Nigeria Matters

The Yoruba ‘Omoluabi’ Ethos And Nigeria’s Leadership

The Yoruba people in the Southwest of Nigeria are deeply immersed in culture, history, ideology, and other guiding principles that define their existence. This...

Southwest and the power of early preparation

The Southwest, although it now laudably has a Development Commission, ought to project a future that will match the best days of the past....

El-Rufai’s Detention: Justice, Political Vendetta Or A Test Of Nigeria’s Rule Of Law?

The continuing legal battle involving former Kaduna State Governor, NasirAhmad El-Rufai, has become much larger than the fate of one politician. Ithas developed into...

All Hail the Cave-man of Otta!

I wish to announce the tragic demise of Olusegun Obasanjo the statesman. OBJ the man still kicks and lives on but OBJ the statesman is dead!

Madam Speaker Plays Her Level

What are Etteh and her people doing with Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles? Have these people totally wiped off the notion of service from public office?

Obasanjo and the Nigerian Newspapers

It is quite disturbing that one of the country’s leaders who is supposed to realize the effect and weight of his public pronouncements descended so low as to declare that he does not read Nigerian newspapers...

I Miss My Lagos…

Lagos is a Mini Nigeria. It doesn't exactly welcome anyone but never turns anyone back...

Yar’Adua And His Policies

That President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is a listening leader is not in doubt.  The fear being expressed by observers right now is the amount of goodwill behind the variety of advice he listens to...

Forever Bowing To Massa

Enough of these endless genuflections before some Big Masters out there! If we manage our nation well, some of those nations would come begging to business with us...

The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

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Time To Review Nigeria’s Marriage Policies

One policy Jonathan should know is overdue for review is the Nigeria’s Marriage Policies...

Niger: The Shame of a Continent

Niger is half the size of Texas but about twice the size of France. The country is bordered by Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria. Yet in times of dire need none of these countries came to her aid. None of the aforementioned countries came to her aid until children and women started dying and the nation was severely devastated. But of course that is the story of Africa...

Nnamdi Kanu: The Path The Nigerian Government Should Thread

The buzz activated by the arrest and subsequent extradition...

Bush Telegraph, Culture and an Illiterate Nation

Where have the books gone? That is a question I keep asking my self. I remember growing up in the ancient city of Ibadan and toadying up to those good books. We never had the luxury at home of having the colored television or the internet or other distractions that have taken over in this day and age...

Nigerian Men Killing Their Wives – Calling A Spade What It Is Part [I]

What I am about to say here, I know, will annoy so many of our women. Some will like me but some will hate me. Nevertheless, I love our women and therefore, my only intention here is to inform and educate, period...

Kano Emirate and the irony of innocence

There is a ticking time bomb in Kano and...

Osun ‘26: When Pedigree Matters

By Adedamola Ayeni ​The 2026 Osun governorship election is just...

Charles Taylor is History

Sierra Leoneans are satisfied that their number one enemy has been arrested and like all those they consider to be the major actors behind the war and its barbarism, he would be tried and if found guilty he would be punished...

For Molara Wood…Listen, The Book, The Book Is Waving Us A Long Goodbye…

Something interesting happened to me this year. I found myself searching the Internet, looking for, and acquiring several books by authors that nurtured me in my youth growing up in Nigeria...

Naija Notes: Let’s Kill the Generals

Party primaries: Why are military men winning everywhere?