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...

Leadership 101: Bullies Are Not Leaders

Leadership is an important element in a democratic institution, where change is the norm. In fact, the power of a leader in a democratic system being derived from the people can only be sustained if the people’s support is cultivated...

Matters Arising: Of Area Boys, Tinubu And Obasanjo

Apart from the corruption of our political leaders, if there is one of their characteristics that I abhor, it is their hypocrisy...

The Niger Delta: The Gradual Decline of a Struggle

The federal government must know that it does not have a monopoly of violence, or of savagery. For some silly reasons, Nigeria keeps tempting fate...tempting the Ijaw nation. How unwise!

Only The People Must Save Nigeria

Yes, we have been writing about and exposing corruption to no end. What Nigerians  have been asking are: What are the practical solutions? How do we rid Nigeria of all these thieves? Can we ever be successful in tackling corruption?

Sores Of A Nation

At the moment of this writing, my brain throbs to fish out names of heroes, young and old, dead or alive, but what comes readily to me is an endless list of names of people that had somehow stagnated the country but whose robes had regularly been made clean...

As Sergeant Rogers Sings…

It is good that at long last, Sergeant Rogers, the dreaded hitman for the late demented despot, Sani Abacha, is confirming our worst fears that nothing was spared by the locusts that ravaged this land...

…Ember Month Journey: Which Road Is Safe?

Poorly maintained roads in Nigeria are often cited as a cause for the country’s high rate of traffic fatalities. Nigeria’s bad roads aren’t just a matter of inconvenience. They also contribute to the country’s high accident and fatality rate...

To Nigerians in the Diaspora

For the knowledge of those Nigerians in the Diaspora who have been curious about how we have been surviving in a debilitating environment, a typical day...

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Jonathan’s Liver Problem: How Severe?

In colloquial Nigerian lexicons, ‘liver’ could be used to describe confidence, assurance, strength and boldness. Hence when someone says “you don’t have liver” he or she is subjecting your self confidence to question...

The Centrist Manifesto of The New World Ideology

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Rejoinder to: Maurice Iwu and the Sale of Nigeria's Collective Inheritance

As you are well aware many things have been written about me in both local and international press as part of an elaborate hate campaign, most of which are sponsored falsehood aimed at destroying my reputation...

Abia and Gov. Orji’s Social and Economic life

There is no need for a microscope to know that definitely, so many things are wrong with Gov. Orji and his government. And unless these perceived wrongs are corrected, Abia State will continue to exist at the non-performing level...

Stop Insulting The President

For heavens sake, let's stop this nonsense! Insulting our president will not make our nation better or greater, or make us look great in the eyes of the world; but instead, it will make us look like juveniles and vagabonds...

The Anini In Anenih

That Anenih understands the dynamics and mechanics of power is an understatement. That he is a political survivalist is a statement of fact. 'Mr Fix It' is ever in the news. Always on the winning side!

Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Twenty years after his passing, Awolowo lives on. He lives through his friends and family. He lives through his disciples. He lives through the great things he did for Nigeria...

My Dear Nigerians, Ebola is Here, Do Not Trivialize This

There is a tendency in this country called Nigeria for us to trivialize everything. When a serious issue comes up and gets widespread attention, instead of attaching the importance that it demands to it, we look for a way to turn it into a joke...

Why Government must stop its Clampdown on #EndSARS Protesters

The recent, largely peaceful #EndSARS protests across several Nigerian...

The increasing oil theft in Nigeria

The petroleum sector is said to be accounting for about 90% of the nation’s overall revenue in a typical fiscal year. However, crude oil theft, which is certainly not a new phenomenon in the nation’s system over time, is fast assuming a detrimental dimension and posing a real threat to the socio-economic well-being of Nigerians...