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...

It is Time to Legalize Corruption

When was the last time any corrupt person or regime was probed? When was the last time any person was brought to proper and severe justice for stealing? When was the last any one was made to return all the money they stole from the state?

After The Successful June 29 Protest, What Next?

If we ever want to change things for the better in Nigeria, we have to do more than speaking big big grammar...

The Tower of Babel

Man as an intelligent animal is full of problems and reading his mind is the crux of the matter. Only God can decipher the mind of man full of intrigues...

Lessons From Margaret Hill

We all stand in danger. The problem of tackling the wanton kidnapping of expatriates is not one that should be left for particular quarters to handle...

In Nigeria, Yar’Adua Reigns, Obasanjo Rules

At various formal and informal discussion points across the country, and on listserv and discussion boards on the cyberspace, Nigerians are not hiding their deep pain and frustration that the obnoxious Third Term Project which they unanimously and disdainfully rejected not too long ago has been so smoothly and successfully imposed on them...

Destroying Ibadan

Why would OBJ fight for the unity of Nigeria between 1966 and 1970, only to preside over its systematic disintegration between 1999 and 2007?

How Ndi-Igbo Blew A Very Good Chance Of Producing Nigeria's President (2)

I will suggest that in the interest of equity and justice, the Igbo should be allowed to produce the Senate President. They were not given neither the presidency nor the vice-presidency...

How Ndi-Igbo Blew A Very Good Chance Of Producing Nigeria's President (2)

I will suggest that in the interest of equity and justice, the Igbo should be allowed to produce the Senate President. They were not given neither the presidency nor the vice-presidency...

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How to Report the President's Illness: Why Nigeria's Case Is Different

Nigerians can also be blamed for the paucity of information on the health status of those at the helm of affairs. On the various streets across Nigeria, Nigerians go about their daily chores as if all is well...

An Encounter with a Beauty Goddess

"He must be sacrificed tonight" the lady said with an air of authority. She had no more smiles. That beautiful face and charm that electrified me hours ago have turned to a fiendish mien...

Buhari and the Lazy Political Youth Coyotes

In his speech in London last week, President Muhammadu...

The Case for Indecent Dressing

The need to prostrate before an idea, to one vision of perfection, to get addicted to a programmed way of life is the bequest of the Islam and Christianity gripping us till date...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti: 10 Years After, The Memory Lives On

Fela was more than a musician. He was a philosopher and teacher. He was a soothsayer, talented political, social and economic analyst, in all sense of the word. He used his protest music as an effective weapon for mass education of Nigerians...

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul Obinali Ebereonwu is one that reads like a classic legend. It is the story of a young man who sought to conquer the world by pursuing his professional interest in remarkable ways...

Still On The Heart Of Africa Project

It is difficult to score Nigeria high in the international community as a result of the efforts of change agents and reformers such as Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, Nasir El-Rufai, Oby Ezekwesili and Charles Soludo, because their efforts are blighted by the ineptitude of other government officials...

The Nigerians I Know

In the sense that there is no set Nigerian culture since we have 250-350 different ethnic groups that may or may not know jack about their neighbor, we may have been the area where the Biblical Tower of Babel fell...

To Nigeria’s Greatest ‘Criticizers’

I used to teach the SATs. And one of...

An Overview: Ogun State Race to Government House

As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) sets the...