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...

Is Violence Against Non-Indigenes Constitutional?

The Nigerian human rights record since the advent of the current democratic government cannot be said to have scored anything appreciable in the promotion and protection of the rights and fundamental freedoms of Nigerians...

Hon. Pat Obahiagbon: A Verbal Contortionist and Bombastic Patriot

Representative Pat Obahiagbon has much to say and a very interesting way of saying that which he has to say. He is in love with words...

Our Unending Tribal Wars and the Power of Understanding

The military used the charge of tribalism very well, and the civilian politicians are experts at playing the tribal card to suit their nefarious agenda. It was this label that led to a civil war in which millions of Nigerians died and suffered. Some people are even still fighting the war in various ways...

Speaking Truth to Power:‘An Open Letter to Mr President

I belong to a generation of Nigerians drip fed on hope and promise, but are now fed up, frustrated and tired.  I belong to those who benefited from an exclusively government sponsored education but are now left bereft, directionless and confused...

The Future of Igbos Under Delta State (Anioma) Presidency

There are many ways through which unbridled unity can be achieved among the Igbo through the creation of a sense of oneness. Arguments from both sides of the divide should be greatly scrutinized and attended to...

Yar’Adua May Happen Again!

I Just wonder why the president of such a critically sick and sinking country cannot allow himself to be roused from crippling inertia to seek with clear vision, focus and vigour the nation’s healing and revival...

Reuben Abati’s Immolating Silence

Dr. Reuben Abati may not be guilty of anything. It is possible he has not committed any crime or ethical infractions. All the finger-pointing and the brouhaha may be much ado about zilch. Some of us may have been guilty of slander...

Re-Branding Nigeria Project and Akunyili’s Competence

The re-branding Nigeria project will not achieve the aim for which it was set up because the image of the country can only be improved when both the leaders and followers begin to do the right things...

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Tribute to a Man of the People!

"From God we have come; to Him we shall...

Nigeria At 47: Which Way Forward?

If we are going to be honest with ourselves, it's obvious that Nigeria at 47 is not only more divided than before but is as well in serious economic, political and social crises...

N450 Billion Allocation to Ondo – Has It Been a Waste?

The accusation of Four hundred and Fifty billion naira wastage of Ondo State funds against the Agagu administration not only has great intrinsic merit, but patriotic instincts; and it deserves an objective analysis...

Africa and the World: Responding to Paul Adujie

Our leaders have poor judgment and make bad decisions: they go around the world with their heads bowed currying favors; they go from one corner of the world to the other, with cap in hand, begging for financial crumbs. Africa has been a collection of beggar nation states right from the early years of political independence...

Expectant mothers in Nigeria prefer religious homes to hospitals

The indisputable fact that Nigeria is a religious country...

On Bakassi, OBJ is Right

Why fight over Bakassi? The people are important, but as far as I can tell, they still retain their right to Nigerian citizenship if they so wish. The resources the land itself contains is still largely unproven...

Sense of Entitlement

When we view a sense of entitlement from the...

An Interrogation of the British Intelligence Records on the January 15 1966 Coup

The three-part series on the revelations from the British...

Still On Acho Orabuchi’s Desperate Smeer Campaign on Imo

As one of my friends will say, the greatest affliction is a self-chosen blindness just because it cannot be cured unless the person so afflicted decides to free himself from the type of self denial that visited him with such affliction...

An Advice to The Nigerian Government and Transcorp on NITEL

Transcorp and the Federal Government should concentrate all their energy on reviving NITEL, and not wasting our money, time, energy and other resources on going into mobile telephony. Others are already doing well in that area...