Nigeria Matters

Hello! Be Wise As The Campaigns Begin

Barring any divine intervention, and never ruling out the unpredictability of the cosmic regime, the 2027 general elections in Nigeria will be held. The...

Nigeria Is Dying In Bondage

The calls came to me in quick succession - from the United States and some cities in Nigeria - concerning the health and accommodation...

Osun Election: Victory For The People

The result of the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State still resonates across the country at deafening decibels. Everybody is celebrating the Accord Party’s...

I Will Miss Umaru… And Turai

In northern Nigeria, the strong arms of Sharia law, cosmopolitan illiteracy and ubiquitous male dominance seem to be the undoing of most female emancipation advocacies. It is therefore thought provoking to realize that this region could produce a lady as influential as Turai...

Nigerians Mourn The Death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared a seven day national mourning in honor of Mr. Yar'Adua...

Again, the Judiciary Falters in Ekiti

Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of Mr. Segun Oni of the PDP as the winner of the highly dramatic bye election...

Acf Elder’s Advice Is Not Valuable Respectable

It is quite unfortunate that the ACF elders could be pushing for a Northern VP when they were supposed to use their experience to unite Nigeria...

When Will These Insults Abate?

It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and backgrounds surrounding their manifestations...

Efcc Icpc: A Tool For Witch Hunt

There is no doubt that Ribadu acted on the directives of his boss, Obasanjo who dictated what happened at any given time. Ribadu nevertheless got the nod from the international community for his giant stride in the fight against corruption...

Happy Oliver Twist Day

There is need for all to come to the roundtable and iron issues out such that a side won’t be like the big man throwing few coins at the greedy beggar who can’t help but ask for more. The reason is simple—we are all big men… or could be, if circumstances change...

Nigeria: Diminished By Greed!

To a people addicted to the tragic luxury of self-delusion, truth hurts badly. But then, truth always refuses to go away. It lingers around to perpetually taunt and haunt those that loathe and despise its face...

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The Conjoined Nigerian Twins Called Democracy and Military Rule

The grotesque Nigerian twins called democracy and military rule...

Jonathan’s Two Quiet Months

It’s one of the amazements of Nigerian life that the tumultuous events of last January seem now so terribly dim and faraway. But it was in January, two short months ago, that President Goodluck Jonathan incautiously increased the price of fuel...

The Game Of The Masters

Mischief makers claim that IBB and OBJ may still be seeking to cash in or make good on bets which they may have made years ago over a game of draught, on who will be the longest serving Head of State in Nigeria - in or out of uniform...

How to Break Up with a White Man

When the opportunity came for Hafsat to live in a foreign country back in 1998, it was seen as blessing.  Now, Hafsat has come to realize the move she made to a foreign land has been the biggest loss of her life....

Will Nigerians Soon Wipe Out Each Other?

I know that the dominant health topic now is...

A Manual for Nigeria’s Armed Robbers, Pickpockets and Small-Time Con Artists

If you happen to know any Nigerian armed robber,...

EFCC Versus Tompolo: A Case Of Double Standards Or Selective Justice?

Once again, the drama of Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusade has...

Christmas Gifts Africans Should Avoid

Your teenage son already sees you as that strange man with the funny accent from Africa who just doesn’t understand him. So, don’t make matters worse by buying him a Sony Walkman. That was cool in your day. Get him the Ipod Nano instead. That should work. Be warned though…an Ipod is different from the Ondo cocoa pod you are familiar with…

Tinubu and his Special Advisers

Without doubt, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s greatest inner gift...

Sexually Transmitted Degrees

There are, one conjectures, multitudes of Nigerian bankers, engineers, lawyers, accountants, physicians, mass communicators, economists – to name a few – who flaunt sexually transmitted degrees, diplomas or certificates. Or degrees that were priced and bought, not earned through diligent study...