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...

Onovo and Rising Insecurity in the South East

It obviously calls for serious concern that  two states could be so easily over-run by hoodlums without a whimper of resistance from the police...

The Goodluck Presidency; Nigeria’s Goodfaith!

The country lacks the resources that make a democratic nation thrive. When 60 per cent of the people live below poverty line, the ruling party's main job is to keep them happy with or without satisfying their need...

I Will Miss Umaru… And Turai

In northern Nigeria, the strong arms of Sharia law, cosmopolitan illiteracy and ubiquitous male dominance seem to be the undoing of most female emancipation advocacies. It is therefore thought provoking to realize that this region could produce a lady as influential as Turai...

Nigerians Mourn The Death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared a seven day national mourning in honor of Mr. Yar'Adua...

Again, the Judiciary Falters in Ekiti

Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of Mr. Segun Oni of the PDP as the winner of the highly dramatic bye election...

Efcc Icpc: A Tool For Witch Hunt

There is no doubt that Ribadu acted on the directives of his boss, Obasanjo who dictated what happened at any given time. Ribadu nevertheless got the nod from the international community for his giant stride in the fight against corruption...

Happy Oliver Twist Day

There is need for all to come to the roundtable and iron issues out such that a side won’t be like the big man throwing few coins at the greedy beggar who can’t help but ask for more. The reason is simple—we are all big men… or could be, if circumstances change...

Acf Elder’s Advice Is Not Valuable Respectable

It is quite unfortunate that the ACF elders could be pushing for a Northern VP when they were supposed to use their experience to unite Nigeria...

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Ogaga Ifowodo – Seasoned Nigerian Representative

We are sick and tired of politics of you-chop-I-chop and politics of exclusivity. And just like the days of Chief James Otobo, one voice which all Isoko people and all Nigerians can identify with as having fought for egalitarianism and justice and politics of inclusion is none other than that of Ogaga Ifowodo. Esq....

Concurrent Commiseration and Congratulation: Our National Dilemma

The foreigners might mourn with us, their eyes are however not blind from the ubiquitous I-don’t-care attitudes, neither are their nostrils blocked such that they can’t sense the cosmopolitan opportunistic aura emanating from our political circuits...

Sex For Sale

Women are selling themselves everyday because there are so many perverted men out there craving for their bodies. Take away this demand and the supply dries up...

A State Of Anomie: The Tragedy At Sandy Hook Elementary, CT

The right to bear arms remains.  The state of anomie persists.  Unfortunately, until something drastic is done to stop the carnage from gun violence and better attention is paid to mental illness, and the alienation that goes with it...

Exposing the “Ember Month” Scam: A Call for True Christian Living

In many Nigerian churches, a pattern emerges like clockwork...

Is the Conditional Cash Transfer feeding on the blood of the Poor?

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How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in...