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...

#EndSARS: Are State Judicial Panels Of Inquiry Necessary?

Following the violence that later marred the initially peaceful #EndSARS protests across Nigeria, an emergency session was convened in Abuja between Vice President Yemi...

War on Graft: As Magu’s Probe Lingers

In case Nigerians are gradually forgetting, the probe of the affairs of the country’s apex anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...

Nigeria: Minutes of the Last Meeting

It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place it is gloom and doom, but a writer must perforce write. The great French novelist Balzac...

Usukaloyi: The Spirit of Revolution

Usukaloyi is A Spirit The Spirit of Revolution It fears no one It dares everyone Only the upright can stand Usukaloyi Ogbodu na nko nko No face leads this protest Yet...

#SARSMUSTEND: How Government Can End Nationwide Protests

As protests against police brutality and calls for the reform of the force continue to spread across the country’s major cities and towns, the...

Reopening of Schools: Our Children Are In Danger, Government Must Act Fast

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated some rather radical decisions by governments the world over, which were meant to stem the galloping spread...

President Buhari’s Speech on my Mind

On a day like this, I remember President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence Anniversary Address to Nigerians and my heart bleeds! From the “directionless, unstable” and “nose-diving” state of the economy, to the deplorable security situation of...

The Police and the People

History has its funny ways. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police Force was established in 1992 to fill the void created...

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Legislative Immunity to Nigerian Lawmakers: A Very Bad Idea

Give a Nigerian an inch, and they will take a foot; give them a foot and they will take a yard…that is us. Your mechanic will always try to take advantage of you, as would your carpenter, tailor, painter, bus-driver, taxi driver, vulcaniser, bricklayer and plumber, butcher, petrol attendant, not to talk of the market-woman. Even your lecturer in the university.

Kalu is not Orji

Let all those who see Kalu as Orji leave him alone. Businesses did not leave Abia State in droves during Kalu’s administration, but are leaving in droves under Orji’s government...

Yoruba Gang Busted? Nigerians Are Dagger Drawn?

It makes eminent sense and good logic that Nigerians would want to defend, protect and preserve Nigeria. Nigeria's national and international image and pride of place on the world stage should matter to all Nigerians...

Indeed, The Police Is My Friend

A couple of weeks back, some men of the Nigerian Police showed me the other face of the institution. A pleasant face that has changed my perception of them. In place of the image of the bad eggs who are doing so much to drag the name of the institution in the mud, I now have a view of a laudable sense of gallantry and patriotism...

Why Nigeria lost to Croatia at the 2018 World Cup Opening Game in Russia

Yesterday, Nigeria played Croatia. It was Nigeria’s first game,...

I Don’t Envy Nigeria’s Next President

I don´t envy Nigeria´s next president. Whoever steps into Aso...

The Internal dialogue before the National conference

One of the things we actually need to dialogue on and change is our attitude. The attitude to our neighbour, country, religion and ethnic groups needs to change for there to be any meaningful change in Nigeria...

Making Lagos Work

There is no doubt that development and the needed leadership that should have transformed Lagos into a functional city comparable to some of the best cities in the world took flight with the forced exit of the civilian administration in 1983...

A President and his good Intentions

Our long nightmare has just begun. But no one had any inkling that dreams will be truncated midstream. It all started in May 29, 2011; that sunny day in Eagles Square when President Goodluck Jonathan took the oath of office...

When The Dame Died!

The First Lady lying comatose and breathless must have conjured the image of home without her imposing presence, her husband and her 'rivals'; her children and above all the millions and billions stashed away, garnered through connubial corruption!