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...

This Craze for Titles: Complex and Syndrome?

There are uncountable royal highnesses, high chiefs, double chiefs, triple chiefs, etcetera, in our localities.  ‘Chieftancy title’ may well be a Nigerian phrase. There may be more Rotarians, Lions, ‘Sirs’ and ‘Dames’ in Nigeria than the world put together going by those with these prefixes against their names...

Prof Jega and 2011 Elections Budget: Money-Pocketing Or Vote-Count Opportunity?

Jega is manifesting incompetence. He collected about N90b for the conduct of the 2011 elections. Next he asked for N6b for a one-week extension of the voter’s registration...

Abuja Roads: ‘Constructions’ without end!

What story would I be telling to draw attention to the roads taking forever to construct in ‘Abuja’? Hmmm, let me think. Yes, I will tell two, no three...

Never Lose Hope

Cries and complaints can never and will never solve any problem. Never allow any distraction in your life. Distractions are factors that do not motivate you...

How to be a local government chairman

Do you fancy being the Chairman of your Local Government Area?  Well, the general administrative and operational setup of LGAs in Nigeria has changed.   Conceptually, LGAs are supposed to be separate entities from the State government.  Not anymore...

Revolutionary Change, Democratic Space and the Great Nigerian Inquisition

Ours is a revolution against waste, fraud and abuse and the vampires who have held Nigerians in political and economic bondage for fifty years. It is a revolution for accountability retribution and redress. The Nigerian Pharaohs although brutal and bloody, must bow...

Over 26 need not apply

There is something I have noticed with job advertisements in Nigeria that absolutely winds me up. It is the blatant age discrimination displayed by both National and Multinational firms...

Ribadu’s Choice

As emancipated and forward thinking as some of us may claim to be, we fail to realise that more than half of the Nigerian populace falls within the periphery of the intellectually malnourished who tend to see things only in black and white...

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Dictatorship of the Progressives

There was a time in in this country when...

Selling the Nigerian Politician

Ever since President Goodluck Jonathan announced to his friends on Facebook that he was going to seek nomination of his party to run for president, the battle seemed to have been also transferred online. The missing link, however, remains the way many of the politicians who joined the social media bandwagon use such platforms to engage the voters...

Let’s Throw In The Towel To Save Nigerians From Annihilation

I am here to eat my words, that is,...

Buhari Goes To Daura

Retrospectively, In the history of Nigeria, no Head of...

Buhari’s Unsexy Task

Nigerian presidents are notorious for self-aggrandizement. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo...

Wisdom Azubuike: One Year In Memory

I seek a legal framework that will protect women in their homes, communities, and states in Nigeria. A law that outlaws domestic violence and entitles them to own property and recognizes their right to inheritance…

Is Ebola the Dawn of Bio-Weapon Diplomacy?

I do not believe that the ‘outbreak’ of the virus here in Nigeria was a happenstance. I believe that the drama we are all watching and which is being presented by the Western media, CNN, BBC et all has the elements of a well-researched programme and script...

Joe Biden: The Restoration of the American Soul & a (Dis)United People

"I believe that for all our imperfections, we are...

Speaking Truth to Power: The Pentecostals and the ‘Daddy’ Syndrome

The current narrative of the many UK based ‘African Majority’ Pentecostal Churches is the clinging to the fantasy that the ‘Men/Women of God’ who serve them are perfect.  That they can do no wrong, have no weaknesses and live and embody perfect lives...

A Memo to the Emerging Leaders of a New Nigeria

There is no country in the whole world that does not have a Nigerian community and professionals in all different fields. With all the returns from the oil sector, our leaders have found it difficult to provide undisrupted electricity supply and clean tap water for all...