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...

Death of zoning…!

For me, the bombs that were flying around, the killings that wore the hood of religion, and the kidnappings that resonated across the land, were all symptomatic of the disease brought by the zoning clone...

Harm The Poor Governance In Nigeria!

In order to confront the economic downturn, the whole world has resorted to expansionary monetary policy, reducing interest rates to historical low in order to jumpstart the economy, enhance financial activities and create jobs; Nigeria needs to learn from these actions...

Psychology of the Delta Rerun Election ‘Results’

There is much evident psychology behind the rigging of the last Delta rerun elections. So palpable almost everybody in Delta state and Nigeria, and very lately much of the rest of the world know it...

Jega Must Sort This Mess Quickly

The stunning revelation that the Independent National Electoral Commission lacks a central server that will be able to detect incidences of multiple registrations in the ongoing voter registration should worry every Nigerian...

Softly, softly, Obasanjo

Though Obasanjo has a messiah complex and in self glorification allowed sycophants during his administration to continuously refer to him as ‘father of modern Nigeria’, nothing could be farther from the truth....

An Open Letter to our Seven Presidential Candidates

How do you intend to continue to subsidise fuel while simultaneously encouraging private sector participation in the downstream sector? What plans do you have for revamping of our refineries? Removing subsidy is definitely politically incorrect and morally odious...

The Importance of Voting in a Truly Democratic Society

Voting in an election shows you care about your community. By voting you become engaged with the activities of the nation in general. Voting is the best way to influence the nation in which we live....

Atiku: The Limit of ‘Bolekaja’ language!

Atiku's combative language deployed so assiduously mirrors the unbroken command and control mentality of the North toward uppity Southerners looking for power - power which the North has long hijacked as their birthright!

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One Nigeria: To Be or Not To Be? (Part 6)

Today, only the North is ready to spill blood or go on another 'killing rampage' in order to keep Nigeria one. This is more than enough evidence to support the claim that the North can not sustain itself and relies completely on the resources of the South to survive...

Censorship and Big Brother Africa

In the past one hundred and six days, Africans all over the continent, those who could afford cable tv subscriptions or a television set for those who caught the programme courtesy local television stations, were turned to voyeurs...

Interview With Prof. Venâncio Massingue, The Mozambican Minister Of Science And Technology

A wise man, an African maxim declares, is one who knows proverbs and can reconcile difficulties using them. A trained engineer, Prof. Venâncio Massingue believes that “There is no single scientist who is not a politician”...

Time for a New Anti-Corruption Manual

Those watching for clues to emerge of the tone and mettle of Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency will have the opportunity, much sooner than they expect, to take a measure of the man. In fact, there will be two early opportunities...

How not to roll-back malaria in Nigeria

While Nigeria was signing up to an international MOU of some sort to “support local production of malaria drugs and products” on the one hand, it is, on another, taking actions that may undermine the same local pharmaceutical firms...

A Disease Called Broklysis!

In the history of creation, it is one of the deadliest diseases ever to strike mankind. There are many people recorded in the Bible who were afflicted by this disease. When this disease strikes a man, it can rattle the brain, dry up the blood...

Rewarding Loyalty – The Obasanjo/Andy Uba Story

This article is not about the good or bad, the right or wrong or the positive or negative aspects of political associations, friendships or rewards. It is mainly about the loyalty of humanity towards one another and the philosophies behind them...

I Join Others In Mourning The Legendary Michael Jackson

On the afternoon of the second day of MJ’s death, I got glued to the CNN channel and watched as every program broadcast that day carried the news of the demise of the great musical Icon...

Southwest: Beyond the toga of statism

The Lagos State Government recently endorsed a food production...

Akunyili and Re-branding Nigeria Initiative

Akunyili, despite the initial overwhelming torrent of cynicisms against her taking up the position of the Federal Government’s chief spokesperson, has rather remained undaunted in her stead to continue to toe the line of truth and integrity...