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...

Mr President Rev the Railways

Now that the long wait for the unveiling of who is going to be who in the Tinubu administration is over, we start our...

Wike: Walking Into the Landmines

I find it difficult to comprehend the fuss surrounding a ministerial appointment for an individual who has previously held positions as both a Minister...

Nigeria’s Real Enemies

“Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire....

Are We Overly Presidentialising the Anti-Corruption Campaign in Nigeria?

One of the reasons why anti-corruption activities reached their sexiest during the Muhammadu Buhari epoch was because of his much-vaunted image as an incorruptible...

Would Somebody, Please, Tell Nigerians That Corrupt Leadership Does Not Exempt Anyone From Its Torments?

“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” ― Adolf Hitler Many Nigerians are stuck with zero experience of what it means to live in...

Culture of Political Appointments in Nigeria: For Competence or Compensation?

By Nasiru Usman Massallachi The 2023 general election in Nigeria has come and passed. Candidates from different political parties have contested and some that eventually...

The President’s Palliatives

Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name) fell ill and was admitted to hospital. At a point, his condition became so critical...

Inside President Tinubu’s Nigeria

On May 29, 2023, Bola Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president, 16th leader. Nigerians wish him success in the onerous tasks ahead. All the same,...

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Poets Storm Idoto in Honour of Christopher Okigbo

By Odili Ujubuoñu African poets will stir the quiet and...

The Many Lies of Helen Ukpabio

Helen Ukpabio has gone to town against those she perceived as her enemies. The struggle to cleanse Nigeria of mischievious superstitious beliefs that have perpetually kept us in darkness and such that the likes of Helen has been using to exploit and keep the people in bondage has come under severe attack...

If The Niger Bridge Collapses…

From what we are seeing, the Federal Government is not behaving as if it is aware that a devastating tragedy is lurking at the corner, waiting to strike...

This time next year!

In the midst of Nigeria's complex economic and political...

We are Danbaba Suntai…

If anybody had told me that we would be playing a broken record of the antecedents of the unfortunate demise of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua so soon, I would not have believed it. But here we are...

Re: African Evangelists Destroy Artifacts

What Dulue Mbachu fails to grasp is that thinking and writing like the West robs every African, resident and in the Diaspora, including Mr. Mbachu, of every shred of respect in the global community of nations…

Remove The Moneybags, If I May Vote…

The great Nigerian statesman Nnamdi Azikiwe once wrote that every election is an advance auction of stolen goods. And he’s right...

Is Black Really Beautiful?

Nigeria and Africa in all their poverty are really just a heartbeat away from the ancestral and cultural poverty that Black America suffers.  Are we allowing our Black youths to be groomed to believe that “black is not beautiful?” 

Deji No More The Sole Amanyanabo Of Akure

They have figured it out that it is better to safely divide up Akure at a time the preeminent Amanyanabo and owner of Akure, the Deji's throne is vacant, and the Regent and the Akure Council of Chiefs don't see eye-to-eye...

Getting Older

Ever since I turned 21, every succeeding birthday throws me into a fit of depression. Okay, not literally but my gratefulness for having made it another year is overshadowed by the idea that I am older. What is it about getting older that people don’t like?