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...

Deep Sighs after SARS

Since the #ENDSARS protests began, I have had a tab open on my computer to put down my reflections on the movement. Like many...

‘Bad Boy’ Nigeria @ 60

Independence Day! It’s Birthday Time as Nigeria turns 60. The President will light the candles on the nation's cake and cut it (- probably imported...

Digging the Grave for Mr. President’s Legacies

Until now, the global narrative touted the United States of America as the symbol and standard-bearer of democratic norms and etiquette, characterising rights and...

Banal Lessons from Edo 2020

The curtain has now closed on the democratic soap opera that was the 2020 governorship election in Edo State. This was premium box office...

Again, Obasanjo’s Sermon on Nigeria

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, will not stop amazing Nigerians! In yet another in the series of what could be described as ‘speaking truth to power’, Obasanjo recently berated...

Nigerians’ Entitlement Mentality and Sense of Belonging

Jean-Pierre Legros, Author of "Diversium", an interdisciplinary theory of Everything wrote: “Nothing is free. Because nothing exists without relationships with something else. Even when...

Umuchu Blazes the Trail in Community Security

It was an amazing sight to behold, a mission accomplished. Three gleaming security vehicles, seven rugged motorcycles, three walkie-talkies, 20 machetes 20 security kits,...

Femi Fani-Kayode’s Reprehensible Behaviour: Kudos to Amos Etuk, Akwa Ibom NUJ

*Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka was asked a similar question in Akwa Ibom State, and he never attacked anyone Nigerians had their sensitivities rightly offended...

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Bukola Saraki and his gang of many thieves

I have often hypothesised on the concept of power....

Nigeria Has Abundant Resources; Where Are The Proceeds?

Minority citizens are typically marginalized from the affluent political society and have little representation or voice in public and political debates, making it even harder to escape poverty...

Challenges of Higher Education in Nigeria

According to the most recent ranking of universities by...

Sokoto Governor Has His Share of London

It would appear that Nigerians have come to expect their public officials to engage in corruption, profligacy and all kinds of public immorality. While we have been applauded for bringing these acts of corruption to light, some of our readers are tiring from these stories...

Loving Nigerians, Just The Way We Are?

There are several things that can keep you miserable about Nigeria. But I'd like to take a big break from being the pessimist so as not to sound like a broken-record, and see some of the things that seem to be 'working' in our country...

Lead Us Into Temptation

Temptations reveal who we truly are as we get stripped to the bare of our hearts with no figs to cover our nakedness. Temptations help us know what stuff we are made of...

90 days in Alcatraz

Mrs. Adeniyi was the reason why at 10 years of age, I entered secondary school wearing a bra...

The 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Omodé gbón, àgbà gbón, la se da Ilè-ife

The 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Omodé gbón, àgbà...