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...

Nigeria Heading for Its Own Somalia

In a report credited to Robert I. Rotberg, the founding Director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and President Emeritus of...

Nigeria Will Survive

I will start with my conclusion. This phase will pass – very soon. It shall be well with the people of Nigeria. Nigeria will...

When Biafra Finally Comes

The agitation for a separate country out of what is known as Nigeria, by two major ethnic groups - the Igbos and the Yourubas,...

The Metaphysics of Ass-Kissing

Only simpletons are deceived, by the obsequious silence of a canary. Or the banal tranquility of a thorn bird. When those condemned to sing, suddenly...

Democracy Day: The Hypocrisy In Celebrating A Utopia

Prelude to the conclusion of its tenure, the 8th Senate assented to a bill earlier passed by the House of Representatives, which confirmed June 12 as Nigeria’s...

Ndigbo: Time to Reengage

While I was reflecting on the current challenges facing the nation in the area of insecurity, I got a phone call from a younger...

Akpabio: An Uncommon Courage in a Time of Fear

Dateline Delta State: Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and supervising Minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission stormed the state in...

Nigeria, The Mistake of 1914

Nigeria's march to becoming a country can be attributed to British colonial constitutional engineering, which sought to establish it's own extractive structures and institutions...

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Are Universities Still Universities?

I am going to tell you three or four stories about our universities. These stories are personal accounts of my experience as a university undergraduate. My plan is to use these stories as a periscope of what universities once were, what they are now and what they should be today...

Replete Nigeria’s Economy; Reply Those Military-Men!

Military professionalism in a society is enhanced if and when the civilian rulers are steeped in democratic ethos. They should also be professionalized to the art of good governance and must be adept in forging the political system on the basis of consent and consensus...

Disobedient Nations and the Wrath of God

Every living soul must praise the Lord. By living souls I mean those social humans who obey God’s Commandments, His laws and precepts. His testimonies are clear and impeccable...

Pastor Tunde Bakare

I believe in one Nigeria where there is justice, equity, fairness and good governance. I also believe there could be unity in diversity. With togetherness and determination we can achieve a lot in saving Nigeria...

Nigerians In The Diaspora: Toward A Search Of Identity

There is a movement in Nigeria to reach out to Nigerians in the Diaspora. This movement is gaining momentum within the National Assembly and elsewhere...

From Obasanjo To Yar’adua: Has Anything Changed?

It would task the most ingenuous minds to locate where exactly the Yar’Adua presidency is headed. It would stretch the greatest genius to even hazard a guess on where exactly this regime’s destination point is located...

Market Economy Reform In Africa: Case Of Nigeria

There is no doubt the continent of Africa needs reform. From one policy to the other, the continent continues to search for a focus that will take it out of the threshold of underdevelopment to the stage of stability and developed economy...

2007 Elections: Leading Nigerians From The Depths Of Despair To The Threshold Of Hope

Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand to some. Our problems are more fundamental. After all Countries like China are not democracies yet they thrive...

Remembering Abba Kyari

Abba Kyari, CFR, OON! Remember him? Kyari was the...

Migratory Flights

There are few simple pleasures as enjoyable as watching birds flying. Like a school of fish, their inbuilt GPS systems continue to amaze and attract observation whenever they are seen in action...