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...

Corruption and the Death Penalty

There are punishments better than death. Death takes only a few seconds to initiate. Long prison sentences, naming and shaming and hard labour in prison will always be effective deterrent against corruption. Can you imagine Bode George, Tafa Balogun (and even the yet-to-be-convicted James Ibori)  with cutlasses, spades and shovels working on a building site or cutting down trees on state farms under the hot sun and watchful eyes of brutal warders?

Tompolo: A Tacky, Tadpole Militant

With the mass, historic and hysterical surrender of the Boy’s Scout fighters along the Niger Creeks, it becomes obvious that the causal nexus of militancy has been defeated. What a sorry sight to see a rag tag multitude of untrained ‘freedom fighters’ hurry to surrender...

The Fragile State Of Ndigbo and Unguarded Statements (2)

The majority of Ndigbo, today, are determined to take their destiny in their own hands, and to retake their rightful place in the country their fathers and grand fathers once led...

Ohakim and the Political Deities

Whoever they may be, Political Deities seem to me to be the greatest threats to the survival of democracy in Nigeria...

Kidnapping as a Business

I have several choices: I could be a drug-smuggler; I could be a political thug or I could be a politician or finally, I could choose to be a kidnapper. I will not even consider armed robbery - too dangerous for my health...

Letter to President Umaru Yar’Adua: Transitioning from Amnesty to Paradise

Before I get to the subject of this letter, let me start by saying a very big thank you to you for the revolutionary decision you have taken to transfer ten percent of the proceeds of the joint venture partnership between the central government and the oil companies to the oil-bearing communities...

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo: Re-education and the making of a governor

Soludo's nearly perfect record during his tenure may be scratched by the new revelation and investigation by the new CBN chieftain, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that exposed the corruption in the banking system...

The Fragile State of Ndigbo and Unguarded Statements

People go to war for different reasons, chief amongst them to address injustices. But whatever the objective is, winning or losing a war could spell misfortune for the social, political or economic life of a people...

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Adams Oshiomhole As A Metaphor

Oshiomhole only joined the AC because the door of PDP was shut in his face. If he had been allowed, as he desired, to contest under PDP, he would still be telling those who were defrauded today to forget the election and let Obasanjo be...

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A Limitation to Papal Liberalism: the UN vs The Catholic Church

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Speaking Truth to Power: The Man of God and Mass Hysteria

"I am sure by now you have received a text message saying that Pastor E A Adeboye said you should pray from 1am to 3am so that someone close to you wont die or something like that...Well this is to let you know this text message is NOT FROM PASTOR E A ADEBOYE..."

What Do Africans Owe Africa? (Part 2)

In a previous essay, I proposed five steps Africans must take in order to retake and save their continent from squalor, poverty and hopelessness. The primary aim of these essay is to provoke debates about the future of the continent...