Nigeria Matters

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

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...

Marketing Products Beyond Politics

The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I write now commands attention. The product is called “YESS Antiseptic” and bears the tagline “always...

The Demystification of a Regional Political Warlord

The 2019 Governorship election in Rivers State was a peculiar one. APC lost its place on the ballot due to internal crisis fuelled by...

What has Obaseki been doing with $2million monthly security vote in Edo State?

Members of the community where I live did not start a vigilante group because the Nigerian minister of Defence asked us to protect ourselves....

Northern Youths as Solomon’s Heirs Apparent

I woke up the other day to the news that certain youths from the northern side of the country are allegedly blocking food trucks...

APC Can Kidnap More Than PDP

Let’s play politics - party politics, that is. No less a worthy than Aristotle stated that man is by nature a political animal, and who...

Making Esan Agenda Fly

There is every indication that the unguarded spirited moves in certain quarters, to present a common candidate for Edo Central, to succeed the incumbent...

When Passion Overshadows Knowledge: The Amaechi Example

With the successes recorded so far in the Transportation sector, particularly in the Railway Revolution, would Amaechi have done better as Defense Minister with...

The Change Begins With You

Man: You dey go Maryland? Keke Driver: Make we dey go. Man: How much? Keke Driver: (Scans him and realizes he is new to the city): #1,500. Teacher...

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Low Oil Prices, In Final Analysis, Good For Nigeria

Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price...

Pius Adesanmi: Squealers Revolt (2)

'No, I no go forgive. I be proper Ibo woman. PA said that he wants to be like Jesus so somebody who wants to be like Jesus they look for trouble with his satire...no, I go show am for this Abuja...anyway hold on for Reub...'

When A King Knows When To Leave The Stage…

In a nation where political ambition often mutates into...

Abortion, The Vatican and Amnesty International

The call for Catholics to refuse membership of and refuse to finance Amnesty International because of its new  ‘pro-abortion about-turn’ by Cardinal Renato Martino of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is at best condemnable...

On June 12 as Democracy Day

The formal recognition of “June 12” as the new...

Africa: A Chequered Past and a Damned Future?

What has Africa given to the world in terms of science and technology? What contribution have we made in the areas of philosophy, economics, political theory and political thought? And if the African continent was to disappear from the face of the earth, would the world miss us? Would the world notice our absence?

Owolabi: Murdered in Nigeria, Buried in America

One of the greatest shortcomings of Nigeria’s existence is...

Mr. President, How Long Shall We Suffer Thee?

For several years, Nigerian leaders could afford to just sit still and do nothing, because the auto-pilot directing the big, well-populated jet called Nigeria was yet to be totally out of order. But now, in this year of Umar Musa Yar’Adua, the auto-pilot has completely packed up...

Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds

I signed up to be a student. I didn’t sign up to visit cemeteries. I was going to tell my professor that I am a complete Naijaman and Naijas don’t mess with cemeteries...