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...

Vision 20-20: The Dream, The Draft And The Development

What kind of society do we want to build? The country needs an ambition, a vision of its future...

Vision 20-20: The Dream, The Draft And The Development

What kind of society do we want to build? The country needs an ambition, a vision of its future...

Vivid Notes On Sam Egwu

This piece is about an uncommon fellow, a man popularly known for his political savvy, calm disposition and undisguised love for humanity.  This man is Dr. Sam Egwu who turned fifty-four on June 20, 2008...

League of Anambra Professionals and Vision 2030

It was a full house recently in the palatial home of Ben Okoye in the Lekki area of Lagos where prominent Anambra indigenes gathered for an interactive session to discuss amongst other things the fate of Ndi Anambra in Nigeria...

Was Abiola an International Drug Baron?

Was MKO Abiola an international drug baron? Or was that pinned on him by his local and foreign enemies as grounds to deny him his deserved electoral victory?

Amala Politics: The End

It’s no longer news that the Molete high chief is dead. The last time I saw Nigerians jubilating after the death of someone was when the death of Gen. Sani Abacha was announced and confirmed...

Dwindling Oil Revenue: The Militants And The Militating Agenda

The Ijaws and the Niger Deltans in general are becoming victims of abject neglect in this nation. The government is frowning at her responsibility to salvage the people in the creeks...

Sani Abacha Writes his Family a Letter from Hell

A lot has happened in the ten years since I left you. I understand that at least you and the kids are well taken care of by my military brothers like Abdusalami, Buhari, and IBB. I hope they can do their best before they eventually join me here...

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Which gods must be appeased?

British colonialism built roads, established networks of communications, and established bureaucratic jobs that encouraged – or forced – people to wander outside their immediate natal addresses. Yet, wherever they went within Nigeria, the compass for these half-hearted Nigerians remained pointed towards that home...

Civil Service Reform In Nigeria: The British Example!

This write-up proposes to look at the recent changes in the public administration in Britain and offer some comments on and assessment of the Nigeria scenario...

Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage—African Ancestors Were Not Devil Worshippers

Introduction The misconception that African ancestors were devil worshippers, a...

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There were sanitary inspectors in the 70s and 80s and early 90s. But from the middle of the 90s to date, things went awry. Substandard drugs replaced the
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Born Again Presidents

From the time of recorded history, leaders have always sought divine wisdom regarding complex issues. World Leaders now seek to circumvent the supernatural by devising a scientific method of analysis from courtiers now properly called “Special Advisers”...

Generational Walkers with God

Christianity is a walk with God. We are temporarily here. We have no certain abode on this side of eternity. We are strangers or pilgrims walking from here to yonder land that is fair beyond description. There are rules in this walk. Yes, how do we walk with God from our temporary abode here to His eternal abode there to be thereafter with Him eternally?