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...

Just another story?

With this recent attack on the United Nations building, one may attempt to say apparently, it has to be the last. The hitherto peaceful international waters have been troubled and there is a furore and heads must roll.

Boko Haram, Human-gods, and Allah’s Will

I love Allah, he is a merciful God. I know you love Allah too, he is a God of peace. Allah will not ask you to go and destroy innocent lives...

Mr. President’s Profound Ineptitude

Needless to say that we’ve had enough of this political naivety emanating from Aso Rock mixed with gargantua sized ineptitude masquerading as leadership. It seems that President Jonathan’s problem is not particularly terrorism but lack of courage...

Commander-in-Chief Flex Your Muscles

The president as high representative of the people must begin to adopt a posture of power and authority and project an image of strength and confidence to inspire the people. He must demonstrate the fact that he is not only in command of his brief, but also of his territory...

Ogoni Struggle and the Nonchalant Nigeria

And to the extent that the Ogoni story is still today kept on the backburner by the three warring giant elephants is enough proof that interests of ethnic minorities in Nigeria are still peripheral...

Ibadan: The Jinx That Cannot Be Broken

Ibadan holds the key to fostering democracy in Nigeria and Africa. If Africans can set standards for their leaders, there wouldn’t be presidents ruling from sickbeds...

Rivers Water Project Development Cannot Be State-restricted

This is my rejoinder to Odimegwu Onwumere’s article with the title “Rivers without Water”. N250 billion for water project in the state sounds like a lot of money, like he said. But I think it is not the sum alone that should be reported for consideration...

The powerlessness of power

Some Nigerian politicians who were at the helm of power between 1958-1966 served meritoriously. Others were dishonourable, capricious, corrupt and unconscionable...

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Why is Obasanjo Desperate?

What he is desperate for I do not know, but for sure he is desperate. His speech betrays him. He appears to be fearful for nothing. For how else do you describe a man already described next to god by his own lieutenants, yet fearful of his minion deputy?

The Importance of Functional Education

The importance of functional education to national life cannot...

Osun election: Between hope and fear

Hope springs eternal, and with elections just days away...

Who Will Vote for Inuwa Yahaya?

By Salmanu Jekadafari  The question above seems to speak the...

Democrats, Disarrayed, Never Seem To Manage Victory Well

The off-year elections are over now. President Obama and the Democrats should realize and recognize the reality having just received a wake-up call...

Kalu’s ABSU Degree And Gov. Orji’s Comedian Political Campaign

Orji likes the gospel of division. He has been governing as one man who does not want to see the good in Abia State, because he lacks patriotism in every sense of existence...

About Life’s Tragedies

One thing about impartial, dead reality is that ubiquitous tragedies - feared guests you hate to have at your table - imperiously find their uncheerful, rugged routes to your life anyway. Tragedies are ostensibly mere alien stories when you are not a victim of their brutality...

Dance Died: A tribute to Michael Joseph Jackson

No one could ever dance like Michael Joseph Jackson. We are lucky to have encountered such a genius on our pilgrimage here on earth. As he Michael Jackson is always “Startin Something”, we are sure that he would “thrill” the heavens, as his “Thriller” did us here!

USAID, Corruption, And Africa’s Aid Trap: Time To Cut The Strings!

For decades, billions of dollars in foreign aid have...

The Boko Haram Videos

One of the theories I find difficult to understand is the idea that the federal government is actually orchestrating all the mayhem in parts of the country; that the government is killing its citizens, slaughtering villagers and children in large numbers for some incoherent political gains...