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...

An Oputa Panel for the Niger Delta Crisis

My sympathies go to the relations, families, friends and well wishers of those who have lost their lives in the Niger Delta crisis. These include both the solders and the indigenes of the Niger Delta area...

A Decade of Pseudo-Democracy

It is somewhat paradoxical that our current experiment at representative government is severely deficient in its ‘representative’ component...

Nigeria Limps On

After ten years of uninterrupted ‘democratic’ rule in Nigeria, many in and out of the country still wonder if anything has changed? Not a lot has really...

Anambra Oni Baje!

Fashola may not be coming to Anambra state as governor in 2010 but it will not be out of place to expect some of the cowboys and hopefuls for the Anambra state governor’s seat...

The President’s Empty Perhaps Plenty Promises

Name one thing that the federal government does right apart from looting the treasury and perhaps we can celebrate Democracy Day day in peace...

We Must Do Something

Haba Honourable!! That oil was meant for your pocket now. Didn’t you hear what the Speaker said that day it was shared? I thought I didn’t hear well myself until I asked him again in his house. He told me it was entirely my business what I did with the money

MEND, Rebels With a Cause or A Crime Gang?

Is MEND benefiting any public good? Has MEND benefited any Niger Deltan, except MEND itself? Is the Nigerian government wrong in its all out war against MEND?

Alpha Males and Area Boys

In Nigeria, as in most other nations, the practice of our politics and its governance - since before, and ever since independence, and right through to the present time - has been an overwhelmingly male preserve and pursuit...

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Nigeria Lives Abroad: Innocent yet injured!

Nigerians abroad are experiencing injurious threats against what they know nothing about. There’s no end to the bad news on the overseas workers’ front. Labour officials have said more Nigerians face deportation from countries cracking down on illegal aliens...

Democracy Day: The Hypocrisy In Celebrating A Utopia

Prelude to the conclusion of its tenure, the 8th Senate...

Resignation Pressure on Vp Jonathan

By now we should be praying for this country and not threatening the captains. Dr. Jonathan is President Yar’Adua in accordance with the constitution. He is doing the job in place of Mr. President. What then brought in the looming civic coup and resignation pressure?

Waiting on Buhari

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting...

On June 12 as Democracy Day

The formal recognition of “June 12” as the new...

Top 7 Secrets For Small Business Success

Nigeria has about 35% return on investment which is the highest in the world today. With this, there is room for small businesses to thrive and survive...

Nigeria’s Senate Presidency And A Whiff Of Corruption

Just when you thought it is safe to come out of the woods and support our politicians, especially after a very flawed election full of massive riggings, mayhem and death, there comes our daft, clueless, insensitive political class who called themselves Senators, electing a dubious, to put it mildly, Senate President...

Was Jega’s Appointment as INEC Chairman A Mistake?

It is part of the Nigerian condition that our yesterday has a way of being better than our today. Otherwise who will ever think that in less than two months of being INEC Chairman, Jega seems to be already making Maurice Iwu look good?

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation: Antidotes for Some Of Its Numerous Challenges

If it is now agreed that NNPC should be privatized so that the field is left open for private participation in upstream activities in Nigeria, then caution must be exercised. Otherwise we may end up vesting economic power on few individuals which may become counter-productive...

The President’s Palliatives

Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name)...