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...

People Of This Nation: Grieved By Government, Gratified By God

Government can never resist the impulse to coerce and intimidate its citizens. The lure of power and money is just too strong and the will of most men, too weak. Even those governments founded on freedom will eventually succumb to this cancer...

Did A 'Jezebel' Murder Commissioner Enoma?

Pray, why did the Commissioner prefer disguising himself if the business he had there was of no immoral import? Why did he instruct the hotel personel not to distract him in any manner? Or did he know by some satanic premonition that he was keeping a date with death?

New Societies: Oodua And Biafra Republics

When you think about it you’ll realize Nigeria was a concept of the British. It wasn’t our idea, it doesn’t conform to our norms and it’s definitely not working for us. Being Nigerian means very little to most of us...

Active Governance With Nothing To Show: Why Is It Here?

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence...

Active Governance With Nothing To Show: Why Is It Here?

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence...

Active Governance With Nothing To Show: Why Is It Here?

It is generally the poor that suffer from bad governance. If anyone were to challenge that claim, it would be difficult to present them with overwhelmingly convincing factual evidence...

Governing For The Good Of The People: President Yar’adua’s Challenge

It will come as no surprise, I think, to the president, that increasing numbers of Nigerians, out of bitter experience, have over time become mistrustful of their governments and their ability to govern for their good...

Will Obasanjo Explode Yar’Adua’s Anti-Graft Balloon?

For the past few weeks now, Nigerians have witnessed with utter disbelief details of the worst form of heartless plunder this nation had ever witnessed, perpetrated with utmost impunity and even fanfare, under the direct supervision of Obasanjo...

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That America as a nation upholds death penalty for culpable homicide largely explains its stance on a number of issues within its borders and on the international scene…

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Worldwide, the dismal failure of ideology in primitive societies,...

Understanding Youth Conflict and Sustainable Initiative Model (3)

Conflict is one of the major concerns not only in any given continent, it also affects the international community as well. Conflict is simply the absence of peace, and the successive introduction of diversified sense of humor of people within the context of a community or society...

Good Morning, General!

Two weeks ago, there were reports that Nigeria’s former president, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was trapped in a traffic congestion for about two hours...

Anambra State Election Verdict: Now that the Truth has been revealed…

To every thesis there is an antithesis and to this a synthesis. However, truth is a never dying process. The truth is that there was no election in Nigeria in 2003 and there won’t be one come 2007...

The World Hails El Anatsui @ 80

They no longer make creative masters like the personable...

Electricity Crisis and the Illusion of ‘Body Language’

By Wednesday, April 1, 2015 when Nigeria’s Independent National...

What I Learnt From Dalhatu Bayero

Bayero’s successor as NNPC GMD, Gaius-Obaseki, became entangled in a controversy over a N500m hotel bill which he allegedly incurred at Abuja Hilton. In asserting how prudent he had been to incur such a “low bill”, Obaseki reportedly claimed to be the cheapest GMD NNPC ever had! I laughed...