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 This Government Anti-People?

In the continuous struggle to improve the living conditions of our people, there are battles between those who will lose out if there is fair distribution of the national cake and those who are bound to benefit from it...

Jos Riot And ‘The Dead Man’s footsteps’

The modest option left, for mostly Southerners, is to take a firm but conditional resolution to leave for good the following Northern cities and towns, namely, Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, Daura, Nguru, Bauchi, Maiduguri, Yola and Jimeta until such a time they are guaranteed, genuine and sincere security...

Nigerian Government Must Tackle Unemployment

In as much as Nigerians cannot wait for government to solve all their problems, government must at least carry out its responsibilities by creating jobs for the teeming population of jobless youths...

What Are The Two Legislative Chambers Doing?

The two legislative chambers are saddled with many responsibilities as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but the common man is yet to feel their impact...

The Unjust Defenders of Justice

Can you remember when the uniform of any security personnel represented security and peace? Then, there was truth and respect in and for the uniform, but not anymore. Not when those same people, who have sworn to protect the Nigerian citizen may as well be the robbers or the barbarians on our highways...

The Greater Port Harcourt Project

In spite of the massive wealth arising from petroleum, some commentators  claim that there is still a lot of material deprivation in the Delta...

Was It Dooms Day For Mimiko The Labour Party?

It is dooms day for Dr Mimiko and the labour party as the end of lies, sentiments and propaganda has come...

Ojo Maduekwe: Two Reasons to be Thankful, One Reason to be Frightened

Obama got elected partly because of his campaign to aggressively promote alternative energy and wean America of its dependence on oil. What part of the global drift towards a post-oil economy do the Nigerian authorities not understand?

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Biyi Bandele Who Came In From The Back Of Beyond

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Beyond Free School Meals: A Case for Toys, Libraries and Playgrounds

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Koran Burning Epitomizes Islamophobia In America?

An obscure pastor of an equally obscure church in Florida is leading efforts to burn copies of the Koran throughout America and perhaps worldwide, on September 11, 2010. The charlatan is the latest cannon fodder in latest upsurge in attacks, against Muslims in America...

Amaechi Ministries: Who Lacks Due Process?

What is amiss is the rationale in the long queue of projects Amaechi lined up knowing full well that these countless projects require huge funds to actualize them. Is this not a case of treating leprosy with back pain prescription?

This state has failed – And I see rivers of blood

Nigeria is supposed to be a country in peace, but it has shed more blood than it did in the course of the ill-fated civil war. Nigerians have died from everything imaginable under the sun. Political banditry, organized crime, repeated insurrections against the state, religious uprisings, police foolishness, neglected roads...

Farewell Mallam Ribadu

It was always going to end in tears. I mean the eventual displacement of Mallam Ribadu from the EFCC. There was a certain sense of inevitability about his removal from office...

Managerial Problem Of The UN

Washington has allowed issues irrelevant to American commitment to the UN to intrude. The US must pay its debts just like any other nation. Congress must immediately stop hectoring the UN...

AppointmentsGate: The President of Northern Nigeria?

Hurray! It is September and Nigerians from the South...

From Yahoo Yahoo to Yahoo Plus

Nigeria’s social dilemma is money. We ruminate endlessly on how, when and where to get it. We place far more value on material success than cultural and human values...

Betrayed By Saviours: Nigerians And The Endless Cycle Of Empty Vows

For over six decades, Nigerians have been prisoners of...