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...

How IBB, Atiku Subverted Zoning

With the summoning of the principal parties in the acrimonious battle for the presidential ticket of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, by the party recently, it may be pertinent to look at an aspect which some of the groups have harped on so emphatically...

Between Majority Tyranny, Democratic Space and PDP’s Zoning

A liberal democracy is an embodiment of a gamut of civic rights and individual liberties geared towards preventing it from degenerating into a tyranny of the majority.  The extent to which these liberties are guaranteed and the degree to which they are protected differ from one democracy to another...

The Co-Efficient of Friction in Nigerian Politics

How Nigerians treat their compatriots is directly responsible for the high co-efficient of friction in Nigeria...

Nigeria @ 50: No Compromise, No Surrender

While I agree that Nigeria's 50 years of independence have little to show for its strength and age, writing it off as a failed nation-state is erroneous, misleading and reflects impaired judgment...

Fayemi: Let The Truth Be Said And Applied Always

The judiciary is the last refuge of the common man in any social and political community. Over the years, many Nigerians have been betrayed, and continue to be betrayed, by the corrupt legal system in our country...

Lack of Vision

Nigerian politicians are used to just making speeches during elections not knowing that whatever they say goes a long way in showing how concerned and serious they are about positively affecting the lives of Nigerians...

Will You Vote For These PDP Politicians?

As the clock continues to tick towards the coveted 2011 general elections in Nigeria, political activities have resumed in full earnest. And, expectedly, the concomitant intrigues have continued to, by the day, snowball into an avalanche of great spectacle...

Message to October 1st Bombers

On my way to the office, a bit close to the Yar’Adua centre, I notice that the ground shook after a thunderous blast – twice.  I looked up in the sky. Unusual helicopters looking like giant dragonflies sped past...

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Lost but not found: Where is Yaya Bello?

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An Open Letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Mr. Prime Minister, the impending military campaign and the state of anomie in the Niger Delta are totally avoidable, if you and other leaders of goodwill will step up the diplomatic work and help solve the Niger Delta Problem once and for all...

Gov. T.A. Orji's Love For A United Nigeria

At the Enugu State Correspondents' Chapel Press Week held on November 10, 2013, Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State raised hope of recalling the non-indigenes who were working in the state's ministry that his government blatantly sacked...

Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

Your Grip!

Stir my spirit to long and yearn for you like never before. Rouse me from the place of complacency and make me fervent in the spirit...

Riveting Dance Steps Of Sir Bob-Manuel Udokwu

The news here is not that consummate actor Bob-Manuel...

Osun: Now that we have the 7th Assembly!

When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government...

“The King of Boys” – Conversation with Richard Mofe-Damijo

I have a friend who always jokes and says “isn’t life ironical? You that was born to play, you went to school to study and now they actually give you money for you to play..."

Bola Ige: A Personal Remembrance

The cream of Nigeria’s political and intellectual class had gathered to do honour to their own, when a message came from the SSS...The book launch could not be allowed to go on...