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...

A vote of no-confidence for the NMMA

With this write-up, I intend to demonstrate how the Nigeria Media Merit Awards and their organizers mistreated us.  I want to talk about it because I hope they would read my story and improve...

1914 to 2012: Nigeria And Her Predicaments

Since flag independence in 1960, Nigerians have, for the most part, skirted the issue of nationhood: Is the amalgamation worth preserving? If so, under what economic and political arrangements; and what’s to be done to arrive at a more ideal union?

Zik, High Priests and Curses

Rather than see Okadigbo's ugly sidekick as an acid humour or at worst, a benign blether from an ambitious political office jobber, Zik saw a chilling Kafkaesque aberration in the insult. Rather than dignifying the insult with reasoned rebuttal, Zik sought supernatural settlement…

After the rain fell, I paid for the rain!

I had to pay money to be carried through a flood. The money we paid when summed could be enough to maintain or build a new flood drainage system...

Governor Peter Obi : Does he deserve a second term?

The governorship election for Anambra State, Nigeria, is fast approaching and the politicians are gearing up for the grueling but festive campaign that will blight them or lead them to Awka State House...

Just how okay is Mr. President?

Nigeria was last week gripped with the confusing puzzle over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua. The palpable confusion over the Mr. President's health was widely reported by the media...

Edo and the menace of Tuketuke politicians: A Rejoinder

There is no danger looming in Edo State as a result of the resolve of the Edo State Assembly to perform its assigned role. The real danger is having an Executive which trades on falsehood...

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...

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African Dictators: Local Pests for Eradication

Sometimes you might think you really have it bad as a Nigerian, but when you look at fellow African countries you can't but thank God...

COVID-19 And Nigeria’s Pathetic Leadership Deficite

There is no better warning about the growing confusion...

Ironsi and Jonathan: Faces of the same Coin?

I have been reflecting about Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; the manner of man he is and the position he occupies as Nigeria’s president. The more I try to analyze his efforts to steer the increasingly volatile ship of the Nigerian state, the more I am constrained to compare him with General Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State...

Ogun: How Corruption-Tainted Borrowing Ruins Nigeria’s Economy

The circumstances surrounding the scandalous acrimony between the executive and legislature in Ogun State over the N500 billion bond, which the state government is seeking, have raised pertinent questions...

The Near “Great” Misadventure

The local police in Nigeria seems to have very little to offer in the way of help to those who have lost money to scams...

Suspending Do-Or-Die Politics

The political process in Nigeria has evolved in a particular direction, corresponding to the characteristics of political activists and the incentive-structure to reproduce the political system...

Medical Love: Distraction or Motivation?

I made a vow that although my mind belongs entirely to the clinical laboratory, my heart should not. The reason is simple – I don’t want to mix love with work...

A Meditation On Big and Bigger Fools

It’s instructive that two of Nigeria’s most famous – or infamous – former Generals cum “militicians” felt compelled to carry on a public debate over which of them is the fool, which the bigger fool...

The Nigerian Senate – The Reign of Banality

The banalisation of senatorial business is taking its toll...

Thoughts on Revenue Generation

In a nationwide address last Monday, President Bola Tinubu...