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...

Ahmadu Alli: A Man Of National Honor Or Horror?

It is a height of crassitude for organizers of the National award in Nigeria to vacuously consider bestowing a National Honor on this horrific man known as Ahmadu Alli whilst men and women who actively and sedulously worked towards the emancipation and liberation of our Country are superciliously discounted...

Ahmadu Alli: A Man Of National Honor Or Horror?

It is a height of crassitude for organizers of the National award in Nigeria to vacuously consider bestowing a National Honor on this horrific man known as Ahmadu Alli whilst men and women who actively and sedulously worked towards the emancipation and liberation of our Country are superciliously discounted...

Journeys to Owo and Benin City

Life is a journey. And all of the men and women who traverse its length and breadth are merely sojourners...

Reawakening The Nigerian Nation

Nigeria is the dream our fathers had. Pre-independence Nigeria was more like a nation, with its soul intact. What we have today is a bunch of men who steal from our coffers to crown themselves kings and patriots...

Oyenusi, Anini and Obasanjo: What’s the Difference?

As things stand today, there is not much difference between the dealings of Aso Rock and the dealings of street urchins who use force or the threat of force to get things done. What difference is there between what Oyenusi and Anini did and what the presidency has been doing?

Still Bearing Daddy’s Surname Even After Marriage?

My colleague says no matter the political and historical and economic value that his sweetheart's name may bring to his life, he would not allow his wife to keep her daddy's name...

Calculating and Calibrating Babangida

The Nigerian community at home and abroad is agog with General Babangida's every move and pronouncements, so much so their concerns and fear and apprehension about the man borders on psychosis...

2007: The IBB vs. OBJ Chess Game

In Obasanjo's mind, he can't just wait for IBB to truly stand for the 2007 election. OBJ is looking to disrobe the emperor and reveal him naked. He is looking forward to demystify IBB and render him toothless...

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The Economy of Nigerian Marriages

Today, a sizeable number of Nigerians who return home for a spouse do so at their own peril. Danger and deceit abound as marriages have become business ventures...

Heavenly Hits of Legendary Musicians for Mama Nwokoye

The best way to send a sweet mother home...

Lai Mohammed and the tragedy of Social Media ‘Regulation’

From a recent study which we have carried out...

Insecurity: Beyond the Resort to Primitivism

When the US-based Fund for Peace in collaboration with Foreign Policy magazine released the 2009 Failed States Index, last year, the ranking of Nigeria as the 15th most failed nation in the world, out of the 177 countries surveyed, did not, understandably, go down well with the country’s political elite...

Color of Hope

There is general uneasiness and peace of the graveyard in Nigeria. The current state of the nation is disturbing to all concerned citizens who genuinely believe in the structural giant and greatness of Nigeria among the comity of nations...

Humility In Service: What Our Ex Leaders Must Know

Enduring political legacies can be created without necessarily having to head a national government. Current presidential contestants, having been beneficiaries of the triumph of the legislature, should rethink and lead the way to a practical democracy...

Nigeria in 2012: Between Fear and Doubt!

Okay, fellow Nigerians, the good news could as well be that we managed to survive 2011 inspite of Boko Haram, ubiquitous kidnappers and roaming armed robbers, right?! And that we tolerated cowardly the political intrigues and schemes of the Abuja gang...

Life In America: San Ysidro Windsong

My friend, the blonde one teases me about carrying my passport. She doesn't have to worry, she is a pretty blonde American, she will travel the world naked and American marines will die defending her right to be naked. I am a different issue altogether. I am American on paper. And I am black.

Wole Soyinka Publishes New Novel

It is cool by me to let out this...

My head swells, that is my country

Having sojourned in Europe for almost 10 years, I now have hopes that I may probably have a country to which I can return. It is glaring that my countrymen have decided to take their destinies in their own hands...