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...

Of Babaism And Election Language

A speech by a leader or one who aspires to lead should galvanize: it should inspire confidence in all who listen to it and chart a course of hope in an otherwise hopeless situation...

Celebrating the Nigerian Woman

If there is any group of people that have been misrepresented either by their kind or those who don't know or have not met them, it will be the Nigerian woman...

The Niger-Delta and Gun-Boats

Where does the Niger-Delta arms come from? Who gives these unemployed, unhappy Urhobo youths AK-47s and mortars to eliminate his in-laws the Itshekiris? Where does the intelligent Itshekiri group get their machine guns... 

Between Okey Ndibe And The Guardian Newspaper

I refuse to believe that the Guardian has not 'killed' stories in the past which may run contrary to the business and personal interests of both the owners and the editorial team members...

Death Wishes & Irresponsible Journalism in Nigeria

A segment of the Nigerian Press hit a new low in the past couple of days, as they engaged in poor taste journalism and rumor mongering!

Umaru Yar’Adua: Dead or Alive What Does It Matter?

Some five thousand people in any given Nigerian city suffer from catarrh on any given day, yet, they don't go to Germany for treatment...

Bayo Ojo’s “Slippery Slope” and Yar’Adua’s Catarrh

Why would any presidential aspirant pray for Yar'Adua's death at this period? I may be naïve, not being a politician, but I refuse to buy the argument that Yar'Adua is the man to beat in this election...

Can the Death of Coach Lawrence Awopegba, a Tennis Legend, Revive Tennis in Nigeria?

Where is Nigeria's national development plan today as it prepares for the next All-African games in Algiers, the Afro-Asia Games in China, and the Olympic Games in China?

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Disability, Gender, and Education: Promoting Equity in Leadership for Nigerian Women

By Caro-Ann Aricha Ogri There is nothing like a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives… Audre Lorde Lois Auta had polio when...

CBN's Puerile Defence Of Nigeria's Weak Banks

Before Sanusi's advent at the CBN, many of the rating agencies showered encomiums on a good number of Nigerian banks including the ones that failed the apex bank's stress test. Not a few of the banks were rated AA or won awards as best banks in Nigeria or Africa. It was after the interventions that the international community awakened to the fact that there was serious rot in the Nigerian banking system...

Now We Have A Weeping President!

Sharia...the one thing that president Obasanjo cannot or will not deal with may be what will pull the rug from under his feet...

Hurrah As Obama's White House Summons Young African Leaders

One thing that President Obama, singer Whitney Houston and late Rt. Honorable Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe have in common is the appreciation and admiration of youths...

Honorary Doctorate for Bob-Manuel Udokwu

It was a day to cherish as the esteemed...

The Ghastly Murder of Musician Israel Njemanze In Lagos

When a story is stranger than the strangest fiction,...

The African Olympics AD this century

Organisers of Olympic opening events are taking their cue from the musical, Chicago, and when it will be time for Africa, Richard Gere’s ghost will be ever so lightly tap taping with patent leather shoes, smiling and urging...

Appointment to the Bench – Much Ado about Nothing

The governance, administration and management of the affairs of...

Health, Hygiene, Fitness Nigerians

Most foods abroad, unlike in Nigeria, are laden with artificial preservatives, and sweeteners in order to prolong food shelf-life through the rigors of manufacture, distribution, sale...

The Jonathan Presidency: A Call for Caution

The evil, corrupt, barely educated political elite, especially those in the ruling party, PDP, have played a sleight of hand to subvert the rule of law and do away with the provisions of the Nigerian constitution...