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...

That Controversy Over Dangerous Masts And Towers

The quarrel  between the Lagos State Government and  stakeholders, which  snowballed  into a  court case over the alleged  health  hazards and environmental unfriendliness of masts and towers may be  resolved soon...

Speaking Truth to Power: When a Hero Comes along…

I hope we will never allow ourselves to be immune to the many factors, the numerous occurrences, moments, occasions and opportunities that allow narratives of inspiration to change the course of history...

Maryam Babangida’s Cha-Cha, Cha-Cha

The Babangida brand belongs in the ilk of Africa’s better forgotten peonage to domestic tyrants and internal colonizers. Why defile the Obama week by evoking one of the terrible names that have constricted the Nigerian political space beyond the reach of any putative Obama?

An Open Letter to Governor Rotimi Amaechi

A couple of weeks ago, you raised alarm over the request by certain persons in the state who wanted you to share the common wealth with them. Presumably, these were, and are, persons who are steeped in the tradition of illicit government patronage...

An Open Letter to Governor Rotimi Amaechi

A couple of weeks ago, you raised alarm over the request by certain persons in the state who wanted you to share the common wealth with them. Presumably, these were, and are, persons who are steeped in the tradition of illicit government patronage...

Support Your Local Sheriff, The EFCC

The fight against corruption is not an easy fight, as I have observed and noted during my travel to Nigeria and interaction with the main players of the fight. The officials charged with this task are forever wary of threats to their lives and the threat of removal if the corrupt persons have their way through lobbying...

Encomium/Kennis Music Green and White Party: How Do You Celebrate Nigeria?

I write as a Nigerian who has observed with dismay how we have inadvertently allowed music as a form of art to undermine the fight against Advance Fee Fraud in general and the Internet form of it, in particular...

Kingsley Osadolor: Against Diasporic Nigeriana

Kingsley is a bookworm. The rows of books on my shelf astounded and overawed his inquisitiveness. Then his eyes brightened and his usual boom-boom voice came alive. Then in a very audacious move, he badgered into my one-roomed apartment wanting to know who amassed such unspeakable treasure in Lawanson...

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Psychology of the Delta Rerun Election ‘Results’

There is much evident psychology behind the rigging of the last Delta rerun elections. So palpable almost everybody in Delta state and Nigeria, and very lately much of the rest of the world know it...

When There is no Toilet…

Most Nigerians, particularly in Lagos, from whatever social class they belong, have no access to toilets and no toilet culture, so they answer nature’s call anywhere they please...

Why Must Nigerians Abroad Vote?

I feel quite disappointed that supposedly better enlightened and informed Nigerians abroad see the issue of making provisions for Nigerians abroad to vote as a key issue they should be clamouring for or celebrating...

The Mix-Up Of Corruption, The Rule Of Law And Due Process

Corruption is worse than terrorism. Public officials who are corrupt should receive worse treatment than that reserved for terrorist. It is high time we refocus and give issues of corruption attention...

The Quest for Meaning

The Journey: Pursuit of Purpose Storified by Stanley Ohanugo;...

Defining Christianity and Christ’s Call Biblically Again

This is sad, very sad: The ‘church’ has become unimaginably too worldly today; and the world has become unthinkably too churchy today. The ‘church’ has given the world mere religion as against Christianity...

10years after, confusion reigns over N19.9billion Mbora Abuja Development Contract

Jabi Abuja Airport Road presents very beautiful scenery. What...

Amala, Ewedu, Isi-Ewu, Tuwo-Shinkafa Pounded Yam Marketing

Are Nigerians mere lazy interlopers and sheepish followers of foreign leaders of thought, products and processes? What have we imposed on the world and what can we impose on the world beyond 419?

Child Support, Alimony and Palimony: Coming Soon to Nigeria

Poor Paul McCartney, against all advice, he refused to have Heather Mills sign a prenuptial. And now he is going to pay for his mistake. Damn, doesn’t life suck? Hey fellas, when it is your turn, please have her sign the damn papers. Love is good; but not good enough!

Why Aisha Yesufu Goofed!

In security parlance, officers are trained to be firm,...