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...

Nigeria’s Elections: The Past And The Present Expectation!

We praise Prof Attahiru Jega and his INEC team for the measures that have been put in place, such that brought about the credibility of the parliamentary election held last Saturday; 9th April, 2011...

My head swells, that is my country

Having sojourned in Europe for almost 10 years, I now have hopes that I may probably have a country to which I can return. It is glaring that my countrymen have decided to take their destinies in their own hands...

Before The Nightfall

We as a people have had it long and tough. A decision must be made now:  Decision to take our country back from the hands of its slaughterers; fight a good fight; use our vote as our weapon and make good use of it; vote out the useless and vote in the useful...

Time to Say Goodbye to Bad Leaders

At fifty years of independence, it is now time to change the way we think and feel for the better. It is now time for us to respond, unite and vote for the best leaders and say goodbye to inept and corrupt leaders...

Does Jega know trust is like virginity?

Jega has been given everything he needs to give Nigerians a credible election. Never in the history of Nigeria’s democracy has a man who came with so much popular acclaim done so much to burn the goodwill he had going for him...

Towards a normal country

In a normal country, anybody making decisions that will affect others will tend to consult them before deciding or at least give them ample notice to adapt after deciding. Nothing will be out of the norm for an efficient administrator...

Princewill Saw 2011 Elections Before Jega Came

It is very sad that Nigeria has celebrated her 50th Independence, yet there is little to show for our progress...

Ogboru: The Man, Manifesto and Many Mandates

With the Okar coup Ogboru’s name was allegedly mentioned. And the dictatorial military government then swung into sundry actions and virtually all that Ogboru had was made to pass through the drain. Was he battered and shattered?

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Conversation with Jane Hodges

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'One Nigeria': To Be Or Not To Be? (4)

Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the fact that your contribution in terms of human and mineral resources is substantial?

Tales from the ‘Jungle’

“We are just living in a jungle” Bayo said as we drove through the stadium flyover underpass on our way to Adeniran Ogunsanya Street in the Surulere area. He has been driving taxis in Lagos for about 18 years and according to him has seen it all...

Nigeria: No Country for Weak Hearts

Since I came home, I have had the opportunity through my previous and current employers to travel around Nigeria; I have interacted with various Nigerians discussing Nigeria, their plans, dreams and hopes. I follow the news daily through the media but must admit that I haven’t been encouraged one bit...

Oju Elegba

What has evolved to become a main stay, a household name, and a popular town in Nigeria, is not without its roots...

Nigeria and her too many Wars

Wonders shall never stop happening and as I look...

How do we get Nigeria Right?

How can we get Nigeria right? It has been 57...

Imo State And The Amnesty Package

When Imo and Abia States were mischievously left out of the benefits that naturally should come to them as a result of their oil-producing status, it took me quite some time to convince some prominent Igbo groups and individuals, as well as commentators on national issues, that the omission was worth fighting against...

The Trials and Tribulations of a Leader

At the risk of sounding sanctimonious and being accused of being in support of Obasanjo, I have always been of the conviction that on the balance of probability, Obasanjo might not have been personally corrupt...