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...

Insecurity in Nigeria: CONGOs takes a stand against insecurity and mass poverty

That Nigeria is adrift today is no news, what with the near total breakdown of law and order. What is news though is that...

“If You pay a kidnapper’s ransom, you’ll go to jail!”

Nigeria is a funny and strange country to live in and the lawmakers are even stranger making you ask whether they’ve lost touch with...

The PDP Mass Exodus and the Coming Implosion of the APC

The discordant tunes in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that once held sway for 16 years in the reins of power in Nigeria...

Still on the Security Situation in the Country

It is disheartening that our lamentation on the security situation in the country is unending. There is hardly a week that one finds an...

The Wider Security Implications Of Shekau’s Death For Nigeria’s War On Terrorism

Unsurprisingly, the news of the purported death of fiery arrowhead of dreaded Islamist Insurgent group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, exploded on the internet and...

Saints and Sinners of Political Prostitution

There are more male prostitutes in the crooked field of partisan politics than there are female harlots in the brothels across Nigeria. The prostitute politicians...

Tom Ikimi’s Suspension: A Joke Taken Too Far

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one"_ George Washington When the news of the purported suspension of a chieftain of the...

Does Malami Know The Meaning of ‘AGF’?

The conversation elicited since the Asaba declaration of the Southern Governors of Nigeria is still ongoing but not with the unexpected clap back from...

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Finally, Nigerian National Assembly Acts, But Is This Constitutional?

The current action of the National Assembly is an attempt to douse the tension which has been brought upon Nigeria by the neglect and refusal of President Umaru Musa YarAdua to comply with the constitution...

Nigerians, Jews & Humanity's Common Good

The AJC, NIDO and NPF events were wonderful experiences in the pursuit of the common good of Nigeria...

This Phase Shall Pass

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Unsafe abortion: Young girls die out of lack of knowledge

Unsafe abortion has lingered as one of the chief factors for the increasing maternal death rate in the country. The level at which unsafe abortion is destroying the lives of young Nigerian women has become a cause for concern...

Borne on Dis-virgined Eagle's Wings

The Igbo woman whose prayer was most dramatic on the flight told me how she had a dream while in China the previous day. The melodrama involved her pastor who forcefully restrained her from entering a particular flight in the dream and after the exchange, she had woken up and the nightmarish scare nudged her to pray...

The Problem with Being an Igbo Woman

"Rosie, my dear, I just want you to settle down. All your younger cousins are married; your little sister Patricia just did her igba-nkwu. What worries me is that you don't even seem to be trying..."

No Doubt, This House Has Collapsed!

Indeed, this house has collapsed. I do not envy the person who will take over from Obasanjo. The person will inherit an angry, hungry, impoverished and frustrated populace, wilfully plunged into unimaginable hardship by a regime that behaves as if it was  contracted to visit untold punishment on Nigerians...

IBB: A Misunderstood Statesman?

Is IBB by any means a misunderstood statesman? I think he's not qualified to be addressed as a statesman and least of all a misunderstood one...

Iyabo Obasanjo Is Not Guilty, We Are

It is common these days to find a politician or civil servant who goes to church or the mosque everyday to pray to God or Allah, yet when they get to the office on Monday morning, all that is in their heads is how to misappropriate or embezzle money...

A Parable of the President’s Church

Most big Nigerian politicians encounter no law – divine or secular – they feel tempted to observe. In fact, to be a prominent politician is to be above all laws, God’s and man’s alike...