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...

Emerging terror threats for Nigeria

Christian religious leaders in Bauchi who were in the thick of the action when the mayhem of February 22 lasted insist that the riots are the handiwork of terrorists in military uniform bent on perpetrating an agenda to unleash terror and to Islamize Nigeria...

Wasting Nigeria’s Graduates and School-Leavers!

Nearing 50 years after independence, Nigeria has not reached far in the intellectual world of books. How much can we truly claim to be our own and not a pale imitation of the left-over of the Anglo-American world?

Has Nigeria Lost The War Against Corruption?

Many analysts are of the view that if the Obasanjo administration was “selective” in the anti-graft war, President Yar’Adua has simply failed, two years in office, to dispel the widespread observation that he lacks the steel and political will to prosecute the war...

Hope At Last For The Railways!

The Nigerian Railways is set to bounce back to life if the contract with CCECC as is being renegotiated by the transport minister sees the light of day...

Refurbishing A Nation’s Nasty Reputation

Everybody thought that if there was any other assignment that Nigerians desperately needed Akunyili to handle, it could have been as health minister, mostly because of the relationship that NAFDAC had with the health of the nation...

Nigeria Betrayed Them

Nigerians need an explanation from the Nigerian Army, the Defence Headquarters and the Presidency, on why these soldiers did not receive their salaries in the first place, which opened the way for their protest...

Nigeria’s Theater of the Absurd

For the past 49 years, it has been a vicious cycle of absurdities for Nigerians, held ransom by greedy, inconsiderate and corrupt leaders and their acolytes and sycophants, so much so that any glimmer of hope that sometimes flicker at us is soon extinguished...

Reforming Police and Policing Reforms

I agree with most of the recommendations of the police reform committee since it is aimed at improving the security situation in the country. Security is paramount for any venture including the sustenance of our democracy...

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A Threat Greater Than Boko Haram

If the move to fire Ringim and hire Abubakar was meant to indicate a new, firm resolve to square off against Boko Haram, the orchestration fell flat on its face. From the outset, Mr. Abubakar’s headship of the police was freighted with far from reassuring controversy...

Let’s Rig the Olympics

The Paris2024 Olympic Games cannot be forgotten in a...

Temporary Peace In Ibadan Motor Parks

Mosunmola Elekuru’s husband was killed as he clambered out of his commercial bus. The hoodlums came at five in the morning to the popular Iwo Road Total Motor Park...

State of the Nation and a Credible 2011 Elections: Matters Arising

In a recent interview which Goodluck Jonathan granted the Cable News Network, he confirmed the much speculated news that he might be heading for the running mate’s ticket of the presidential ticket bearer of the PDP...

Man’s Family And His Environment – An Essay On The Issues Of The Society (2)

Family is the primary social invention that shapes us into human beings. Families are molded by society into functional forms and they contribute greatly to the success of the society to which they belong to...

Endorsements For Sale

I have often argued that the entire Nigerian political...

Empirical And Theoretical Means In X-Raying The Nitty Gritty Of International Institutions In The Light Of Social Transformation of The LDCs Within Africa

It is important to note here that Globalization is not a new phenomenon, and while inevitable, was propelled to its present proportions by deliberate policies in the areas of trade, finance and investment...

Power, Privilege and Governance

The concepts of power, privilege and governance are complex...

Oil: Diversification And Economic Development

We may not develop and diversify our economy if we continue to rely on oil as the mainstay of our economy and source of foreign exchange. We need to diversify our economy if we hope to ever grow...

Nigerian Revenue: In Public Or Private Pockets?

We are a very poor country that is heavily indebted to other nations and overseas lending institutions! And we may get poorer if corruption is not controlled...