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...

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...

Dr. or Professor? The Politics of Identity in Nigeria

Nigerians have become title-crazy to the point where some people now prefix their name with architect, accountant, engineer, movie-producer, surveyor, lawyer, music producer, nurse...

My Dear Delta Militants: When The 10% Materializes

My dear brothers in the delta, you have fought back, sometimes for personal gain, mostly against the injustice meted to you. Please don’t forget who this is all for, Please do not...

Bode George: What the Judgment says

I was completely numb on hearing the verdict against Chief Bode George. As I sit in my office working on another topic completely, I had to stop as I got a phone call from a compatriot as soon as the verdict was delivered...

Crippled By Illiteracy

Mankind has seen many decades and centuries; the precedence of events show that while the nations of the west are advancing in all ramifications, Africa is receding with great zest...

My Christmas Present to President Yar'Adua

Mr. President, I want to be the first Nigerian this year to send you this seasonal gift. That is, if you have not started receiving presents. I don't have gold neither do I have silver, but what I have is what I will give you...

I’ll Say it Loud; I’m Nigerian and I’m Proud!

Apparently, too much attention is being paid to the ‘Nigerian problem’. To a lot of people, the only way to solve the Nigerian problem is to remove the adjective ‘Nigerian’. So patriotism wanes...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Part 1)

Other countries keep libraries full of books and archives about their first leaders.  All Americans know chapter and verse about George Washington.  Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah is an icon.  What of Nigeria's case? Are we accurately recording our history for our children and descendants?

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Ok…I Confess!

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Jega 2011: A Failure Waiting To Happen

The 2011 election will turn out not to be different from the previous experiences except we urgently address some fundamental flaws inherent in the system and not who leads INEC...

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