Nigeria Matters

The social contract theory posits that individuals surrender certain rights to the state in exchange for protection and security. Yet, Nigeria’s police pension crisis raises a fundamental question about the…

Bola Ahmed Tinubu had one job—save Nigeria from total collapse. After eight disastrous years of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the country was hanging by a thread, desperate for competent leadership. But…

Nigeria’s prison system, notorious for its corruption and deplorable conditions, is once again under scrutiny following the alleged preferential treatment of Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, during his recent…

The profound statement by Immanuel kant, “If the truth shall kill them, let them die,” echoes as a battle cry for justice and integrity in a world where lies and…

Let’s start out by reminding ourselves that a haunted house is almost always a place f horror stories. I know that Charles Dickens wrote a ghost story entitled “A Haunted…

“And reckon (people) by the number of years, so that they may understand.” (Quran 18:19). My first encounter with Adegboyega Oyetola, then Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, occurred…

In the gritty streets of Nigeria’s political arena, a haunting parallel is emerging that echoes the ancient trial of Socrates, one of history’s greatest philosophers. Socrates was condemned to death…

It is well-nigh impossible keeping pace with the man who stressed from the very beginning that he was coming with “disruptive change”. Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, came as a…

The one-party phenomenon that ruined many African countries in the past is being regurgitated in modern-day Nigeria. It’s so obvious that gruesome tragedy is brewing all over the land that…

On October 1st, 2024, Nigeria marks 64 years as an independent nation. While the occasion traditionally calls for celebration, jubilation rings hollow amidst the reality of Nigeria’s state today. Sixty-four…

The ultimate recommendation of democracy is this: where a party performs badly it gets voted out. In these shores, it is a different ball game. Even if a party unleashes…

As the dust settles and the final results of the Edo Governorship election are officially in, it’s a sobering moment for those of us who had hoped for a shift…

What instantly seized my attention was the mention of “Governor’s wife”. The reporter’s instinct in me immediately got into fine fettle. Like the character Al Barney in James Hadley Chase’s…

Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political systems often waste this precious resource, compromising citizens’ well-being and national prosperity. As a universal currency, time is equally distributed but…

“You can’t free a slave who is happy in his chains.” Nowhere does this adage resonate more than in Nigeria, where people are shackled by corruption, poverty, and broken governance,…

 As a popular expression, “enough is enough” conveys multiple meanings that converge under the umbrella of expired patience, prolonged anticlimactic delay, and inevitable exasperation. Ordinarily, when people reiterate “enough is…