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...

Post-Election disquiet in Nigeria: The power of Truth

The justice of the courts of law in Nigeria must be weighed carefully, so that the truth can set us free. Election by the people is the only way any government can earn legitimacy...

Jonathan’s Election and Growing Confidence in One Nigeria

Since independence Nigeria has been in the hands of the majority tribes, and more specifically in the hands of the majority tribe. We have only seen situations were government in the main exchanges hands between few sections of the North and Olusegun Obasanjo, supposedly of the Yoruba stock...

I Will defend the right of all citizens…

President Jonathan seems to have hit the ground running. This is so because Nigerians unanimously gave him the mandate to be the president for the next four years...

Jonathan: Looking Back From the Future

Mr. Jonathan’s circumstances are as tricky as Mr. Obasanjo’s in 1999, and his prospects, on the face of it, seem just as unpromising as the former president’s...

Poor management bedeviled refuse disposal in Onitsha and Anambra state

Governor Obi cannot afford to give lip service to the issue of refuse collection and disposal because the wellbeing of the residents of Onitsha and Anambra State will be greatly impacted by environmental degradation due to incompetence and dereliction of duty...

Great achievements, ideas and innovations have eluded South East Governors

Ideas and innovations do not wait until resources are available to act. Rather they are the precursors of capital and resources...

Ohakim as Imo Governor: The Pains Behind The Pay!

Governor Ohakim assumed office with such pomp and panache that reinvigorated hopes and enthusiasm in the minds of Imo people who had been cruelly short-changed in the immediate past; but the present nostalgic feeling of that forgettable past is a testament that the governor has performed more in words than in action...

NYSC: Before the cord is broken

The recent strident and repeated calls on the Federal Government of Nigeria by a broad spectrum of the population to review, or completely scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme may not be misplaced after all...

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Siasia’s Super Eagles and NFF’s Dangling Axe

Although Nigerians appreciate the football house’s decision to hands off the senior national team, at least publicly, abandoning it during crises is a colossal travesty. They should be fixing problems not leaving them with the coach to fix...

OPEC And Oil Price: Stabilization Good For African Economies

The present Boom and Bust paradigm is not healthy for oil trade for it does not only discourage investment in the oil industry but also inhibits research and development in the industry...

The Danger Of An Organized United States Of Africa

From the inception of the world, Africa has not known peace as a result of one  intimidation or the other by the self-acclaimed know-all people who have held Africa spellbound for decades...

Third Term Debate: Can Mr. Obasanjo recover?

If Mr. Obasanjo rides back on a white horse to his village, after Aso Rock, would it be a triumphant return? I think not. This president’s success will be measured in responses to his utterances after his presidency...

Nothing Going On But The Rent

Why do Nigerians visiting America get all judgmental about the way we live here? Don’t they pay bills in Nigeria? They don't? Ah, that explains why they never have electricity or water…

Can I Get an Amen from the Accountants in the House: Keeping it Simple with Education

One of the degrees I have been fortunate to...

That Binyavanga Wainaina Jibe

It would help the African literary cause if Binyavanga sets out to educate himself a little more about the Igbos seeing that he is now benefiting from them...

Lessons for Pat Utomi from Oshiomole

It will be with great regret that I will be giving you tomorrow's news today; Newsflash: Pat Utomi loses in Moonslide in the April Nigeria Presidential Election...

The Real Debt Story: Tinubu Didn’t Reduce Nigeria’s Debt — He Deepened It

In recent public discourse, it has become common to...

Osun 2026: Bola Oyebamiji in the spotlight

By Olufisayo Alebiosu The man in the glare of public...