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...

The Anti-Viral Therapy And The Nigerian Edifice

With regards to a Computer being corrupted by Viruses, an active observer – even a passive onlooker- notices the similitude of a Corrupted Computer and a Corrupted Nigeria!

Who Can Redeem Dimeji Bankole’s House?

It is now clear that President Goodluck Jonathan is planning to contest the presidency next year and would need all the support he could get, and so may have winked at the EFCC to turn a blind eye to the grave allegations against Bankole...

The Obasanjo Obituary That Never Was

The rumour mill was agog earlier this week with the presumed assassination of the 'emperor' in Ota, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was quick to dispel the rumour proclaiming in his usual dry humour that I deh kampe...

Open Letter to Governor Amaechi

The essentiality of this letter to you is on the arrest of the members of Sekibo’s faction of the PDP in our state who were labelled "thugs" by the Secretary to the State Government...

Was Jega’s Appointment as INEC Chairman A Mistake?

It is part of the Nigerian condition that our yesterday has a way of being better than our today. Otherwise who will ever think that in less than two months of being INEC Chairman, Jega seems to be already making Maurice Iwu look good?

PDP is heating up Nigeria

The death of President Umaru Yar’Adua was a painful one to many Nigerians due to the circumstances that led to his death, but Nigerians should be prayerful...

Carving out a pathway for Nigeria

I will like to say that sometimes, valuable things don’t come from the rich and influential people but from unknown persons in the dark and forgotten corners of the world...

Asari Dokubo In Person

As conflict management consultant, and strategic security analyst, I have been predisposed to more raw material evidence than any security agent in Nigeria...

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An Open Letter to President Umaru Yar’Adua – 4

Perhaps hurt that your offer of amnesty to the Niger Delta militants was rejected, and perhaps no longer willing to accept the general atmosphere of malaise in the Niger Delta that has driven away investors from the region and made life difficult for its inhabitants, you have decided to give the green light to the Nigerian military...

Edo South Plead For Federal Government Presence

Over the years leaders of the Edo South stocks have emerged; we have Charles Idahosa, Osazee Ize-Iyamu, Prof. Edun Akenzua, as well as others too numerous to mention. These Sons and Daughters of the realm have carved a niche for themselves...

Controversy over Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund

Amid collapsed infrastructure, youth unemployment and festering poverty across the land, some of these state chief executives in particular, must further be educated on the need to efficiently manage this superfluous national wealth, by investing in potential assets...

Shakedown of the Judiciary: Needed Panacea to Nigeria’s Corruption Woes

I will start this report by referencing a statement...

Prince Arthur Eze And The Rest Of Us

Controversial oil billionaire Prince Arthur Eze is making so...

Reflecting On President Obama's Visit To Ghana

What the strongest man on the face of the earth should do  is to move beyond the rhetorical postulation of democracy as a sustainable form of government, and depart from an unimpressive argument that attempts to disconnect African poverty from Western exploration and exploitations...

Any Given Sunday (Or Friday)

Why would you burn your neighbor’s house and refuse to take action against the Imam or the pastor that fails to lead by the example he preaches? How can you inconvenience yourself financially and deprive yourself trying to do the Hajj, come back to the only country you know and do nothing about the oppressor you see everyday riding with convoys and police security?

Amaechi, The End Matters Most

Rivers State is falling into serious environmental chaos, even though the residents are calm and peace loving...

Officer, Arrest Dat Man!

I’ve always argued that Nigeria presents social scientists with the unique research situation of the citizen-as-state. Every Nigerian is a state. The UN needs to recognize all 140 million of us and grant each Nigerian a seat at the General Assembly...

Rivers Crisis: A Go-Round Obio-Akpo Memogate!

The state capital of Rivers is undergoing another political crisis. That is neither a novelty, nor particularly significant. The treasure-base routinely seems to set-in the throes of emergency...