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...

Breaking News: “Chop Quench Democratic Party formed!”

I am pleased to announce the formation of the first true mega party in the forty-nine years history of Nigeria. The Chop and Quench Democratic Party is set to take the country by storm, and we are on the precipice of history...

Re-branding Nigeria: A Giant Step.

The re-orientation of our people is one of the most important tasks that this country needs to attend to. The proper re-orientation of the people on the ideals of patriotism and other forms of social etiquettes will definitely be an important major step towards making Nigeria a better country...

Nigeria @ 49: Still in the state of nature

It is startling that almost half a century after independence, Nigerians from Aba to Yaba, Uyo to Oyo, Ariaria to Zaria, not those infinitesimally privileged ones holed up in the many government houses across the country, still subsist in human, and at times dehumanizing, conditions that approximate the state of nature...

This state has failed – And I see rivers of blood

Nigeria is supposed to be a country in peace, but it has shed more blood than it did in the course of the ill-fated civil war. Nigerians have died from everything imaginable under the sun. Political banditry, organized crime, repeated insurrections against the state, religious uprisings, police foolishness, neglected roads...

Independence Day: Before the Celebrations

While we may not be able to correct the leadership errors of the past that have kept us in a state of doldrums and subnormality, we do have the opportunity to determine our future by addressing the national leadership of the present...

Enough Already

There are moments when a man must rise out of his chair and start marching. There are moments in the life of a nation, in the lives of people, when they must awaken and fight before the onset of calamity. This may well be the final hour to do so...

Uncle Bros., My Neighbour's Son

Since Emmanuel's dad grew up in Benin, we mutually call each other 'Bros' and being his 'Uncle', this kid's genius reckoned that I should be called 'Uncle Bros' and the name has stuck with us all, and that's what his parents call me as well...

Should Nigerians Have Fewer Babies?

What is the biggest danger facing Nigeria? Corruption? Kidnapping? Armed insurgency? Religious extremism? Nigeria’s ticking time bomb might be in its mothers’ wombs...

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When Blow Becomes a Job, Trouble Ensues: 9ice vs Ruggedman

It's quite painful that unlike the popular notion that our leaders don't understand the plights of the masses, our singers too are demonstrating the same brutish approach in tackling their publicity crisis...

The President’s Betrayal (2)

How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?

Good People, Great Nation

Nigeria has unveiled a new logo and slogan for its national rebranding campaign which the Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili says signals the march towards national re-birth...

Governor Amaechi’s inability to enforce ban on street hawking

Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s Rivers State is with about 90...

Jonathan, Sylva, and the Rain of Stones

No major political party in Nigeria has set itself apart as an embodiment of vision and exemplary leadership. Even so, the PDP has patented itself as a heavyweight champion in the sectors of corruption, indolence, and visionlessness...

Why Are Igbos Kidnapping Other Igbos for Ransom? A Response

I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist, but I will be quick to tell you that there is nothing peculiarly pathological about the antisocial behaviors which are now common in Igboland as all of Nigerian nooks and crannies...

Of Supreme Courts and Electoral Outcomes

In choosing to retain the status quo, by keeping in office a president, albeit one devoid of the public acclaim of the Nigerian people, the Supreme Court appears to have settled upon the best possible outcome out of a number of ‘worse case’ scenarios...

All Niger Delta Peoples’ Congress: Another Nonsense…Another Charade

What are the attendees going to talk about that a slightly educated Niger Deltan doesn’t already know? The solutions do not lie in the heavens or in the nicely-worded statements of policy wonks crossing the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean.

Africa Independent Television in America

This is suggestion to handlers of AIT from my 3 years or so experience watching the station in the USA. I know you guys are doing a good job, but I hope you will pay attention to some grey areas I think need improvement...

Is It Ladoja Or Akala? Quo Vadis?

Nigeria is riding on the back of a tiger right now and the country might, in the fullness of time, end up in the stomach of that tiger if care is not taken. I think we are in trouble now...