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...

The Pedagogy Of June 12, 1993 Election

Since Prof. Nwosu released the result of the June 12, 1993, whilst launching his book, what has happened and what have we learnt from that episode and those events? What were the teachings and lessons of that unfortunate historical annulment?

Is Nigeria Worth Saving?

It is true that Nigerians as a people have a far way to go to achieve the fluid identity that we associate with the Americans or Russians, but it is also not true that Nigerians have not developed a distinct, common identity in their hundred plus years in one form of union or the other...

A Tale Of Two Nations And Their Leadership

Has anyone ever wondered what the 'second' democratically elected presidents of Nigeria and South Africa had seen in their deputies that motivated them to make overt efforts to prevent their deputies from ascending to the presidential seat after their second tenure?

This Government Is Throwing Up Stones!

Nigeria's long suffering people are all too frequently caught in the crossfire of rampaging wars, millions afflicted with diseases, preyed upon by greedy despots and prevented by corrupt leaders and bureaucracies in a kleptocracy from obtaining basic schooling, medical attention, and any semblance of economic opportunities...

Randy Masaba – Questions Arising

It is instructive to state that the life and times of Masaba and his current travails epitomise the inherent contradictions in the Nigerian state. One is left perplexed by the manifold contradictions and distortions...

Making Our Roads Life-Worthy!

 I am not an expert on road safety. What I can do though, is apply the free common sense that God gave me. Common sense tells me that the entire system is bankrupt...

It is Not in the Name!

Genuine, tangible and constructive changes must be premised only on structural revolution which addresses leadership, content and character – in essence, the human element...

As This Government Continues To Drift…

Because Yar’Adua never won any election, he is sorely scared of his own shadow and in this state, has formed a fetish of seeing treason in every move aimed at questioning his scruples...

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Boko Brothers and Haram Sisters

Before President Buhari left Abuja for London to, yet...

Let The Work Begin!

Regardless of political party affiliations, I write to congratulate all persons elected to all levels of political offices nation-wide...

The 'single story' of a people, by the people

Sieving through pages of history, it is quite easy to note that one of the banes of the Nigerian society is the peculiar inflexibility or outright lack of will to take advantage of available socio-economic opportunities towards entrenching a saner socio-economic and political state of affairs...

In Our or Nigeria’s Interest or Their Best Interest?

The principle of autonomy and/or self-determination is viewed as...

Disarming Iraq

The U.S. and Britain are responsible for cultivating Saddam Hussein by giving him political, military and financial support in the 1970s and 1980s...

A Disease Called Broklysis!

In the history of creation, it is one of the deadliest diseases ever to strike mankind. There are many people recorded in the Bible who were afflicted by this disease. When this disease strikes a man, it can rattle the brain, dry up the blood...

Femi Fani-Kayode’s Tangled Web (Part 2)

Modern cities thrive on integration, not excluivism. If Yoruba residents in Owerri are hounded by the Imo State government I will condemn it. Lagos is not ‘no man’s land.’ Every inhabitable land on earth is owned by man...

Obasanjo’s Crocodile Tears

While the lives of Nigerians rested in pieces in the eight years Obasanjo worsened the country the military left in shreds, he shamefacedly metamorphosed into a god...

The Call for Women Governors

Nigerians needs to embrace a new generation of state governors…specifically women. They are often more forthright, they seek answers to questions not for the personal financial benefits it may bring but for the goodness it may have on the masses...

Memorable Unveiling of Alpha Times

It was an uncommon event that brought together elite...