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...

Nigerians’ Travails, Endless Hunt for Change and the Gathering Storm: Where Lies the Hope?

A spectre is haunting our fatherland. What a spectre!, that is occasioned by the palpable atmosphere of discontent, feelings of dispossession, sense of abandonment and ignominy of existence...

The Qualities of a Good Politician in a Democratic Society

Since politicians play very significant roles in the administrative processes, especially having hands in thousands of  important laws and policies affecting their communities and country, they should be well-educated, modest, with experience in social welfare...

The Man Buhari – a leader, a patriot or a separatist – who is he?

I am casting my vote for this Nigerian leaders - Buhari and Pastor Tunde Bakare. As a detribalized Nigerian, I implore those who would want true federalism in this country to vote Buhari...

The Man – Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan – a leader or a puppet

The Man GEJ is as confused as any Nigerian; knowing what is best to do in order to emancipate Nigerians from a high level of moral, economic, political and socio-cultural decadence...

Deepening democracy with intolerant politicians

In less than three days, precisely on Saturday, April 2, Nigerians will, again, troop to the polls to elect new leaders for the various legislative and executive positions at both the state and federal levels, in what some cynical political observers refer to as another democratic ritual...

Politicians Fail: loot and lose credibility!

One can in all honesty say the government’s fight against corruption ended with the death of Umar Yar'Adua. Jonathan's government should start fighting embezzlement of public funds...

Time To Destroy The Nigerian Temple?

I have long nursed a profound disquiet about the prospects and direction of Nigeria, but two recent encounters have crystallized for me the particular shape and depth of the country’s malaise...

The Igbo, Goodluck and the Ides of April 9

The Igbo have come out to state their support for Jonathan. The apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has officially endorsed Jonathan. They don’t have much option anyway. The other candidates have not endeared themselves to the Igbo...

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Al-Mustapha, Abiola, And a Nation’s Shame

It is easy to forget that Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, is standing trial for allegedly ordering the assassination of Kudirat Abiola, one of the wives of former President-elect Moshood Kashimawo Abiola...

Entrepreneurship University: Effective Institution Producing Creators of Jobs, Goods And Support Services

The need to encourage paradigm shift, redefine work, encourage value driven service and encourage change initiative driven by people that make up any system can not be over emphasized...

The Energy Crisis in Nigeria: Can we stay Afloat or be Drowned by it?

The origin of the Nigerian energy crisis can be linked directly to corruption in the country. It is not that the lack of infrastructure or lack of maintenance that is the key problem here. Nigeria has the resources to make the power outage a thing of the past...

Nigeria: Campaigns of Religion and Ethnicity

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From December, 1991 to December, 1992, I was a...

Periscope of the Roots of Nigeria’s Economic Woes

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The New Sheriff: Killing Our Economy

"If we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill us"...

An Encounter with Mr. Sustainability

My first impression of Mr Sustainability was akin to Clint Eastwood in the 1967 movie, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, with a brimmed cowboy hat and outfit. Professor Wubbo Ockels in not a Hollywood hunk but he has the popularity of a movie star...