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...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 6)

Some militant groups, unfortunately, are making some tactical mistakes by releasing kidnapped foreign oil workers. This is a very serious blunder on their part! The militants, instead of releasing kidnapped or captured foreign oil workers, should step up their kidnapping...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 6)

Some militant groups, unfortunately, are making some tactical mistakes by releasing kidnapped foreign oil workers. This is a very serious blunder on their part! The militants, instead of releasing kidnapped or captured foreign oil workers, should step up their kidnapping...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 6)

Some militant groups, unfortunately, are making some tactical mistakes by releasing kidnapped foreign oil workers. This is a very serious blunder on their part! The militants, instead of releasing kidnapped or captured foreign oil workers, should step up their kidnapping...

Niger Delta Governors: Where Have All Our Money Gone?

As a Nigerian and as a Niger Deltan, I say to my people - the militants, the activists, the everyday persons and to all justice-seeking groups - the time has long gone for us to hold our various governments and elite responsible for some of the atrocities and injustices in our region...

An Open Letter to Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, PhD, OON

Prof, shebi you kuku know our people. I don’t know about Nigeria but your venture has caused a combination of hurricane Katrina and Asian tsunami among diasporic Nigerians...

Re-visiting Ribadu’s Demotion – Was it a Conspiracy?

Proving conspiracies at the best of times is a difficult thing. But what is not difficult to prove, because it is as clear as the bright light of day, is the fact that Mallam Ribadu has many enemies...

The Power Against People's Rights: What If Nigerians Are For Sale?

We no longer fully have what our ancestors, who framed and ratified our Constitution, thought of as freedom - a careful division of power that prevents power from becoming concentrated and unlimited...

Speaking Truth to Power: Every Nigerian is corrupt?

Littered around us, in our very own narrative, in Nigeria and abroad are many hard working Nigerians who are not corrupt and would rather die than visit that road of ruin and destruction...

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What Sekibo Amaechi should do to each Other

No matter what, I will like Sekibo to sheathe his sword. He should understand that our state is bigger than anybody or group. Amaechi should as well sheathe his sword, if there’s any...

Nigeria’s Retrogressive Anti-Gay Law

This past Wednesday, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan elevated crassness and primitiveness to the highest level imaginable by signing into law a bill banning homosexuality in Nigeria...

Udongo Itiaita, HIV/AIDS Education Handbook

After reading Udongo Itiaita, one comes off with the impression that this is a radical departure from the run-of-the-mill treaties that prescribe paternalistic, holier-than-thou admonitions on how to stay free from getting infected with HIV...

Lucky Igbinedion: Servant Leadership Intentions Going Wrong

Over the years, Lucky has lost the essence of servant leadership that he very much expected of others and promised to adopt if he had the opportunity. In some sort of a watershed reality, it is a fact to say Lucky has changed...

Governor Oshiomhole, Edo State Politricks of Deceit, Sectionalism and Bad Governance

Edo state is part of the oil region of Nigeria and has been in the news recently for the wrong reasons. The politricks of “one man, one vote” mantra of Governor Oshiomhole has now become one man, one show...

Dasuki, Why Hath Thou Forsaken Me?

Before my MTN Nigeria final stage employment interview at the famous Philip consulting centre in the UBA house at Marina, Lagos, I never had a face to face conversation with a Caucasian...

Otedola's Zenon: Strategic Opportunities and Investments

Femi Otedola has taken Zenon Petroleum and Gas to its greater heights in the area of petroleum products marketing and distribution. As the president and chief executive officer, he has accomplished the tremendous task of making Zenon a household name in Nigeria and beyond...

Is Ebola an instrument of bio-terrorism?

President Jonathan called him ''a crazy man.'' Was Patrick Sawyer really crazy for bringing Ebola to Nigeria? It all depends on how we look at his action and why...

That EFCC vs Joe Musa and others Court Saga: Questions Need Asking

Our civic hygiene will not be cleansed and respect for the rule of law will not be sustained until our judicial system are forced to respect others' time and abide by timetables just as ordinary citizens must...

Between Democracy Development: What Gives?

In Nigeria, one with the benefit of hindsight may realize the missed opportunities in 1960, 1979, 1993 and 1999 to do the proper thing and bequeath to our country a limited but expandable form of democracy...