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...

Maga Will Still Pay

Nigeria’s dreaded status in internet scam is in no way as a result of the skills of the scammers, but the inability of the Nigerian government to checkmate it, even when strong evidence could steer towards easy resolution...

Who will tame the state of insecurity in Imo State?

Obviously worried by the disturbing state of insecurity in Igboland in recent times, governors of the South East zone hurried, or as some accounts said, were “summoned”, to Aso Rock, penultimate week...

Soul of a Citizen

Would it not have been in gross national interest for the President to glide down the airport run-way, waving his hands gleefully at a crowd of patently patient Nigerians he had acknowledged in his controversial BBC interview as rendering supplication for his restoration?

Towards 2011 General Elections

In Nigeria at the moment, the sensation you get is that of great displeasure of the populace towards their ‘leaders’. This disapproval has no ethnic, religious or cultural affiliation as leadership has failed across the entire nation...

Atiku, Ojukwu, Iwu, and the culture of expediency

The time has never been riper for the emergence of a formidable opposition force to dislodge the People's Democratic Party from power. Yet, there are disturbing signs, once again, that Nigeria’s opposition parties are looking for every means or opportunity to surrender to the PDP...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Part 2)

Balewa was no firebrand political radical. He may have remained a teacher for the rest of his life had southern politicians such as the flamboyant intellectual Nnamdi Azikiwe not pushed for Nigerian independence...

Support Dr.Jonathan, To Move Nigeria Forward!

Which way Nigeria has to go will depend essentially on the choice Nigerians make of the political situation, their policies and their leaders...

Dora Akunyili, Destiny and The Fate of Nigerians

Many have canvassed for Dora to head INEC, while some have said she should be returned to NAFDAC and some still, that she should be made the Minister of Health...

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The Nigerian Electorate And The Question Of Leadership

The days of grand ideas are long gone. In the current political climate, all you need is a sack full of money or a lorry load of vagabonds to intimidate your opponents...

Bird Flu: All Eyes On Nigeria?

Recently (January 2015), Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina,...

What can President Obama do for Black America?

Past inspiring, Mr. Obama during his presidency must commit himself to tackling the important areas of concerns to African Americans if he wants his name in gold...

Prof. Iwu, INEC and the 2011 Elections

Professor Iwu and his Electoral Commissioners must realise that they have only a limited window of opportunity within which to address, some or all of the serious failings which characterised the 2007 general elections...

America Votes: Any Lessons For Nigeria?

In my opinion, a good number of American voters are not well-informed. And they are gullible. Most American voters are traditionalists. They stick to their ancestral family party line and pattern of voting...

Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo: The Passage of the Guru of Fourth Dimension

They no longer make men like Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo....

NIGERIA: IMF comes with depressing forecast of lower productivity and higher inflation

IMF has advised Nigeria to devalue her currency, Naira, without giving a logical reason for the advice. For a currency that is already weakened by rising inflation to be devalued is for Nigeria to be inviting economic woes voluntarily...

Understanding Youth Conflict and Sustainable Initiative Model (2)

Conflict is one of the major concerns not only in any given continent, it also affects the international community as well. Conflict is simply the absence of peace, and the successive introduction of diversified sense of humor of people within the context of a community or society...

Is Africa Fated To Be A Metaphor Of Disaster?

In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me...

Political Innuendos And Necessary Failure

It is a shame that Mr. President allowed his integrity to be battered because of the selfishness of his advisors and the agents of doom that he has appointed as ministers.. It is a grave shame...