Nigeria Matters

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...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

The Last Man Standing: Ken Saro-Wiwa On My Mind

"Cruelty has been in the make up of the black man for a long time..."

H.A. is not O.K.

Many families in Nigeria live below the poverty line and cannot afford therapy for the mentally sick...

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Obasanjo and his God

The God of Obasanjo is likely to encourage him to seek a second term whereas the God of Tunde Bakare continues to inform us that Obasanjo is not the messiah. So, which of these Gods are we to believe? Is it the God of Bakare or Obasanjo?

Omololu Falobi – A Hero Departs

"Bros, terrible news…Omololu ran into robbers in Lagos. Bros, the guy is dead, Bros… That was how I learnt that Omololu Falobi, pioneering journalist and activist, a human being par excellence, a devoted father, friend and brother had departed this life...

Obasanjo: The Voices Of Men And God

Now that sane men have weighed the continued existence of Obasanjo’s presidency and advised it is abandoned in 2003, he seeks the company of insane men. Call it politics without principles…

Nigerian Animal Farm: Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop!

(I started writing this article in March 2014, but...

100,000 Laptops No Energy in Ekiti State

I guess “the light” has finally come to Ekiti state in form of LCD powered panels called laptops purchased by our state governor in his wisdom for our 100,000 secondary school students at the cost of four hundred million dollars!

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Enugu Workers

Enugu State governor, Mr. Ugwuanyi, has enjoyed a rather impressive portrayal...

Critical Perspectives on Dele Olojede’s Pulitzer Story

It is imperative to subject Genocide’s Child, Dele Olojede’s Pulitzer winning story to metaphysics, psychoanalytic reading and a newer, pro-life criticism. Unlike The Diary of Anne Frank and The Story of Von Trap Family that has become an epic film The Sounds of Music, Genocide Child turns out to be a curiously horrid story of an evil time...

Repositioning the Nigerian economy for growth (1)

We have been suffering from an oil wealth illusion. Because oil money flows without the people or the government involved, we've developed an entitlement mentality. Since some distant nations and people provide us with oil money we prodigally spend, we also believe that the same foreigners should be the ones responsible for our country's development...

Still on Osun and the election that was!  (2)

In its natural, neutral and humane form, politics ought...

Nigeria @ 47: Crawling to Manhood?

Are you older than Nigeria but in your actions and in actions you behave like a five year old kid? Are you younger than Nigeria but older in heart, with beautiful ideas on what should be done to make Nigeria work...