Nigeria Matters

Oyebanji: The countdown starts!

At exactly 1:34 pm on Friday, October 16, 2026, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) took the Oath of Allegiance as Governor of Ekiti State for...

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...

Nigeria For Sale: The Insult Of Babangida/Odili And Saraki Presidential Ambitions

This is the time to sensitise the Nigerian electorate to the risks in electing Babangida-Odili to even act as road-diggers or dog-catchers for Nigeria. Open your eyes; use your ears and use your brains!

Revamping The Nigerian Leadership: Applying What We Know

A society that finds itself losing grip or veering off the course of basic leadership responsibility has a superior responsibility to redirect its course which in many cases would mean a change of the status quo...

Oba’s curse on kidnappers

What does security mean in relation to life as we know it today in Nigeria? For the most part, it means safety and freedom from worry. It is said to be the end that all men strive for, but is security a utopian goal or is it another word for rut?

The Politics of ‘Generation Shift’

The idea of power shift to the younger generation has moved up the agenda of political discussion since former military President Ibrahim Babangida, 69, allegedly claimed that Nigerian youths are incapable of giving the country a qualitative leadership...

Death by Petrol Tankers: Enough is Enough

On Sunday, August 15, at the Otedola Millennium Estate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no fewer than 40 people lost their lives and about 25 vehicles were damaged in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker...

Nigeria At 50: Leadership As An Epidemic

Leadership is a demonstrative ability. Good leaders always display sincerity, credibility, integrity, intelligence and competence in all their actions. They make timely and appropriate changes in thinking...

Corruption: Execution as an Option!

All of us can not continue to pacify ourselves by taking solace in belonging to a wasted generation. Rather, those political thieves, and corrupt leaders should be apprehended  and held accountable. If it requires their lives to be wasted in the fashion of Rawlings pseudo-revolution or Chinese enacted anti corruption policy, so be it...

Mismanagement of LG funds and grass root governance in Nigeria

Many people have accused state governments of hijacking the funds meant for the councils, a charge which has been denied by state governments . But, if the states are to be believed, it is left to be seen why they are not asking the councils how their funds are being mismanaged...

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Nigeria: Path to a New Beginning

Nations are  not exactly run like business enterprise or interest specific organizations. Yet, strategy that are employ by business/organization to ensure success and growth could be applied to  government at all level to ensure overall improvement and  efficiency...

Kim: He is no Racist!!!

Those of us who are Universalists, who are well-informed about the ideological musings between capitalists and socialists, who understand the inherent advantages and disadvantages between the two socio-economic systems, are wont to look at both sides  of international affairs issues...

The Fate Of Nigeria

Why is Nigeria in spite of its endowment in human and material resources continuing to wallow in political turmoil and economic depression?

The Rockefeller Food Cartel

Discovering how difficult to win the battle of enforcing their so-called patent rights, rights that should come with excessive royalties, the US Department of Agriculture has since joined hands with these patent paddlers to now arm them with the Terminator Seeds...

The British Church: Strategies for addressing the dichotomy between White and Black

This paper makes an attempt to explore solutions to some questions facing the British churches operating in a climate of different and diverse cultures?  It explores whether division into separate churches is a way forward to address the differences and diversities? 

UN and Agreements for Arms Control

Scholars who have been engaged in studying the United Nations efforts at arms control will tell you that the newly signed Treaty on Arms Control will end up in the diplomatic archives of Foreign Ministries...

The Pain and the Agony of Love

Other than the pain of bereavement, I wonder if there is a greater pain than the pain of being dumped by a lover. When someone dies, you pray the Lord to take the soul; but when you are dumped, you feel as though your soul is being forcefully taken...

Jonathan’s New Men

Jonathan’s new picks for the helms of the various services must realize that the timing of their appointment helps feed the perception that they are being positioned to facilitate rigging. It’s up to each man to recognize that there’s a price to pay these days...

Seeing America From Their Eyes…

Quite a lot of us Nigerians who have not had the so-called good fortune to visit God's own country are often regaled with the phantasmagoria of what we miss. And indeed we do. The sweet stories vary from the real to the surreal...

The Truth About Foreign Aid: Where It Really Goes

The World Bank and IMF are seen in developing countries as tools by which western nations control public policies and the lives of people in the developing world...