Nigeria Matters

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...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

The political traditions of our fathers

Right now, the Yorubas must have to build a leadership that honours their legacy. Again, remember the treaty that ended the Kiriji War, which...

Powerless: Nigeria’s Unending Struggle with Electricity

Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation...

FIRS: The picture is here!

We are in a time of pronounced change of thinking in a positive direction in Nigeria after decades of misadventures. To support this change,...

Eedris Abdulkareem, New York Times, and the Muse

By Promise Adiele In a way, one can argue conveniently that coincidence is a divinely orchestrated occurrence where humanity is completely helpless and unaware of...

Guerrilla Editorial Board Unrecognized by June 12 Inheritors

Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola had just been...

Nigeria and the Art of Going Backwards

I liked the ‘old’ national anthem, ‘Nigeria we Hail Thee…’ written by a foreigner,Lilian Jean Williams to rhyme with the about to be...

Democracy Day: Electricity Bill Is Larger Than My Salary

Today has been declared a public holiday by the Nigerian Government to mark Democracy Day. May 29 used to be the Democracy Day until the...

Lost but not found: Where is Yaya Bello?

By Promise Adiele I nostalgically remember a popular refrain in my secondary school days; “Lost but found”. Back then, an item of less value never...

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Nigeria makes US Hate List…Why?

It took just one foiled attempt by a British resident, and Yemeni trained terrorist to give the United States Transportation Security Administration the unique opportunity to show her true feelings towards Nigerians...

Still on Tinubu’s Economic Tax Reform

Nigeria’s tax reform is underway with four Executive Bills...

Obasanjo and the Quest for Statesmanship

Why is our nation, home to brilliant minds, rich traditions, rich in natural and mineral resources and centuries of wisdom, culture and morality, withering in poverty while most other nations rapidly move ahead of us?

Emerging Leaders And Citizens As Catalysts

The Obasanjo government may have laid the foundation for a new Nigeria, rescuing it from the claws of military oligarchs in 1999, but now is the time to move on...

Boko Haram: Military Leadership Underserves President and Junior Soldiers

Our military “drove the attackers away”, turned around and came back home?  And we are satisfied with that?  What is wrong in following the attackers to whatever hole from where they came - Cameroon, Chad, or Niger - and finishing them off there?  What is wrong in following the attackers, capturing those we can capture and bringing them back to our bases for interrogation?

Love And Be Loved

We, women have the tendency to do imprudent things.We know our man is treating us like last month's Chinese food, but instead of facing our problems head-on, we make excuses...

NESG Forges a Historic Dialogue on Education in Nigeria

Education as a human capital investment forms the foundations of a healthy society. It has been proved that investment in human capital has a direct correlation to economic growth and national development. Teachers will build the human capital development that will reposition Nigerian youths...

Get Involved

Nigerians are electing new leaders this year (2011). Therefore, it makes sense that all eligible adults should participate and get involved with the electoral processes. Make sure you vote and guard your votes...

If I Were President…

No child ever says that he or she wants to be vice president when he or she grows up. It is a useless office and the holder is often a source of irritation to the president. So, for the children, I would call the vice president into my office and 'eliminate' him...

Lampedusa: The Exodus

During the colonial days more than a century ago...