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...

Re-Assessing The Unfinished Project At 50

There may not be a better a time to remind Nigeria and Nigerians of the need to reflect on and re-assess the contributions of individuals, groups, organisations and governments to the current state of the nation...

Babangida’s Belligerent Sense of Entitlement

In spite of all the filth that his hired army of revisionists are churning out, to erase his infamies from our memories, we are still solid in our knowledge and conviction that Babangida is one of the greatest rapists of our commonwealth...

What is in a name?

What is in a name? Disenchanted Juliet posed this question to her enraged parents whose indignation toward her suitorship with Romeo knew no bound. In that dialogue, Juliet pointed out a deep truth which this discourse will rest upon...

Children of Akwa Ibom State and Governor Godswill Akpabio – A note

I am immensely disturbed by reports emanating from Akwa Ibom state on the vitriolic action of the state government against the activists of the child witchcraft problem in the state...

An Open letter to the people of Oyo State

Good day and compliments of the season to all my beloved people of Oyo State...

An Open letter to the people of Oyo State

Good day and compliments of the season to all my beloved people of Oyo State...

Nigerian Ex-Dictators Parry Prosecution, Ambush Democracy

The Youths of Nigeria have never really known and may never know true democracy...

On The Rape Of The Rule Of Law In Ogun State House Of Assembly

The September 6, 2010 impeachment of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly and suspension of 15 members of the House, including the impeached Speaker, by only nine (9) members of the 26-member House is another attempt at disparaging Nigeria`s efforts at enthroning constitutionalism...

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Dateline 2011: The Buhari/Ribadu 'Deadly' Combination

Majority of Nigerians, at home and abroad, are agreed that our motherland is terribly 'sick'! Yes, she is suffering from what one could call 'statehood tumor', an ailing condition that is similar to the prostrate cancer that has killed many rich men and women. And to combat the malady and save her from imminent death she has been taken to the emergency ward of a teaching hospital...

My Journey to Kirikiri Prison

Barrister Jubril Salami is my good friend. Our friendship...

Defining christianity and Christ call

This is sad, very sad: The ‘church’ has become unimaginably too worldly today; and the world has become unthinkably too churchy today. The ‘church’ has given the world mere religion as against Christianity...

Open Letter to Protesters

I have written this because of my awareness of the attendant risks in the society we live in and the fragility of human life. Don't be a dead hero, martyrdom is generally overrated...

Bible, Science, Creation, Civilization and Eternity

Science as the study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world and society agrees with scriptures at the end of the day if thorough observation and quality experiment is carried out...

Ekitigate & Tope Aluko: A Festering Tragicomedy

While teaching at Ekiti State University, Dr. Tope Aluko...

Naija Notes: The End of Nigeria

The Northern mob is senseless and filled with nothing but atavistic madness and insatiable blood lust. Once it is set loose it will not stop...

Nigerian Security Challenges: The Way Forward

As a security consulting professional, I still find it...

Will Oshiomhole Survive Edo State

Everyone with an eye on the ground watching the nation’s political landscape knew that November 11 was pregnant. And when the day delivered in the form of a judgment by the appeal court in Benin City, Edo State, it became clear that there was nothing anybody could do anymore...

A Tear for the Checkpoint Policeman

I hereby mourn the demise of my dearest friend,...