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...

Nigeria Clocks 49: Everything Looks like Eyewash!

After 49 years of self-rule, Nigeria becomes a very disorderly place where no plan works and no vision is materialized in a substantive way. There is nothing like Left corruption or Right corruption. Politicians of all hues and their collaborators covet oil-money and love to make a fast buck...

State and Politics: Nigeria’s Policy Towards The Ijaw

Since flag independence from Britain in 1960, the Ijaw have never stopped complaining about their ill-treatment at the hands of successive Nigerian government, be it military or civilian...

The Stuff of Revolutionaries – a tribute to Professor Olusegun Banjo

Some great revelations came to light in the history of our nation recently. The vibrant arm of the Nigerian media did a great job in bringing to light some hitherto untold stories. One that touches me tremendously is the sole effort of a Nigerian academician in protesting the inherent injustice in our superficially conjoined nation...

Political Process Urban Youth Development In the Niger Delta

The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms of discrimination top the list of problems towns and cities have to deal with...

Political Process Urban Youth Development In the Niger Delta

The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms of discrimination top the list of problems towns and cities have to deal with...

Political Process Urban Youth Development In the Niger Delta

The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms of discrimination top the list of problems towns and cities have to deal with...

Nigeria at 50: A Re-Examination of Duties and Obligations of Citizenship

All governments at all levels do have duties and responsibilities to their citizens. But this is not a one way street. There are two sides or even multiplicities of sides to the story of good citizenship and good governance worldwide...

Nigeria and the MDGs: Beyond the question of funds

Over the years, Nigeria had acted as if achieving the Millennium Development Goals was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government through an instrumentality that barely possesses the required capacity...

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Honor In Nigeria: Between Obasanjo And Achebe

When a government chooses which section of the law to respect; routinely violates the Constitution and court rulings, is that government not slapping the people in the face?

Nigeria's Governors' Forum Election Saga: Echoes Of A Morally Bankrupt Political Entity

Ordinarily, who becomes the chairperson of a non-statutory organization like the Nigerian Governors' Forum should not evoke any public commentaries because it does not confer on who becomes the Chairperson any usufructuary benefits...

Rethinking President Obasanjo

Long before Nelson Mandela, President Obasanjo was the man who was associated with high standards and probity.Somehow he threw all that away. How? Why?

Unmasking the Corruption in Nigeria’s Prison System – A Call for Urgent Reforms

Nigeria’s prison system, notorious for its corruption and deplorable...

Nigerian Citizenship Should Be Redefined Now!

Nigerians should ask the governor of Lagos state several questions to determine the reasons for his decision to throw Molotov cocktails and live grenades into our already volatile state of national unity...

I Will Always Love Nigeria

"We are armed robbers and we have come to collect our Sallah gift. Let's go to your room..." I was not scared of the armed robbers. But I was angry. I was very angry that I stayed in that hotel unarmed. I did not want to die like a wimp, with my hands in the air…

A Different Brand of Governor’s Wife

What instantly seized my attention was the mention of...

Entrenching Electoral Malpractices With Legislative Powers!

There is no doubt that members of Nigeria’s National...

The Nigerian Police Force

The history of the Nigerian Police is a history of nobility, service and sacrifice. It had a glorious past. In recent years, however, the police have come to be known as the bastion of illegality, inefficiency and institutional decadence...

Amaechi’s Demolition For Growth

Mahatma Gandhi would say that constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position...