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...

When Your Papa or Mama is a Thief

What do you do or say to your dad when you know he is a thief? You know it, just as most Nigerians, that your dad is robbing the treasury. You know he is a damn thief...

Heart of Africa Project: Another Drain Pipe?

In this internet age when the latest news from Nigeria could immediately be read anywhere in the world, long before most Nigerians are even able to do so, what possibly could any self-respecting fellow be wasting his time and the nation's resources telling the outside world about Nigeria that they do not already know?

Do Some Nigerians Only Bite Effectively When They Bite Nigeria?

It must be realized by all those who love Nigeria, that Nigeria's national interest and purpose is paramount and crucial in every and all circumstances. Those who seek Nigeria's defeat at international forums cannot say they are driven by love for Nigeria or by patriotism...

To the Wannabe Governors who would be President

A 'good' political record is a relative item and term that can be bought and sold in the supermarket of politics. The good records that these presidential aspirants parade is bait, carefully disguised all of these years to programme us into swallowing their hook...

What Does Babangida Want?

What can IBB offer Nigerians now? Charm and charisma? What about Ideas? A bit of intrigue and evil ingenuity then? How about some fashion etiquette?

Letter to Edo State House of Assembly

To the honorable members of the Edo State House of Assembly: it does not give me any pleasure to write these lines to you. What I have to say to you now comes from deep inside my guts and I have no regrets whatsoever if you take my words amiss...

Political Parties and the Political Process

In Nigeria, the Constitution went out of its way to literally make the political parties the engine of democracy and the political process. It is those roles assigned to the political parties that I want us to revisit and perhaps have a shared feeling of their relevance to our political lives...

Ministerial Appointments in Nigeria

The political appointment process is not an exact science. Generally speaking, once the votes are counted and a particular candidate is declared the winner, the notables who participated in the political struggles usually feast on the spoils of war...

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A Red Carpet For A Bloodied Warrior

Charles Taylor had nowhere to go except Nigeria, where criminals go unpunished; where the wronged get no justice. I believe his place should not be in the safe ensconce of a villa on Diamond hill, overlooking the scenic beauty of Calabar. No! He should be elsewhere, preferably in the dock before the International War Crimes Tribunal...

The Green Passport Reality TV Show

Every Nigerian is a critic.  We love to criticize others for every problem in the world.  We especially love to criticize leadership in every stratum...

Siasaga

The call for the scalp of the embattled Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, as a totem to appease the impregnable coliseum of teeming fans of the Super Eagles, is understandable...

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...

Aso Rock and the Hovering Vultures

Lexicographers have their ways with terminologies. What, for instance,...

Ground-breaking and Commissioning– A Wasteful Phenomenon and Culture

“Ground-breaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first...

Empowering the Next Generation: A Blueprint for Nigeria’s Future

At the launch of the Next Generation Project in...

Odia Ofeimun at 70: A Toast to the Health of the Master Poet

There is no better way of introducing Odia Ofeimun...

Thoughts On Nigeria’s Population Explosion and Infrastructure Investment

One thing that is certain as day and night is that our leaders are not concerned about the future; never concerned about the future of their country and people. They are more concerned about NOW; about what goes into their pocket NOW...

Toward a Teacher Evaluation in an American School District

A performance evaluation does not necessarily guarantee effective evaluation or the competence of a teacher. Other multiple evaluative data sources such as student evaluation, peer evaluation, independent evaluation, are also needed to show competence...