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...

David Mark and the Agitation for More States

Rather than create more states, the National Assembly should in fact find a way of consolidating the current 36 states into no more than six states to reduce the size of government, improve efficiency and save costs...

Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Updated)

Revisionists are everywhere. For the most part they are attempting to rework history by allowing their prejudices, illiteracy, and preconceived notions to cloud their reasoning. These critics have become masters at injecting willful fallacies, calculated falsehood and historical nonsense into history...

Why Does The Black World Hate Nigerians?

To be hated and to be loved is one of the ironies of being a Nigerian. If you are a resident of the United States, and you observe your immediate community as much as I do, you may have felt or noticed the simmering heat emanating from the tension within the Black World...

Should politics be a lucrative calling?

The attraction to politics should not be inspired by the pay because in ideal situations, politicians are people who are already established in one call of life and would need to take a pay cut and put in time to the service of their constituencies...

Sovereignty, Economic Security, Barrack Obama's Visit, Jonathan, 2011 Election And The Development Of Nigeria

 In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being equal, the more resources a country has at its disposal, the more development programmes it can accomplish...

Sovereignty, Economic Security, Barrack Obama's Visit, Jonathan, 2011 Election And The Development Of Nigeria

 In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being equal, the more resources a country has at its disposal, the more development programmes it can accomplish...

The Right To Participate In Politics

Understandably and regrettably, most politicians are not lawyers. As a result, they are not always sure of their political rights. They often rely on opinion leaders and views expressed in newspapers and magazines, which are often misleading, inaccurate or biased...

Nigeria : Beyond 2011

President Jonathan Ebere Good Luck is not at the moment great. However, he has every opportunity to write his names with gold. On the surface, he is a lucky man as his name suggest. It appeared that he was always  in the right place at the right time and for the right reason...

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Religious And Political Fanaticism

At a time when the suspicions and rumors are rife that the constitutional review process is part of a hidden agenda to ensure President Obasanjo remains in power after 2007, one would have thought the average rioter might want to be a part of public hearings or at least make keeping tabs on a process taking place right in Maiduguri city a priority...

Tatafo witaut waya

Whether for good or bad, we have people that are averse to keeping secrets and Julian Assange happens to be one. Another name for a Tatafo is Amebo. Julian Assange is a komfam Amebo...

Why Not Take Your Wife To Nigeria, Instead Of Polluting Our Country?

When it was my turn, the lady collected my passport, took one bewildered look at it and asked me to report to one Mr. Wanda on the seventh floor. I stood on the spot for seconds frowning...

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? 

Nigerians and Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism perfectly describes our current situation in Nigeria....

The Politics of Sports Development and Privatization in Nigeria

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of politics and privatization on sports development in Nigeria, within the context of the recent pronouncements by Patrick Ekeji, that a decision has been made to invite the private sector to adopt and fund sport federations in Nigeria...

Scrap Creative Industry Financing Initiative

Scrap Creative Industry Financing Initiative, CIFI, CERLSI petitions FG Benin...

Fela the Spirit @ 24

Let's just begin by stating that Fela the Spirit...

Solving Nigeria’s Despairing Power Sector Problem

This piece is not unmindful of the seeming improvement Goodluck Jonathan has brought to the power sector. We think it is too insignificant though. And that is apart from the possible fact that this marginal upping of result here could be all about the 2011 elections, after which we grind to a halt again...

Chris Okotie On His Dream For Nigeria

The occasion was Okotie’s presidential declaration for the 2011 election on the platform of the Fresh Democratic Party. If he goes ahead to run for the 2011 election, it will be his third attempt since the advent of the fourth republic...