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...

Legitimacy of Governance, Succession, Policing, in Nigerian Politics: a way of life

What defines the democratic society is the ability of the citizen to exercise freely their vote by electing or deciding who will or should rule over them...

Nigeria in 2012: Between Fear and Doubt!

Okay, fellow Nigerians, the good news could as well be that we managed to survive 2011 inspite of Boko Haram, ubiquitous kidnappers and roaming armed robbers, right?! And that we tolerated cowardly the political intrigues and schemes of the Abuja gang...

Now that fuel subsidy is gone

As promised by this administration in the 2011, that starting from January 1, 2012 fuel subsidy will be removed, that prediction has come and gone. Monday January 2, 2012, Nigerians woke up to find that fuel pump price has been increased...

A moment of truth to power – Open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan

Mr Jonathan speech confirmed the suspicion of many – our President is indeed belligerent and rather ignorant of the enormity of the cataclysm the country currently faces...

My Neighbor, The Terrorist

Before our very eyes, parts of Nigeria have been transformed into mini-Baghdads and Kabuls. If you stand in a crowd in many a town in the northern part of Nigeria, chances are that the man or woman standing next to you is, quite literally, a ticking explosive...

Boko Haram: Shall we tell the president?

There is a need to examine the motive as to why the Boko Haram sect restricts its campaign amongst a people to whom they are intrinsically nexus in culture and religion...

It's the security, stupid!

What the President ought to be looking at right now is how to effectively checkmate the activities of terrorists by using the people they are terrorising against them, including establishing a fast-track judicial process that must still meet the standards of the rule of law...

It's the security, stupid!

What the President ought to be looking at right now is how to effectively checkmate the activities of terrorists by using the people they are terrorising against them, including establishing a fast-track judicial process that must still meet the standards of the rule of law...

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Corruption Incorporated Nigeria Limited (Or Unlimited?)

Nigerian civil servants are the laziest, most indolent, most ineffective and most corrupt breed of their kind in the world. They collude very enthusiastically and very willingly with the politicians and bankers to loot the country. And they are so hypocritical, it is almost unbelievable...

A Tale of Two Goodlucks: a Security Man and a Vice-President

Considering Dr. Goodluck’s remarkable political ascent to date, only a fool would wager against his further ascent. Dr. Goodluck is a man with good luck, even if he is not the most politically astute...

What Have You Done Lately For Democracy In Nigeria?

What have you done recently to ensure that come 2007, Nigeria has a President that is competent, honest, morally-upright, law-abiding, healthy, patriotic and fair? What have you done to make sure that you and millions of Nigerians will be proud of the next Nigeria's President?

2027 Must Be The Year Nigerians Take Back Their Mandate From Political Mercenaries

As Nigeria inches toward another defining electoral cycle, progressive...

Michael Jackson, the Enigmatic American Icon

Michael Jackson was brilliant, beloved and enormously talented. He was ironically the title of his music albums; He was a thriller, he was Bad, he was Off the Wall, Dangerous to himself, he was electrifying, he was weird and deeply flawed!

Crippled By Illiteracy

Mankind has seen many decades and centuries; the precedence of events show that while the nations of the west are advancing in all ramifications, Africa is receding with great zest...

Belgore Committee: Another Jonathan’s Salutary Team?

Jonathan has a way of tapping hands perceived to have capabilities to deliver. And he may well know where to put them too; round pegs in round holes that is. But why things seem not to be working as expected despite his search for quality remains a mystery...

Naija Notes: Who Is Obj’s Babalawo?

Less than two months to the Elections, fuel scarcity has returned, NEPA is suffering from warapa again, AD is playing games with their support…

Our Political Leaders Faintly Understand This Economy!

With all due respect to Mr. President, the political career of Umaru Yar'Adua is not the most pressing issue on the national agenda. What is most critical, rather, is that this country be governed by men and women with the ability to protect it and to keep its people safe...

America Votes: Any Lessons For Nigeria? (2)

2007 is Nigeria's chance to take democracy to another level...a level of positive politics.