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...

Do You Believe in Juju?

Nigerians seem to have a two-tier belief system. On the one hand they believe in God/Allah, and attend church/mosque. Yet they still believe in the power of non-Biblical or Koranic spirits to cause harm, misfortune, death or heal sickness...

Reflections on Democracy and Good Governance

Change will come when we know true democracy and keep ourselves informed. We have to encourage our families, friends and neighbours to populate the educated camp till the ignorant camp is totally deserted...

Reflections on Democracy and Good Governance

Change will come when we know true democracy and keep ourselves informed. We have to encourage our families, friends and neighbours to populate the educated camp till the ignorant camp is totally deserted...

Nigeria: Re-branding and the Image of a Nation in the 21st century

The image of a nation might as well be the destiny of a nation. Nigeria's disfigured image in the global village has become an insignia of dishonesty, dishonor and disrespect; this is outright humiliation...

The Hypocrite in All of Us

If there is a bit of the hypocrite in all of us, then our hypocrisy is often at its highest when discussing public officials, especially politicians, in the context of money and sex...

Chatting Across Borders

Everything is grounded in the country for now...the usual rituals of fuel scarcity at Xmas...Umoru is lying down half dead in a Saudi hospital and the country too lying comatose here...

A letter to President Umaru Musa Yar’dua

Mr. President, though we acknowledge our frailties as mortals, we have never ceased to ask why you allowed yourself to be goaded into taking this job in the first place. We thought you should not have taken this highly demanding job as the number one citizen of this country knowing fully well that your health condition cannot withstand the rigours of the office...

Bomb Scare In Detroit and A Nigerian

The problem with religions inside Nigeria is that they are either too narrow and exclusionary or too vague and ambiguous. Some do not have boundaries and anything goes. Others are too restrictive and insist you belong and comply or face damnation...

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There Is African Literature…I Believe In It – Says I.N.C. Aniebo

"You are an African, I'm an African, okay. There is an African thought system. So, naturally there must be an African literature. It's automatic. I mean, arguing whether it's there or not is, to me, one of those stupid things the white people use..."

What Does It Mean To Be a Nigerian Woman in America?

I'm still single, which is baffling to me because I'm actually a really pretty woman, very nurturing, respectful, and considerate. My family says its because I'm not Nigerian enough...

Do Our Politicians Know The Constitution?

People always think politics is a game, but I always beg to differ. It is no longer a game when politicians make political decisions which affect the lives of millions of people, which determines their standard of living, their daily livelihood, their health and wellbeing, their security and in fact the very essence of their being alive...

Nigerian and American National Security

The Americans have showed Nigerians and the rest of the world in their dealings with a Chinese oil company, that American oil companies represent American national interests and we, as Nigerians, must be awake to our national security interests as well!

Ese Oruru’s Mirror

I received a plaintive note last week from a...

Bayelsa: Between Sylva And Gold!

During the Ibori saga in London I had decided to refrain deliberately from commenting on the fortunate outcome of the Ibori kleptocracy because while happy with the development as it concerned his indictment I was angry with the obnoxious system back home that produced Ibori...

Karl Marx Thesis On Religion

Karl Marx hated with ceaseless passion capitalist created millionaires and billionaires anywhere in the world. In fact, if capitalism was a human being, Karl Marx was ready, during his times on mother earth to seize it, squeeze its head and have it smashed against a wall...

Over 26 need not apply

There is something I have noticed with job advertisements in Nigeria that absolutely winds me up. It is the blatant age discrimination displayed by both National and Multinational firms...

Nigeria: A Nation Under Intensive Care

"A nation that celebrates mediocrity in place of meritocracy...

Making Roads Safer In Nigeria

Every Nigerian has the right to live, and work in safety. Every Nigerian has the right to walk, ride and drive on good and safe roads. This generation should not be wasted with increasing road accidents...