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...

All We Ever Ask For

I expend my energy in the hope that Nigerian leaders, political and military elite and power-holders will read some of these writings and hopefully examine their conscience, change their ways and re-commit themselves to improving and governing Nigeria the right, humane and considerate way...

The Truth

Nigerians owe the country and our rulers the duty to tell them the truth. This is because truth is like a shining sun which will prevail over darkness. Honesty brings transparency which is a vital instrument in nation building...

Corruption: Between Diepreye Alamieyesegha and Bernard Madoff

Without any prodding, President Yar’Adua promised, while campaigning for election, to declare a state of emergency on power 100 days into office. It is now two years and months after...

The Reign of Squander-maniacs

Government would want us to see employees who go on strike to press home their demand for better pay and improved conditions of service as unpatriotic and constituting themselves into a huge nuisance. While they keep appealing to workers to make more sacrifices "in the interest of the nation", the ruling elite never fails to cart away for themselves huge sums of money...

Dignifying Labour in Nigeria

As generous as the federal government’s 40% salary increase offer made by the federal government appointed Gamaliel Onosode Re-negotiating committee to ASUU may seem, as against the 109% increase the lecturers are asking for; ASUU maintains that the issue goes beyond money...

Speaking Truth to Power: Generation of the Sixties Our Time Has Come!

In the past few decades in Nigeria, many of the best and brightest of a generation departed the land, including the writer of this article. We escaped and emigrated abroad on different aeroplanes...

Of Looters, Leaders and The EFCC List

It was written in very bold headlines in the Nigerian Tribune that the “Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released the names of 56 Nigerians it alleged collectively removed over N243 billion from the nation’s treasury...

An Open Letter to President Umaru Yar’Adua 5

Mr. President, your Foreign Minister, Mr. Ojo Madueke, has summarily dismissed the idea of the internationalization of the peace initiative, arguing that the use of foreign mediators would amount to the surrendering of our sovereignty...

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The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature and the Nigerian Love of Exclusion

It is mind-boggling that a Continent that has still a lot of spaces to make up for in excellence, smuggles through the backdoor silly exclusionary clauses that end up making parts of its constituencies feel unwanted...

Esu: Between Sani Abacha and Bola Tinubu

Over the years, many people, especially Christians, have maligned...

Uzoma Okereke: The Story Of Brute Injustice

Miss Okereke’s saga is the tale of many Nigerians – men and women badly treated by the same authorities that should protect them. And we keep quiet. Oh, the curse of a nation! We keep quiet because we are afraid of what the consequences might be...

The Atiku Conundrum

That Mr Atiku Abubakar resigned from the APC a...

The Third Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu

I had written on the Second Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu years ago, after he took power in Israel. Months later, I met Mr. Roy Sapoznich, who is an Israel political consultant and business man. We discussed the highlights of the article. I later re-read the Holy Bible and won inspirational insights into the strength of Israel...

Jonathan and Dame Patience Goodluck, Change and the Burden of History

It is evident that revisionist politics of blackmail and the use of deceit to cover up facts of history underlie Jonathan Goodluck’s attempts at becoming...

The Futility of War

No nation that started a major war, either in the twentieth or twenty-fist century, has ever emerged victorious...

Going to Lagos – Handy Tips for the Smart Traveler

I come from an old Lagos family but have been absent long enough to be able to observe the city with relative objectivity which allows me to offer sensible information to the clear headed smart traveler. The fact is Lagos is "big city" and an expensive city at that. Think New York or Tokyo when you think of the cost of things in Lagos...

Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

Education in Nigeria has been interrupted by regime change since independence from Britain in 1960. Now that our nation has embarked on sustaining unity, democracy and economic growth, the next president should make a budgetary commitment to education...

Moving Quickly On

Before we move on, we need to deal with a small matter of the newspaper report that the National Assembly is contemplating steps to nullify the elections...