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...

No, Not A Vagabond State

Many Nigerians seek ‘solace’ in political connection that will earn them political power and economic prosperity. This becomes their means of survival and it is made possible because those at the helm of political affairs have failed to see a nation as co-owners of a certain common wealth...

Who sings to Mothers of the Damilola Taylors of the World?

Who sings the songs of consolation to millions of unknown mothers whose Children are plucked off the face of the earth, who slump and die daily...

EFCC: Brooking Or Booking Executive Crimes

I have seen multinationals and big oil companies play by the rules elsewhere, but behaving badly in Nigeria and Africa because of our collapsed systems. We have to insist ourselves on the rule of law and order...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

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Currency Redenomination: The Cedi Ahead As Politics Halts The Naira

There are indications that Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, is favoured to be the ECOWAS common currency in 2009. Given the current rate of exchange between the Naira and the U.S. dollar, vis-à-vis the Ghanaian cedi and the U.S. dollar, there is need for the naira to buckle up or for ECOWAS to have a rethink…

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Africa must be the first to tender an unreserved apology to descendants of their brothers they sold to foreigners to be taken to foreign lands…

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I have come to realize that relationship-wise, there are three kinds of men: the stick, the worm, and the wormy stick.  For most, if not all Nigerian women, we want the latter, the wormy stick, but of course, we are stuck with either the stick or the worm...

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The Scent of Death

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The Fourth Estate and the Other Estates

In order to be worthy inheritors of Burke’s fourth estate, rather than usurpers, Nigerian journalists ought to reclaim the moral and intellectual estates. This process would entail, above all, attention to the place of language in journalism...

The Cemetery Of Corruption Called Nigerian History

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Early Warning Systems: A Strategic Path to Curb Conflict in Benue State

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Nigeria: From Egypt To Canaan

This piece is a call to civil duty. It...