahead and engage the terrorists as he opts for "dialogue" but one belongs to the side of the hawks, that is, those in full support of a military solution...

Please God, take away this petroleum from Nigeria

Perhaps no other citizens of an oil rich nation have been subjected to suffering and dying like Nigerians. Every year, it is the same story and scenery of hike in pump price, long queues at our filling stations, unrealistic and ineffective oil industry bill, including over propagated oil reform policy...

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Is Ebola the Dawn of Bio-Weapon Diplomacy?

I do not believe that the ‘outbreak’ of the virus here in Nigeria was a happenstance. I believe that the drama we are all watching and which is being presented by the Western media, CNN, BBC et all has the elements of a well-researched programme and script...

Speaking Truth to Power: A Lost Government?

For a man who had the coronet of sainthood...

The Niger Delta Today

It is no secret that the only thing that holds Nigeria together is the spoils from oil and gas. The story of Nigeria is the story of greed, excesses and corruption made possible by oil. Without oil, there would be no modern Nigeria...

Trying Tinubu

As a founding member of NADECO, Tinubu was forced into exile in 1994, only to return to the country after Abacha kicked the bucket in mid 1998.  Like the rest of us, the man has his baggage.  In fact, he has his aplenty...

Atiku, Now Irrelevant, Sits in Limbo!

Atiku Abubakar is not an admirable symbol of the rule of law, due process, democracy or anything good for Nigeria! That much should be clear to all by now...

Why Are We Crying? We Are All Guilty

I am sitting at my computer, transfixed by the images on the internet of the grieving parents and relatives of the over one hundred people that died in Port Harcourt at the weekend in an aeroplane crash. And we are all responsible...

Alamiyeisegha and the Niger Delta Question

Any hope that an individual holds the key to the quelling of the militancy and eventual resolution of the crisis in the Niger Delta is bound to fail...

Atiku’s Earthquake Exit From PDP: Real Change Or Same Old Tricks?

In a move that has sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s...

Fighting With Writing

Viral Poems by Sunny Ayewanu; Bookdoctors Ventures Publishing, Lagos,...

Has Terrorism Dramatically Reduced In Nigeria? — Official Claims Under Scrutiny As Security Reality Remains Complex

Nigeria’s Defence Minister, General Christopher Musa, has maintained in...