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...

No Amnesty, No Surrender: Only Equity and Good Governance

No one can guarantee the Nigerian people and the Nigerian state peace, security and stability insofar as the Niger Delta crisis is concerned. No one! Not even the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta...

Wole Soyinka, Igbo Cyber-Discourse, and the Myth of the Good Yoruba

What Winterbottom and the ignorant Europeans in Arrow of God do to Ezeulu is exactly what some of Soyinka’s Igbo admirers online are doing to him! What part of Arrow of God have they not read? What on earth do they imagine Achebe is saying about the production of otherness?

Patriotism and Patriotism Only

Efforts should be geared towards encouraging the entire population to buy made in Nigeria. I watched former president Jerry Rawlings of Ghana in an interview when he said that his constant wearing of Ghana made cloths increased the sales of those materials...

The Yeye Council of Elders vs. MEND

It was quite an interesting read to see the brief exchange of words between the discredited Yoruba Council of Elders and our militant brothers of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta over the recent operation that saw to the bombing of Atlas Cove...

Of Unclaimed Oil-wells and Deprived Rivers People!

Conflict in Nigeria is ethnic pluralism, in which diversity of culture and institutional practice occur, and where divergences cluster to demarcate distinct and closed social sections...

Imo; Yet Another Gravy Ride

Imo State is in the throes of another needless wait for President Umar Musa Yar'Adua. This is about the third time since May 2007 that the state is subjected to that vain anxiety...

The Rule of Law Must Live

To ensure that the rule of law regime thrives, conscientious, highly learned judges, have the bounden duty to use the law wisely. They enjoy discretionary powers to enable them come to the rescue of the oppressed so that they do not suffer jeopardy from strong, demonic recidivists, who are found living in estates, towns and villages...

Cloak and Dagger: Plotting the Removal of Governor Timipre Sylva

All is not well in Yenagoa. The major participants - Jonathan, Alaibe, and Sylva - all have daggers drawn, concealed by overflowing cloak. In all of this, Governor Timipre Sylva is the target...

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Democrats, Timid, Timorous Tentative; But Why?

Obama as candidate, always appeared to be ahead of his opponents in ideas and responded to counter everything the opponents conjured up, or hurled at him, but now, President Obama and his Democratic team have been on the defensive since inauguration...

Where are the role models?

Any concerned Nigerian, old or comparatively young, who was perhaps familiar with how the age-long, good societal value system of honesty, integrity, decency, hard work, communal living and good neighbourliness held sway in the not-too-distant past among the various tribes and communities across the country, ordinarily would screech at what has become of leadership at differing levels in different sectors of the national economy...

GEJ’s National Dialogue for Self-Preservation?

Human experience indicates that whenever you see an old dog discover a new trick, one should ask good questions. Hence, the national skepticism that has greeted the discovery of national conference religion by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan...

Soludo Solutions & Economic Reforms in Nigeria

Critics of the current governor of Central Bank of Nigeria predicted that the sky would fall as a result of the bank recapitalization and consolidation embarked upon by Professor Soludo...

The Unending Crucifixion of Indigbo

"The tragic chapter of violence is just ended. We...

Bukola Saraki’s Amoral Political Life and the Gathering Tempest

People like Bukola Saraki, the hugely compromised and controversial...

In Dasukigate Stealing is not Corruption

Yes, I agree we must put issues into perspective....

Needless Assets Declaration Drama

Saturday, September 5, was exactly 100 days since Muhammadu...

Unveiling the Curtain: A Critical Look at the Global Music Industry

Introduction: The allure of the global music industry is undeniable....

Ghana as Nigerians’ investments haven

It is disheartening to note that even long before the advent of the continued economic and financial meltdown, which started manifesting late 2008, and still troubles the global economy up till now, a sizeable number of Nigerian businesses apparently, had found the country’s business climate tough and unfriendly...