Nigeria Matters

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

Why Nigeria Stagnates: Bad Leadership or a Complicit Citizenry?

The recent budget presentation by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reignited the debate on Nigeria’s stagnation and the intersection between leadership failure...

Governor Monday Okpebholo’s 2025 Budget Presentation Struggles: Matters Arising!

A dramatic scene unfolded at the Edo State House of Assembly as Governor Monday Okpebholo stumbled through the presentation of the 2025 fiscal budget,...

Don’t Cry for Dele Farotimi, Cry for Nigeria

Genuine, unpretentious patriotism is deep, very deep. It arises from an unflinching, sometimes obdurate conviction that one’s country would one day recover from anaemic,...

Osun 2026: Crossroads and Consequences (1)

My experience as a Branch Internal Auditor in a now-consolidated commercial bank during the 2000s taught me the importance of accountability and oversight in...

Davido and the Burden of Truth

Last Saturday, I attended the reunion party of the Department of English UNILAG class of 1998. It was a wonderful occasion that evoked nostalgia...

Oshiomhole’s “774 Thieves” Comment: A Spotlight on Governance Challenges in Nigeria

Senator Adams Oshiomhole's statement, “It’s better to have 774 local government chairmen who are thieves than one big thief,” has ignited widespread debates across...

The APC and Our Lost Subsidy Decade

According to our lords and masters at the World Bank, our path to economic transformation depends on ‘sustaining critical reforms for at least 15...

Media, Democracy and the Public Interest

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s media team. The president has also restructured his media team in a bid to “enhance...

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Demilitarizing Nigerian Democracy!

For real democracy to take hold in Nigeria not only will the people of Nigeria have to fight the internal enemies of democracy, they will also have to overcome the crushing power of the military godfathers...

The Evil Merchant

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