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...

Judiciocracy As A Cheap Alternative

By Austin Isikhuemen  The general elections of 2023 have come and gone. Or have they? What with numerous litigations across the land and judgements and...

Dancing to the Music of a Ticking Time-Bomb

It’s a terrible Nigerian fate that every so-called democratic election is delivered like a ticking time-bomb primed to explode with fatal menace. The unfathomable aspect...

No More Coups Here

Back in time Nigeria owned the world record in coup-plotting by the khaki boys of the military. Now coups happen in other lands like Niger,...

Nigeria’s Electoral Roller-coaster: PEPT Verdict inflicts visceral sores

In a startling turn of events on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal (PEPT) delivered a ruling that sent shockwaves through...

A Nation Grapples with Uncertainty: Revisiting the Debate between a Rerun and a Reset

As the gavel of Nigeria’s Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal (PEPT) hovers on the brink of delivering its historic verdict, a nation stands on the...

Why Is Fayemi Not In Government?

When people watch a football match, a key player does not feature, questions must be asked. Dr. Kayode Fayemi, two-term Governor of Ekiti State,...

Can Wike Deliver on Abuja

On August 21st 2023, shortly after he was sworn in as Federal Capital City, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike, immediate past governor of Rivers State...

Nigeria’s Presidential Elections Tribunal: A Nation on Edge Awaits Verdict

As September Approaches, Nigerians Hold Their Breath for a Landmark Ruling In a nation where politics can stir the deepest emotions, Nigeria is currently gripped...

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Peeping into BAT’s Agenda

In celebration of the 57th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence,...

Obama, Clinton and Democratic Party – A House divided cannot stand

It is beginning to look like a child's game but this is a serious business. President Obama and his reelection team have a formidable fight in their hands as they put together the strategies to defeat presumed Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney...

Presidents Smaller Than Nigeria

Nigerian leaders must be taken to task for making...

President Buhari’s Bailout

There was mixed reaction over the announcement of a...

Bracing up to another phase of the Ogoni Struggle

By Innocent Edemhanria Ogoniland, located in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, is...

Have you read the Electoral Act 2022?

After the February 2023 Presidential Election, many theories concerning...

Nigerian Diplomacy in the Transition Period

After the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's successful visit to the United States of America, where he participated in the global summit on nuclear security, Nigerian diplomacy seems to have found approval amongst African states...

Unkind Postures of the Boss

Some of our 'Ogas at the top' behave as if they do not need love from their 'Boys at the bottom'. They loathe showing kindness to their boys. What they see as the showing of kindness is the pittance they give to their boys...

The Mountains and Hills of Life

When translated into life situations, those who attempt the mountains have inadvertently conquered the fear of failure which hold back many of us from fulfilling our true potentials...

One Good Thing About Nigeria – The Love Lesson

Very few uplifting things are spoken and written about Nigeria. Even people who derive their daily bread from government speak ill about the nation. To the skeptics, everything is bad at home...