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...

Rottweilers, Abati and Subliminal Illiteracy

Today, I am subpoenaing my humble self to the court of public opinion. Such rigid, scrupulous, self-probing and creative scrutiny becomes necessary in order to clarify obfuscation and possibly gag the ad-hominem attacks and tortured ravings of some commentators...

Why I write about Nigeria

Nigeria belongs to me and writing is the vehicle I happily use to share her with other Nigerians and the world - joys, flaws, missed opportunities, corruption, sadness, poverty, insanity and all…

Law Enforcement In Nigeria

Despite the presence of abundant law courts located in every nook and cranny of this country, the Nigeria police and their security counterparts are fond of, harassing, intimidating and killing underprivileged Nigerians...

Prof. Iwu, INEC and the 2011 Elections

Professor Iwu and his Electoral Commissioners must realise that they have only a limited window of opportunity within which to address, some or all of the serious failings which characterised the 2007 general elections...

Reuben Abati, Land Grab and the Oath of Omerta

Why is Abati enraging his admirers? In one sentence, Sahara Reporters alleged and screamed that Reuben Abati, the deified priest of our moral grove, is involved in a land heist in Abuja...

Hurray! NLC Is Back Again

Labour’s resolve to ensure the approval of a living wage for workers this year shows that the NLC is back again. The NLC was reported to have made a call for an increase in the National minimum wage...

Why The Nigeria Railways May Remain Dead!

With the total collapse of the road network in the entire country, Nigerians who anticipated that the recent interest in the railways would provide an alternative will have to wait a very, very long time...

Andrew and his Naija-Based Enemies

Andrew famously “checked out” in 1984 and Nigerians have never forgiven him. Somehow Andrew has become a permanent target of the ire of home-based Nigerians...

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St. Valentine: Between Valerie and Valentine

St. Valentine's Day occasion has not only meant the celebration of carnal love but death and blood has been drawn and associated with the 'Valentinic' love day…

Civil Wars, Not Our Portion

We have been deprived for too long by the military and the Northerners and this present administration. Now that we are in a democratic dispensation which I m afraid is about to crumble, what the Southerners and Easterners are asking for is a true reflection of the beauty of democracy...

Hyperbolic Exaggerations

President Obasanjo recently admitted being pressured by some Nigerians to stay on for another term, but he has not told us their reasons for urging him to stay on. It is Corruption on the part of the President not to name those Nigerians, or to dignify their advice by not speaking up on it sooner, and by not openly discouraging that kind of advice...

Amaechi’s True Enemies

What is wrong with my articles about Amaechi that my admonisher is so embittered with me? His principal even commends most of my works, but my admonisher will never find anything good in them because I do not praise Amaechi...

Farewell to OGD

OGD made history of which one dreams through his natural ability to unify a disparage humanity of intelligent, proud, articulating, educated and sophisticated people of Ogun state...

Africa in Space: Fela Bright and the rest of us

The world space week is officially defined as an...

A Tribute to Chief Segun Odebgami: “My Legacy to Nigeria”

I join my colleagues in the Nigerian sports community who have expressed deep joy and words of support to Chief Segun Odegbami, one of the most influential former national stars, for the creation and actualization of the International Sports Academy...

Resisting the Politics of Paranoia: President Yar’adua’s Challenge

One of the tell-tale signs of a government at odds with itself is the outbreak of paranoia within its ranks. Outbreaks of this nature often infect the apparatus and body of government, to such an extent, that its different parts become suspicious of one another...

A Nigerian Marshall Plan Is Needed Today

The Nigerian economy is in dire straits, and many...

This Scarcity Of Soul Mates Sef

Marrying a Nigerian man is like buying a car from an auction. What you see is NOT what you get...