Nigeria Matters

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

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...

Much Ado About A Village Church

I hate pettiness and hypocrisy in the same vein and intensity. How many structures – libraries, mosques, churches, villas and house -- have been built for Nigerian leaders by construction firms and contractors over the decades?

South Sudan withdrawal from Heglig and the burden of history

The world must acknowledge the burden of history that was laid on the new independent nation of South Sudan and should be  fair on its approach not by throwing raucous and overreaching condemnation...

Addressing the Public Health Challenges Nigeria Faces

The major public health challenges Nigeria faces are infectious diseases, sewage disposal, health insurance, water supply, air pollution, noise pollution, environmental radiation, housing, solid waste disposal, disaster management...

Amaechi, Oil Companies and the Rains

Regardless of the fortune of those who carry their crest at hand when it rains, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has achieved some gleaming feats in sectors of the economy...

Aregbesola And His Traducers

It is not difficult to fathom why the PDP and its allies feel so uncomfortable with the public posture and indeed the personage of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State. He is hewn in the mould that is radically different from those of the people that populate the PDP...

Boko Haram: Looking Beyond The Current Strategy

The fact that Nigeria is not alone in this problem should give the administration the motivation to work with other nations having similar problems. There is a long standing history of terrorism in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel etc., therefore, Nigeria can learn quite a lot from their intelligence units...

Amaechi, Nigerian Idol And Other Talented People

The affirmation by Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State that Mercy Chinwo, the conqueror of the Nigerian Idol season 2, should anticipate the state government’s support towards her education and music career, is a hope given in good faith that must be lauded...

Orji Should Lead With Integrity

Skimming over the happenings in Abia State, it is surprising that there is no peace in the state. This, without doubt, is only experienced where there is underprivileged leadership...

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France: Homophobia and Booby-mania

With Soddom and Gomorah historically in mind, this 'homo' nonsense must not break our resolve and will to live in a decent world inhabited by decent human beings capable of reason...

New Orleans on my Mind

The flight from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to the Louis...

Acid-Rain And Cancer Scare In Nigeria!

Incessant Gas flaring has introduced chemicals, particulate matter or biological materials that can cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, and damage the natural environment in parts of Nigeria...

Betrayers

Persons have oftentimes been betrayed by those that they held in high esteem. Relationships between friends, wives and husbands, parents and children have always been battered on the altar of betrayal...

I Don’t Envy Nigeria’s Next President

I don´t envy Nigeria´s next president. Whoever steps into Aso...

Iraq Sovereignty: A Questionable Liberation

Without rushing to judgment, it is important that we take stock of our success and failures as it relates to Iraq. Have we truly triumphed in Iraq? Have we gained a genesis of new enemies with an agony of defeat on our shoulders?

Ekiti Re-Run: Hanging to a Void or Hunting for a Voice?

What an historic opportunity we in Nigeria have wasted. With our British legacy of parliamentary democracy, we could have been different, a model and beacon for the rest of the third world...

Literacy and Open Letters in Nigeria

I have only just returned from our dear motherland...