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...

The Paedophiles In Our Midst

Paedophilia is a crime full stop. I don’t buy the argument being peddled in certain quarters that it is a disease...

What if Ribadu Leaves the EFCC?

One can hardly hold such an office as Ribadu has held for the past five years, without stepping on some “powerful” toes big time...

What’s Your Age Got To Do With Your Participation In Politics?

85% of those seeking political office mostly as governors were people who claim their ages fall within the era of Nigeria’s political independence...

Game Politics, Fiscal Sharing And The Rest Of Us

Nigerian politicians lie, hoodwink, and simply tell Nigerians what they want to hear. I tell Nigerians what I believe is in their best interest, take it or leave it...

Game Politics, Fiscal Sharing And The Rest Of Us

Nigerian politicians lie, hoodwink, and simply tell Nigerians what they want to hear. I tell Nigerians what I believe is in their best interest, take it or leave it...

Goodbye Ribadu, Good Riddance…

Through Ribadu and the EFCC there is little doubt that the consciousness of Nigerians against corrupt practices was raised greatly. '419' fraudsters were either rattled or forced to go underground...

A Rejoinder to Goodluck Jonathan: The Suspicion, The Resentment And The Consequences II

The Niger Delta is quite flux, and it is difficult to know from afar who is indeed a Freedom Fighter and who is not...

Nigeria: Things Can Only Get Better!

As we are about to turn the page of 2007 for a new one, it is imperative we remind ourselves of what went wrong in our body polity in order to be able to forge ahead into the new year...

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The Dishonourable Africans

In case you are one of those who do not believe that our world is sick and in need of a divine healing, please pass over this essay...

Is the 2023 Census Necessary?

Nigeria is preparing for another round of population census...

Swiss Banks: Demands by America and Nigeria

The federal government of the United States is currently negotiating modalities for unraveling the tax evasion crimes allegedly committed by some 52,000 American citizens through offshore banking...

Nigeria’s True Heroes and Villains

The dreaded Ebola virus and Boko Haram represent different faces of two most dire crises currently plaguing Nigeria. The former is a natural contagion, the latter a human-made disaster...

Again, the Judiciary Falters in Ekiti

Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of Mr. Segun Oni of the PDP as the winner of the highly dramatic bye election...

African Students Studying In The United Kingdom

There have been unpleasant stories from some African students studying in the UK, many of whom were conned by flashy websites only to be shocked and disappointed on arrival, by the fact that some of these institutions are actually un-accredited one-flat colleges...

The Gofers And The Governors: In Defence Of A Mandate

Kenya and Nigeria have too many things in common. Instead of guaranteeing citizens' basic right to vote freely, both governments and their electoral officials actively colluded in electoral fraud and violence...

The Coup in Egypt: The End of the Notion of Democracy in the Arab World?

The military intelligence operations in Egypt, which purportedly terminated the democratically elected government of President Morsi, was a coup d’état...

Thank you Rotimi Amaechi…

When I met Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I was, in the words of an anonymous writer, looking down. When I left him, however, I was looking up. Besides the notorious or infamous aftermath of the election that justifiably retained him as the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, news of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s sense of humanity and love has filtered in very recently...

Buhari is Dangerously Naive

“Those wanting secession, and restructuring of Nigeria, are dangerously...