Nigeria Matters

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...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

Nigeria’s Shameless Knaves of Mendacity

It was an outlandish showcasing of knavery by the ruling class of Nigeria when former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida launched his autobiography entitled...

IBB’s Book Launch: The Fundamentals

Recently, Nigeria’s former military dictator Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida publicly presented his autobiography in Abuja. Unfortunately, what should have passed as a day of mourning,...

The Coward who Sold a Nation

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Nigeria’s self-proclaimed “Evil Genius,” has finally admitted what many have always known—he was a coward at the most critical moment in...

Legends lost! An era closes! A nation mourns!

The passing of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, and the breaking news about Chief Edwin Clark, mark the end...

Anambra Development and Investment Corporation (ADIC): An Overdue Idea

By Nwike Nweke As was widely expected when he came into office in 2022, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has shown an unmistakable focus on growing the...

The PMBAT Curse: A Nation Shackled to a Mythology of Bad Luck?

In ancient Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux— the celestial twins of Gemini—were inseparable in life and in legend. One was mortal, the other immortal,...

Good News from Ekiti State

By Michael Abiola Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji's selection as 'Governor of the Year 2024' comes as no surprise, given his strategic vision for Ekiti State....

Is Sheriff Oborevwori Also an Ebeano Governor?

When he was governor of Enugu State, 1997 – 2007, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani often promoted a slogan known as Ebeano. Ebeano in the Ibo...

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Regulatory Inertia vis-à-vis Predatory Banking Practices in Nigeria (1)

There are daily reports of how Nigerian banks rip off their customers through various charges and practices. And, repeatedly, these customers complain and cry out for appropriate regulatory intervention. Unfortunately, their complaints seem to fall on deaf ears...

Live Your Best Life Now!

Regrets are a total waste of time. What has happened has happened. You can't change the past, neither can you erase it but you most certainly can learn some lessons from it...

The Future Beckons

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Story of My Life: Marrying My Own Sister & Turning Sixty

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Concerning Opportunity To Serve and Opportunism for Disservice

I believe there is no greater purpose in living than to serve others and, if you are religious, our God. It only becomes a feared routine or burden when we do it reluctantly, or even for selfish reasons...

Fuel, Food, and Frustration: What Nigerians Expect from Tinubu Amid Painful Reforms!

"A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily...

Ogun PDP: An atomistic party at war with itself

In the last few weeks, the struggle over those who will carry the flag of the People’s Democratic Party in Ogun State for various elective positions in the forthcoming elections has made headlines and the issue appears unresolved three weeks to the beginning of the elections...

The Coming Anarchy in Bayelsa State: The Governor’s Response

"Sabella, rather than the anarchy you fear coming to your state, I state boldly that we have broken into a golden age of peace and development..." - A rejoinder to the Sabella Abidde article

Let’s Forge Patriotism In Nigeria

It’s quite easy to be misunderstood once any bloke...

Nigeria: A Nation Out of Luck

Even from the tone of his Independence Day address, it was evident that President Jonathan is no longer living under the illusion that he has Nigeria all figured out, and that everything is under control. No...