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...

One Country, Two Presidents

Nigeria is about the only country I know in the world where things are done illegally and a majority of the citizens keep mum. Almost everyone accept illegality as a norm...

Babangida’s Naked Dance And Nigeria’s 2011 Vote !

For developed nations, democracy means majority, whether there is opposition or no opposition. But Nigeria's case insinuating Babangida's 2011 presidency aspiration can be all about monerity...

Did Mr. Acting president goof with his ministerial nominees?

At this ‘critical’ period of our life as a nation, those whom chance thrust on us as leaders should have no need of the former templates of religion or our ethnicity as determinants of the direction we should go...

Atiku is falling apart

While as Vice President, Atiku believed that he had no job other than what was assigned to him by the President Obasanjo to do then, but he was seen to be controversial and was believed to be the most powerful second-in-command that the nation has had...

Re: Medico-legal and Sociology of Yar’adua’s Illness

I was at a loss when some professional critics decided to employ negativism in destroying Dr Olayiwola Olaleye’s credibility, simply because the article he penned never met with their amorphous and undefined criteria...

Yar’Adua-Jonathan Political Muddle: What Lies Ahead?

Since Yar’Adua took ill, a lot of developments, positive and negative have been elbowing the Nigerian political quadrangle...

Why IBB Will Win In 2011

The “Gap Toothed” General finally made public what has been a staple of Abuja political conversation in the past few months. No surprise there. It was only a matter of time before our ever dependable elasticity was tested again...

Deciphering Deception, Populism and Nigerian Citizens’ Complacency

While democracy is reputed worldwide as a collaborative, all-encompassing participatory style of government, the 21st century has been characterized with modification and redefinition of democracy...

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No, Not A Vagabond State

Many Nigerians seek ‘solace’ in political connection that will earn them political power and economic prosperity. This becomes their means of survival and it is made possible because those at the helm of political affairs have failed to see a nation as co-owners of a certain common wealth...

Religion as a Tool for Development (2)

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Kim Jong 1l dies: the Juche ideology lives

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Keep Your Eyes Open

Go back home, African. Next time you are called to a meeting, keep your eyes open...

The Desecration of the Academic Gown: A Worrisome Trend in Nigeria

The academic gown is a revered symbol of knowledge,...

My Pride And Joy

I am proud that when I give bribes to obtain public service, which should be free, I am not giving it to anyone but my own stupid brothers and sisters. They don't know any better. They are fools, but they are my own fools...

Open Letter to President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua

As your office may already be aware, all of our attempts to reach the relevant ministry as well as your office in connection with the above matter for payment of long overdue invoice has been futile...

Digitization and Democratization in Africa

Many African countries became authoritarian states in the early...

The World could come to an End

This is a fiction which could become frightfully real if those who are given to belligerency have their way. In this essay, I will use hyperbolic polemics to present my narrative...

Bayelsa 2012: Why Governor Timipre Sylva Must Go

Indeed, anyone who understands the Bayelsa political landscape understands that the opposition against the governor is rooted - not in sectional and low-politics - but in his mammoth incompetence...