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 Pathetic Tolerance of Evil in Nigeria

Nigeria as a nation is a victim of 1914! When you reverse those numbers starting from letter 4 you get 419, a national embarrassment...

The Untold Story Of The Niger Delta Agitation

In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People's food sources depend on the same natural resources that are destroyed by polluting oil operations...

The Untold Story Of The Niger Delta Agitation

In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People's food sources depend on the same natural resources that are destroyed by polluting oil operations...

Sabella Abidde’s Vitriolic and Ill-Informed Articles: A Rejoinder

I am the Chief Press Secretary of Governor Timipre Sylva, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. What that means is that I have the responsibility of...putting the facts about the governor’s activities before those who need to know or want to know...By Mr. Ebimo Amungo

Fuel Price Rise, Gbadamosi And The Rest Of Us

The logic that informed the idea of constant fuel price increment is as absurd as it is fallacious. The history of this same logic defeats reason itself...

Personal Reflections On Our Political Orientation

Dear Reader, before you think or say “Oh my God, not another essay about Nigerian corruption from this guy”, please bear with me...

Inculcating Public Confidence In The Corruption Fight

The real test for Nigeria's high-profile and high-speed anti-corruption drive has only started to unfold. All transitions are fraught with risks...

“You Are All Impotent”

Last night we had a meeting on the state of affairs in motherland and I have been mandated to communicate our dismay to you all...

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Why We Should Not Stop Talking and Writing

You remember when corruption was least mentioned in our daily political and economic lexicons? When Salvation was the engine of evangelism instead of prosperity?

Obasanjo: From messiah complex to strongman syndrome

Obasanjo can be likened to Hun Sen of Cambodia, who is seen as a complex personality: a charming diplomat, an eloquent poet, unforgiving to his enemies, ruthless in battle with a thirst for power but simple tastes...

Akachi-Ezeigbo and Children Stories: Reviving a Golden Tradition

For many Nigerian children born and brought up in the cities, the traditional practice of teaching children through fables, parables, and other forms of oral tradition are virtually non-existent...

Israeli Paper Publishes Obama's Wailing Wall Note…Neocons React

The Israeli paper Maariv obtains the note Obama left at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and puts a photograph of it on its front page. The handwriting, beneath the letterhead of the King David Hotel, does appear to be Obama's...

Consumer Power: The Rich Black Race

What if I told you to stop spending at Wal Mart?  K-Mart? Kroger? Ralph's? Macy's, Bloomingdales, Prada, Banana Republic, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, AX?  Could you do it? Am I crazy?

The United Nations Organization and Failed World Leaders: Juridical Responsibility for Failed State Syndrome

There are immediate and compelling reasons why the United Nations Organization, though very ineffective in regulating world crisis, should review its domestic jurisdiction clause...

Nigeria Will Survive

I will start with my conclusion. This phase will...

Resolving the ASUU Debacle – Once, and for all

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has become a perpetual nuisance to the education wellbeing of the Nigerian student. A union otherwise created as a platform to elevate education, has since the dark days of the military era transformed itself into a powerful lobby dedicated to undermining the wellbeing of Nigeria’s future...

Oyebamiji, Osun 2026 and the Finger of Providence

By Oluwole Olabimtan As the 2026 Osun State governorship election...

Corruption Management – An Alternative Proactive Approach

Let us realise and accept that we are all complicit in this corruption issue. It is not only the leaders, but also the "led". We, the "led", are as complicit, because we allow the leaders to be corrupt in so many ways...