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...

Nigeria @ 50: Why We Are Getting It Wrong!

Though I will be marking the golden jubilee independence anniversary soberly in my station outside the shores of the abused fatherland, it is with patriotic pride that I will be celebrating with some good friends...

Nigeria At Fifty: A Story of Grand Failure

It is disheartening that at fifty, we are practically lying prostate while humanity races to the moon. It is understandable why Nigerians openly regret our independence from external colonialists...

Passport Identification: Proudly Nigerian

The many issues confronting the country nonetheless, Nigeria remains a powerful global brand worth trillions of dollars, unlimited natural resources, millions of hectares of fertile lands, over 350 languages and 150 million industrious, determined people...

As Soyinka Joins Partisan Politics

Soyinka is a man who is much respected, if not idolised by most people who can string words together. Therefore as he dabbles into partisan politics with his full creative weight, questions are bound to arise...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Nnamdi Azikiwe – “Father of the Nation” (3)

As Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first post independence Head of State, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was to Nigeria, what George Washington is to America, Nkrumah is to Ghana, Nasser is to Arabs, and Mandela is to South Africa...

Welcome To Lagos – An Insider's Perspective

One must not stop wondering, what prompted the recent BBC’s epic show of shame against Lagos, under the magnificent but highly misleading title: WELCOME TO LAGOS?

Nigeria’s 50th Independence Anniversary

All the indices show that there is little or nothing to celebrate after 50 years of our national life, especially with the high level of poverty...

Nigeria: An Adolescent At Fifty

What meaning is to be assigned to the fact that, in three days, Nigeria will mark fifty years as an “independent” nation?

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Labour And The Imminent Revolt Of The Masses

A properly mobilised and well sustained social action, which is carried out by a courageous and fearless people, is a sufficient condition for the evolution of good electoral process and goverments in Nigeria...

After Not-Too-Young-To-Rule Law, What Next?

From the ecstasy that followed the initiation, legislation, passage...

Okonjo-Iweala For President Part III

There is nothing wrong or illegal with Obasanjo using his position to enrich himself, but I have observed a pattern in his propensity to want to cash in on every opportunity he has as one of the luckiest Nigerians to ever rule our country...

N450 Billion Allocation to Ondo – Has It Been a Waste?

The accusation of Four hundred and Fifty billion naira wastage of Ondo State funds against the Agagu administration not only has great intrinsic merit, but patriotic instincts; and it deserves an objective analysis...

The Case Against Corruption: A Cupric Engagement

There seem to be an intensity of energy as it relates to voicing concerns about corruption in Nigeria.  These alignment towards a cause however seem to yield nothing over the years but a cumbersome engagement on the part of the writers...

Nobel Lords And Afro-Literary Activists: The Case Of Chinua Achebe

I must confess that I do not always agree with Achebe, especially on his views about Christianity, which like many intellectuals, he sees from a negative and largely misunderstood perspective...

Surprise at Consulate of Nigeria New York Passport Office!

You will not believe what happened at the consulate of Nigeria in New York, last month, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009! The day was ruined, as far as assumed public knowledge or familiarity with laxity and lack of work ethic among certain public officials was concerned...

In Defense of the Distinguished Supreme Court

Since the Supreme Court rulings in the Amaechi case, the camp of the opinionated has since joined hands with the camp of the lawless to discredit the court...

Debt Creation & Nigeria’s Future Generation

Former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola...

Nigeria’s Clergy Under Siege: Who Will Save Our Priests?

The brutal murder of Father Sylvester Okechukwu on March...