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...

The Jos Carnage And Intellectual Endogamy

From the depth of my heart and with sincere tears dropping and flowing down my eyes and into my mouth with its salty taste, I condemn all previous ethnic massacres...

Enough Is Enough Nigeria: Let’s Go There!

It's been said that it takes a drug to cure a disease, it takes failure to appreciate success, and as shown recently, it takes an ailing president, overambitious first lady and a helplessly weak vice president to invoke the anger of Nigerian youths...

Unnecessary hot air over Turai

One thing I know is that if we were in the same condition and have wives who truly loved us, wives or daughters whom we have given love, wealth and power, I bet you they would do more than the ‘bad’ things Turai is being accused of today...

Chronicle of innocence murdered

Haiti and Chile are still reeling from the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, a natural disaster. Nigeria continues to be beset by man-manufactured crises and disasters...

Jos: Slaughter Capital of Nigeria

Removing the National Security Adviser is not enough. Heads of other relevant security agencies should also be sacked. Another reason to sack other security chiefs is the way and manner our President was smuggled inside the country like a thief...

Nigeria People' Parliament Courtesy Of Nigeria Democratic Liberty Forum

Nigeria really should lack nothing, what with 150 million citizens at home and abroad. It is time for us to put our distractions aside and get to work for Nigeria...

Is the Mega Party of Nigeria Dead-on-Arrival?

The proposed political behemoth aptly named Mega Party of Nigeria; an attempt by political strange bed fellows to wrestle power from the vice-like grip of the People's Democratic Party, can be likened to a sick patient being rushed to the emergency ward of a hospital but pronounced Dead-on-Arrival...

Hijacking Democracy: Charlatans At Play

Serious nations learn from their mistakes and cultivate their democracy, always looking for ways to improve. In Nigeria, we have continuously refused to learn. The issue is the country's leadership creation process. What kind of people should occupy leadership positions?

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The Men and Women of the Nigerian Police Force

In the history of contemporary Nigeria, except for the Nigerian Customs Service, I wonder if there ever has been a government agency as reviled and ridiculed as the Nigerian Police Force...

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Wonder what business I had in court? No, I'm not getting deported. Not yet (ha ha!). I got another traffic ticket...

Gowon’s Hollow Promises: Eastern Nigeria’s Festering Wounds!

More than five decades after the Nigerian Civil War...

Israel Is an Outlaw and Lawless Nation, Like No Other!

Why is America smiling? Only a fool would smile on being slapped in the face, and America is no fool or buffoon, so why is America still smiling and encouraging Israel's intransigence in dealings with Palestinians, Arabs and Persians?

Seeds of Discord

There is a chance that the coming elections could be peaceful. All those who have sown seeds of discord and laid eggs of destruction under the wings of the Electoral Act debacle will have to look for another way of hatching their eggs.

Blame! Blame! Blame! Blame Someone Else! – A Nigerian Political Pastime

Politicians, especially the Nigerian species, are an intriguing and confounding breed. I like to hope and think of them as a breed that will soon become extinct, like the dinosaurs...

Jega Goes Jaga-jaga

Confusion has taken over the entire land of Nigeria. To...

Life In America: San Ysidro Windsong

My friend, the blonde one teases me about carrying my passport. She doesn't have to worry, she is a pretty blonde American, she will travel the world naked and American marines will die defending her right to be naked. I am a different issue altogether. I am American on paper. And I am black.

The Real And True Enemies Of Nigeria And The Nigerian People

Yes, our leaders have always been looters. They are utterly unsympathetic, selfish, greedy, diabolical and morally bankrupt...

Now 36 Years Old, Am I The Last Nigerian Virgin?

Though I am certain of receiving instant forgiveness and mercy from God if for any reason I engage in premarital sex or extra-marital sex any day, I am however not at liberty to do as my heart so wishes…