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 Dr. Goodluck Ready To Step Up To The Presidency?

As far as Nigeria’s political power brokers and kingmakers are concerned, this may be the time to ponder, plot, and perfect their political game strategies in respect of who occupies the top job going forward...

Igbos Of Delta State And Crisis Of Identity (Conclusion)

An Igbo man once asked me in London whether I am a Yoruba man, that my surname looks like one. I just laughed and politely asked the man to pronounce my name. He ended up pronouncing it with all the Igbo-ness and accent which goes with it...

Speaking Truth to Power: The Dummy OBJ Sold Nigeria

It is beginning to appear to me late in the day that President  Umaru Yar'Adua was imposed upon us not because of his ability to transform Nigeria but more for the opportunity to wrong foot and outwit the then Vice President Atiku...

Yar’adua and His Sickness

Last June, Yar'Adua was forced to remain indoors for two days with a congested nose and sore throat. In July a slight cold helped him lose two of the seven pounds which he had picked up during his Asia vacation. In August another head cold and touch of fever again confined him to bed...

A Call To Duty

In a democratic system, we should not keep mum when wrong steps are taken by government. We should start fighting against unpopular government policies...

Revisiting the University of Port Harcourt ‘Gang War’

I have been made to understand that Ikezam’s murder was not inadvertent. It has been said that the murder was purportedly prompted by his victimization of some students who felt that they needed to pay back hatred for hatred...

How Rashidi Ladoja Embarrassed Ibadan People

If Ladoja spent most of his term fighting Adedibu and about a year on “impeachment” his ability to gobble N8 billion smacks of nothing but ingenuity. Where was this man’s conscience when residents of Alaadorin in Ibadan told him that they had not had pipe-borne water for over 20 years?

PDP Domination: Blame the Opposition

Some of the opposition leaders should be blamed for contributing to the death of viable and sustainable opposition politics in the country since the advent of this democratic journey nine years ago...

Don't miss

Scrap JAMB, NECO, And Save Nigerian Education!

How long will this nation continue to sit still and watch JAMB continue frustrating out intelligent students from University education, while privileged dunces get all the priority placements in the admission list?

Ruth leaves her Root for the Root of Jesse 2: Why come out of Moab?

What is really Moab! Why did Ruth leave, and why with that focus, steadfastness and drive? What is Moab today to Christians? And why must people and, sorry to say, so-called Christians desire the focus, steadfastness and drive to leave it as Ruth did?

Jeunalists Must Have A Uniform Like Policemen

Jeunalists have replaced journalists in Nigeria. There used to be...

The Security Council of the United Nations: Veto Powers and the Right to Protect – The War Within in Syria

What are the justifications for allowing a few members of the UN to reject a proposed measure of the UNSC through a veto power without qualification?  The justification for such sweeping powers may only be explained informally on speculation...

In Search of An African Husband

Some Igbos still have inhibitions about marrying 'white people' due to the cultural differences that may rock the marriage in the future. During courtship these may not be so much a problem but in marriage they play a big role...

The First Impression…

The First Impression is a lasting impression.  The sooner you learn that the first impression you make on a woman is a lasting – and possibly perpetual – impression, the better for you...

Friendly War

My wife claimed I hadn't given her "chop money" for the week. I know you don't believe her. Ah –ah, even the neighbors comment on how much fresher she looks while I continue to lose weight. Then next minute I was accused of being a tribalist who only got on with his countrymen on football match days...

PDP's web of double-standards the vehicle riding against Nwodo

The event that saw to the emergence of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as the Peoples Democratic Party's national chairman was a two-horse race between him and the former National Vice Chairman, Mr. Chukwu Ozichukwu...

Anthony Bourdain: In Memoriam

Just read that Anthony Bourdain has joined his ancestors.  He...