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...

Imo State And The Amnesty Package

When Imo and Abia States were mischievously left out of the benefits that naturally should come to them as a result of their oil-producing status, it took me quite some time to convince some prominent Igbo groups and individuals, as well as commentators on national issues, that the omission was worth fighting against...

Speed Limits

It is very much in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians that speeding is controlled on all roads. The whole idea will be to reduce to the lowest minimum, the rates of road accidents...

Rebranding and Redefining the Nigerian Culture

With the current spate of things in Nigeria, our trademark cultures are fast going the way of dinosaurs as extinction is imminent, and imbibing foreign culture is fast becoming the order of the day. Is it a good way to re-brand?

Anambra Governorship Election: Incumbency, Credibility And Past Record As Deciding Factors

Today, governorship candidates appear to be chosen based on three major yardsticks: incumbency, credibility and past records. These three yardsticks can easily be spotted among the three major political parties...

George and Judgement

The Nigerian government should listen to the yearnings of the people to make corruption a capital offence. Also the Nigerian government should realize that there is one way to restore the confidence of Nigerian people, and that is through political will and absolute determination to get things done...

Crime, Justice and Punishment: Bode George as a Case Study

Truth be told, many of us would like to see the likes of Bode George, Peter Odili, many Northern ex - and present Governors, some former Heads of State and Presidents and Vice-Presidents, civil servants, etc, lined up against a wall and shot...

Soludo Should Arrest His Dream

To tell the truth, I was never persuaded by the showy manner Soludo went about his duties. But then, he was merely living up to the unwritten creed of that regime that placed so much emphasis on self-glorification and substituting same for stellar performance...

Letter to my Rivers State Brethren: Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and the Waterside Slum Settlements

Before I begin this letter, let me quickly issue a disclaimer: I am writing to you as a fellow Rivers person and lover of the state, not as a seeker of political office. Let me now go to the subject of the letter: Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the waterside slum settlements...

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Between Yar’Adua’s asset declaration and Jonathan’s intransigence in declaring his publicly is a battle for legitimacy.  Both of them were not really what we wanted. Believe me...

The Guardian: A Day in the Life of the Flagship

‘Oga, good afternoon, what is happening, why is everybody sad?’ I queried. He looked at me and I could at once see that he thought I was dumb for not. ‘Na because Guardian never come’  he answered disinterestedly…

Soludo, Extend the Crackdown, Please

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The Palestinians

If the Americans won't bring about a Palestinian nation-state what about the Arab League? The Arab League has enough political leverage to force America and the West to do what is right...

“Acting is something I love to do” – The Uche Osotule Interview

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How to be a local government chairman

Do you fancy being the Chairman of your Local Government Area?  Well, the general administrative and operational setup of LGAs in Nigeria has changed.   Conceptually, LGAs are supposed to be separate entities from the State government.  Not anymore...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Nigeria’s Economic Outlook for Growth

Nigeria’s economy is currently navigating through a landscape marked...

‘One Nigeria’: To Be Or Not To Be? (3)

The only way to put a stop to the squandering of our resources is to break away from the North and concentrate all our resources exclusively on our own development...