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...

The Collapse of the Nigerian Tripod

Nigeria today stands on wobbly legs, and wants needs to be done to make the country to stand steady and strong is to go...

Youth Unemployment, Cybercrime Proliferation and Other Related Matters: The Expressway to Doom?

Introduction According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics 2020, Nigeria is a country with a youth bulge where 19.44% of the total population belongs to...

Last last, the Peter Obi Cookie will crumble easily

Two things made the sudden rise of Peter Obi possible. One is his larger than life image of an incorruptible persona, and two his...

2023: Let us pray for Nigeria!

This is the Year 2023! As the New Year comes, it is custom for people to look towards new things. Unarguably, improvement over the...

‘Emilokan’ Syndrome: The Bane of Nigerian Politics

First of all, ‘emilokan’ for my non-Yoruba readers simply means ‘it’s my turn’ in English. In Nigerian politics it’s a syndrome which affects a...

Their 8,300 Kilometres Of Lies: A Short Story

Brother Goke, could I have a word with you? How are you, Deacon, and how are Madam and the children? Everyone is fine, Bro. Madam is...

Church, State and 2023 General Elections

Originally, in the secular world, the State comes before the Church, because, by its institutional characteristics, it is the custodian of all other institutions....

2023 Polls: Time To Take Back Our Country

Come February 25, 2023, Nigerians will troop en masse to the polls to choose their next crop of leaders – President, Governors and Legislators...

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Nigeria & the Internet

When I first came back to Nigeria as an IT consultant four years ago, I told a friend that NITEL was a lost cause when it comes to bringing the Internet to homes and businesses; I still stand by that today...

President Jonathan and Juju Heritage of Cursing

President Goodluck Jonathan's invocation of curses on his appointed ministers may look like falling into our primordial and juju heritage, but the action has proved a sound point. "May your road be rough. May you have hard time this year. May you have plenty of troubles", are the curses hurled on his ministers to prepare them for the murderous task ahead...

Today is the Future of the Nigerian Children

The children who are subjected to carry their family responsibilities today, without doubt, have a bleak future. Many are hidden from public view because of the harsh situations they work in...

You Were The Genesis: An Open Letter To Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

I have lost hope in the generation that controls the affairs of Nigeria. A bright future for our country therefore resides in the formation and careful upbringing of a new set of people whose eyes are ringed from infancy with the chalk of responsible governance, with the ‘ofo’ and ‘ogu’ placed in their hands...

Obasanjo’s Probe: Mr. Ribadu’s Redeeming Job

The joke out there is that while  the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, is at one side of town “fighting corruption,” Obasanjo is at the other end neatly arranging his billions, expanding his business empire, and consolidating his wealthy dynasty...

Confessions Of A De-Robed Monk

It takes more than the piety of religion to conquer and overcome the unwholesome desires of the heart. Love is all about desiring the best for someone. It's better to allow love to sleep on in limbo than rouse and stoke it...Monks also face the same challenges that confront mortal men...

Bribery Corruption Among Men Of The Police Force

It is high time the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began to monitor the affairs of some divisional police officers and other top police officials who send their men out for the purpose of bribery and corruption...

The Pushback Begins: Why Sahel Nations Are Quietly Ganging Up Against Nigeria

Tensions in West Africa have taken a dramatic turn...

An Acoustic Close-up with Bez Idakula in Abuja

Bez is a storyteller and he regaled us with stories and 'yabis' in between the four songs he performed. His first song was "Supersun" which he made us sing along with him...

Exam Failure, Education Minister And Dearth Of Qualified Teachers In Nigeria.

What is responsible for the subsisting dearth of quality teachers in the midst of a surfeit of qualified but unemployed graduates? Or, why are many graduates of those needed subjects not attracted to the teaching profession?