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...

Is Enough Really Enough?

The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off by fierce-looking Policemen...

IBB Is A Deviant

Most of the people rooting for IBB comeback are those who benefited from his fraudulent corrupt practices, abuse of Human Rights, killing of Nigeria's best...

Social Justice, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Nigeria

The rule of law strengthens democracy and social justice. The Rule of Law will be built on shifting sands, if the essential  and crucial rights of citizens are not justiciable...

This Graveyard called Nigeria

Nigeria has of today turned to a graveyard of sort for her children where life is cheap and meaningless. Life has become a commodity that can be dispensed of at the slightest whim. The sights of corpses and assassins have become an everyday phenomenon on our streets...

IBB: Letter from a Nigerian Youth

With due respect sir, you do not have to be in Aso Rock to make a difference that you failed to make after eight solid years in power. If anything, your conformation of interest to rule the country again is heating up the polity...

Hon. Justice P.N. Bhagwati: A Man with a Social Conscience

It would appear that it has become a prevalent view that if Nigeria conducts free and fair elections, all will be well. In my humble opinion, this is far from the truth...

Benin-Ore Expressway: Beyond Daggash’s lame lamentation

Given the difficulty in repairing and maintaining the country’s roads, it would be apposite  to encourage the Federal Government to fast-track, without further delay, the concessioning of the federal highways to the private sector under a Public Private Partnership arrangement....

A Tale Of Two Jokers

Nigerians recently woke up to two interesting reports in the media: the return of former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the PDP and the declaration of interest in the 2011 presidential elections by former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida...

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Bat Out of Hell

The enemies America has created over the years do not think about immigrants when they plot their dark acts. We're all Americans to them, and likely to be targets, especially now that America has decided to fight back.

The Age of Stupid in Nigeria

Every day that this nation flares its gas, it blows about $4million. Juggle that number by 30 days and you get $120million...

Africa At A Crossroads: From Resource Dependence To Industrial Powerhouse

If you haven’t listened to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s recent...

A House Divided: Shettima’s Bombshell And The Beginning Of The End For Tinubu?

Vice President Kashim Shettima has set the entire political...

KO is OK with Ambassador Plenipotentiary & Extraordinary

They no longer make politicians like Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe,...

Standard of Good and Evil (Judge not lest thou be judged)

It is important to differentiate between the laws of society (which is not perfect) and the laws of God, which is impartial, infallible and non-partisan.

Did Communism Really Fail? Ideological Disquisitions

I have watched the jingles about Poland being propagated on CNN, as if Polish prosperity only took place after the Solidarity Movement impacted on Poland. The truth is that if the Soviet Union did not have a socialist state organization that defeated Hitler, Warsaw would not have seen war and survived...

Traffic Congestion In Lagos: The Beginning Of The End?

The renaissance of good and innovative leadership going on in Lagos is so obvious and compulsive that it can not go unnoticed by any objective observer that has visited the state in the last 18 months...

Aganga and the challenge of attracting foreign investment

The global outlook for Oil, Nigeria’s main export is not very promising. The uncertainties of the global economy will continue to push investors away from longer term engagements...

The Death of Human Capital

A candidate during the last presidential elections once campaigned for teachers to be the most highly-paid workers in the country. This might seem like a big joke for any dimwit that is ignorant of the indispensability of teachers...