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...

Ekiti Re-Run: Hanging to a Void or Hunting for a Voice?

What an historic opportunity we in Nigeria have wasted. With our British legacy of parliamentary democracy, we could have been different, a model and beacon for the rest of the third world...

Nigerian e-Passport Costs and Nigerians Abroad: A Classic Rip-off?

Not content with the daily looting of treasuries, bribes and all other forms of corruption perpetrated on the Nigerian people, home and abroad, it seems officials of the Nigerian Government, through the Nigeria Immigration Service, has devised a very innovative way of ripping off Nigerians who live abroad.

Awka Kidnappings and Enemies Within

It is frightening that what may have started as genuine acts of protest have since been hijacked and elevated into a multi-million naira money spinner by those who are directly and indirectly involved in the business of kidnapping...

Atiku Abubakar and His Nigerian Leadership Project

There are a lot of ways Atiku can serve Nigeria other than being the president, except he has other motives for aspiring to be the president of Nigeria...

An Open Letter to President Umaru Yar’Adua 2

Mr. President, we have a model to show us the way. It is not Dubai, as some commentators on the Niger Delta have suggested. It is Venice. It is Venice, not Dubai, because like Venice, the Niger Delta is in the main a collection of islands and marshy terrains...

Why I Will not Emulate Jesus

Imagine the weight that would be lifted off President Yar’Adua’s shoulders if 150 million Nigerians decided to emulate the dietary practices of Jesus by fasting all the time, especially in the forty days and forty nights preceding the Presidential elections of 2011?

Nigeria’s Vision From A Blueprint!

Except for oil, Nigeria’s economic sectors, including agricultural produce and solid minerals, are in poor shape...

Rebranding Nigeria : An Elitist Sarcasm

Let me say unequivocally clear that I have no doubt in my mind that Dora Akunyuli means well for the nation. However, the Minister's strategy is fundamentally flawed, because it lacks merit on  basis, and  the possibility of  its success is next to zero. It will amount to another unreasonable wastage, and an effort in futility...

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Giving Your Offline Business An Online Presence

So much has been written about making money online through internet marketing. Very few believe this is possible, while few have actually practiced it...

EFCC and the Federal Government Reforms

What the Federal Government is perhaps oblivious of is that the image of Nigeria and Nigerians is incessantly battered outside the shores of this country by the EFCC...

Social Housing in Nigeria – An Imminent Mass Housing Revolution?

Nigeria is yet to develop a vibrant housing and mortgage market, social and affordable housing policies, and housing continues to be provided through tortuous traditional methods of buying land and building over some years...

To the General Assembly of the UN Organization, NY, USA

The prospects for international peace and security are dire and divergent views on the Syrian crisis have crystallized...

Missing – Why Is Our Money Always Missing?

As far as public money is concerned in Nigeria, the word MISSING has taken on a whole new sinister meaning. Every day, it is one massive amount (usually in billions, soon to graduate into trillions) of money missing from the coffers of one government ministry/department/agency or the other...

Come, let’s Reason Together

Let the battle of ideas begin to liberate Nigeria from the hands of charlatans and democratic pretenders...

The Voices of One

Since the world woke up to the news of the anti-government revolts in these African countries, a likely scenario in Africa’s most populous country has been a major discourse across internet forums and social media platforms among many Nigerians...

France: Homophobia and Booby-mania

With Soddom and Gomorah historically in mind, this 'homo' nonsense must not break our resolve and will to live in a decent world inhabited by decent human beings capable of reason...

Pages in Life: Mama Bookworm (2)

As a young child, constantly watching and hearing my mother's pain as she struggled with trying to raise five children from a bad marriage with little help, I learned to be quiet and somewhat withdrawn in public...

Of Michael Faraday, Obafemi Awolowo and Michael Faborode

Michael Faraday and  Michael Faborode were born on September...