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...

Police Barracks Are Collapsing

Do the dirty looking barracks leave any impression or affect the psyche of the Nigerian Police? Is this dirty feature just one that occurs in the city of Lagos or does it have nationwide implications?

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving President Yar’Adua an Opportunity to Govern in the Autumn

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

The Hot House: Life Inside The Nigerian Prison System

Since the re-introduction of democracy in Nigeria, the Federal Government of Nigeria has repeatedly promised to reform the justice system to avoid overcrowding in the prisons and accelerate the pace of trials but there have not been any significant changes...

Nigeria’s Sick Democracy and Her Rule of Law Deficiency!

If a trader has to bribe his way through clearing goods and is unsure of overhead costs from one shipment to another, then how on earth is he going to be able to price his goods in a uniform manner?

Nigeria’s Sick Democracy and Her Rule of Law Deficiency!

If a trader has to bribe his way through clearing goods and is unsure of overhead costs from one shipment to another, then how on earth is he going to be able to price his goods in a uniform manner?

Why On Earth Should Nigeria Appear Poor?

Nigeria is not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us. We are poor because we lack the correct attitude...

Okiro’s Name Honours this Corruption

Apart from armed robbers - and perhaps kidnappers - it seems that the only other class of people feared so much by most Nigerians are the Police...

Still On Nigeria’s Railway History – “Narrow Gauge In Nigeria”

Once, shortly after our independence from Great Britain, the whole world believed, and were never in doubt that, Nigeria was going to be a great, if not the greatest African nation in the world...

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This PDP should Perish or Reform

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Yar’Adua: Another Greek Gift from Militricians

Yar'Adua represents a continuation of a culture of mediocrity, a relegation of meritocracy for expediency and the victory of manipulation over strategy. Yar'Adua is not the best Nigeria can offer moving forward...

The Prof Bart Nnaji Book

The capacious International Conference Centre, Enugu was filled to...

Osun, COVID-19 palliatives and Nigeria’s unpolished politics

In the last few days, the social media has...

Gospel of Wickedness – The Hypocrisy and Falsehood of Helen Ukpabio – Part 2

That Helen’s films were approved by the Nigerian Censorship Board did not imply that such films were healthy for public consumption. We are all too aware of the arm-twisting tactics of Helen in ensuring that her tainted films get the required approval...

Historical Perspective On The Niger Delta

The Niger Delta region is faced with a lot of developmental and environmental challenges including high level of poverty, decline in agricultural production, low level of industrial activities, environmental degradation and social conflicts...

Alamiyeisegha and the Niger Delta Question

Any hope that an individual holds the key to the quelling of the militancy and eventual resolution of the crisis in the Niger Delta is bound to fail...

An Open Letter to Mr. Inye Harry

I do not know you. You do not know me. In other words, I am writing this letter to you because you have made statements that affect me. You have told lies against a man you knew nothing about. You have dragged his name in the mud...

Dateline 2011: The President For These Times

Personally, I am very optimistic about the conduct and outcome of the election given the groundswell of public opinion clamouring for a repeat of June 12 - devoid of its criminal abominable annulment...