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...

Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (Part 2)

The question before us is should Nigeria remain as one country? Given the present fraudulent Constitution that deprives bonafide owners of the right to the use of their land,, mineral and human resources first and foremost for their own development, the best option for the south in general is to break away from the North...

Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (Part 2)

The question before us is should Nigeria remain as one country? Given the present fraudulent Constitution that deprives bonafide owners of the right to the use of their land,, mineral and human resources first and foremost for their own development, the best option for the south in general is to break away from the North...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

FRSC and the Yorkshire Ripper

At 20, new ideas and “new” strategies may be brought up to facilitate the fast-tracking of the FRSC for greater efficiency in the performance of its core duties...

If President Yar’Adua Dies

What happens if the President dies? Constitutionally, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck takes over. But it is not as simple as that...

Elumelu's 'Suicide Mission' and the Generator Generation

The prevalent darkness in our national space has given a sharp rise in the percentage of the generator generation, a generation condemned by leadership mediocrity and the Nigerian factor to living dangerously...

A Night Out With TOS Benson

Despite military dictatorship, Chief Benson exuded courage objectivity and independence. He used full-page paid advertisements to express his views on crucial National Matters so that you could not be in any doubt where he stood on those issues...

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Welcome to Nigeria, Aunty

No our police don’t work for the government or the people. They are self employed. You’re thirsty? When we go out to change your Dollars to Naira, we will buy you pure water…

Nigeria's 2013 Fiscal Austerity Budget (2)

The question everyone seems to be asking endlessly is: how could Brazil have risen so fast it is not only beating Britain as the world's sixth largest economy, but also about beating France as the world's fifth largest economy before the end of 2012?

God Is Not Formless But Real!!!

The oneness and orderliness of the universe, amply demonstrated by the structural and functional unity of its component planets, stars and galaxies, render polytheism absolutely illogical and untenable. It is absolutely improbable that one god created the day while another created the night...

Of executive profligacy and legislative docility in Nigeria

It is given that the ability of any democratic government to deliver the concrete benefits of good governance to the citizens is determined by the smooth functioning of the executive, judicial and legislative arms of government. This assumption reinforces the theory of separation of the powers of the different arms of government to prevent arbitrariness, tyranny and recklessness...

It’s Time to Save Nigeria

In spite of the nation’s vast pool of human resources both at home and abroad, all we could come up with for President was a nice, smooth gentleman who, unfortunately, happened to be very sickly and psychologically overwhelmed by the tasks at hand...

Nigeria: The Health, Economic and Social Menace of Smoking

From available information, it appears as if the Federal Capital Territory remains the only part of Nigeria conscious of the harmful effects of smoking. The recent prohibition of smoking in public places remains a commendable step but actions are still necessary to combat the monster...

Sharia News

From the manger of made-in-Nigeria Sharia came news a couple of weeks ago that some elites in that State have written a petition to the House of Assembly to protest the revocation of land allocated to them by the previous State government...

Why Do We Humans Die?

Unlike other lower creatures, we humans are relatively highly intelligent. We have a sense of shame. We have various sorts of power and dominion...

Amaechi Odili: Fasten Reconciliation With Forgiveness

Amaechi and Odili henceforth should wear Unconditional Love and forgiveness as a garb, because of its essence to humanity, while we embrace the ability to forgive and eliminate judgment unconditionally...

Nigeria, Nigerians and the Scam E-mails

People in the West are greedy and blinded by the prospect of easy money; and this explains why they fall easy prey to fraudsters. Why don’t other Nigerians fall for them?