Nigeria Matters

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

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...

Aso Rock Tenancy and the Madness of men

Aso Rock Villa connotes power. It remains a mystery to many Nigerians except the privileged few who have had access to its formidable walls. Yet this gargantuan and mysterious edifice has been nothing but a great albatross in our struggle for socio-economic emancipation and political righteousness...

Mother of all sacrifices: like China, like Nigeria

To win this impending battle against both our foreign and domestic imperialists, we should all support the ongoing government efforts. That is the only we can expect these enemies of Nigeria to be defeated...

Oil Subsidy Removal: Occupy Aso Rock Now!

This must be the worst New Year that Nigerians have celebrated since the civil war ended in 1970. The ill-advised removal of oil subsidy and the attendant increase in petrol price from N65 per liter to N130 per liter clearly indicate that Nigerian leaders are severely out of touch and roundly obtuse...

Republic Of Boko Haram, Now!!!

The onset of a primordialised Nigeria held captive by a retrograde strain of theomanic Boko Haram should offer us a broader discursive narrative of the fiction of our oneness...

Open Letter to Protesters

I have written this because of my awareness of the attendant risks in the society we live in and the fragility of human life. Don't be a dead hero, martyrdom is generally overrated...

Nigerialeaks: fuel subsidy fraud

Nigeria has 4 fully functional refineries as at 1988 built by the Military regimes with a total capacity of 450,000 barrels per day production. Bearing in mind that our daily local consumption is estimated at 300,000 bpd. If the refineries were to be fully or 70-80% functional, there should be no problem with fuel availability or pricing in Nigeria...

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Fraud, Deception, Corruption or Good-intentioned?

The removal of "Oil Subsidy" is actually a way of punishing Nigerians for the failure of an inept government to effectively fight corruption, not only in the oil industry, but in the country as a whole...

The insensitivity called fuel subsidy removal

Following sober Christmas celebrations in some parts of the country, the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan delivered a frightening New Year gift to Nigerians in the name of fuel subsidy removal...

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Be at peace with all people

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Fayose, Ekiti and the Progressives

Shortly after he was sworn-in as governor last month,...

Deji Of Akure: A Post Mortem of The Winners and Losers

I honestly believe that one of the observations that separate or distinguish the developed countries and the Free World from the developing ones and those still in mental chains, is lack of documentation. If you don't know where you are coming from, you are not too likely to know where you are going!

Heritage – Jahdiel

Certain songs are hostage-takers. They hold their victims in captivity and let them go only briefly when the song comes to an end...

Adewole: New Diocesan, New Diocese

On Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Cathedral Church...

Further Reflections On Obama’s Victory

Obama and Abiola’s elections showed that a strongly-willed people desirous for a change can really make change happen. On June 12, Nigerians buried their historical differences and voted for Chief Abiola...

Between President Yar’adua and Alhaji Kingibe

It is often advocated in politics, that it is advisable to keep one’s ‘enemies’ within sight in order to keep a close eye on them. But in the case of Alhaji Kingibe it may be best to dispatch him...

Environmental Hazards Management: The Role of Stakeholders

The role of individuals, communities and non-governmental organisations as environmental ‘guards’ at local levels should be considered as an important ingredient of our enforcement regime...

Oduduwa: A Rejoinder To Chukwu Eke

Just as the lawless barbarians of old constituted themselves as a nuisance to the civilized Roman people, so also did these Igbo...

Rangers and Afrinvest: Partnership of Champions Ordained to Rule the Turf

The crowning of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu...