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...

Peeking Into the Mind of President Yar’Adua

God, some maintain, made it possible for Yar’Adua and Jonathan Goodluck to be where they are today. I personally do not think that God has anything to do with the matter. What influence does God have in Nigeria? Who listens to God in Nigeria?

The Nigerian Press and Creative Headline Writing

I have often wondered why Nigerian newspapers have not caught up with their counterparts in the west, in serving their readers appetising and imaginative headlines...

In Defense of the Distinguished Supreme Court

Since the Supreme Court rulings in the Amaechi case, the camp of the opinionated has since joined hands with the camp of the lawless to discredit the court...

The Ijaw and Nigeria’s Ethnic Politics

The three deepest gulfs that divide the Nigerian society are ethnicity, sectional interest and the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor. Of the three gulfs, ethnicity is the deepest and most turbulent...

Amaechi: Who Knows Tomorrow?

A judicial volcano erupted last Thursday in the Supreme Court in Abuja with Celestine Omehia, the impostor Governor of Rivers State and his gang-terrorised government swept aside

Chained

A grasshopper that is roasting over fire and claiming to be emitting fat will soon realize that a snail that swallows another will have two legs...

Obasanjo Was Not Quizzed By The Metropolitan Police– Dozie Nwanna

Ambassador Dozie Nwanna, Nigeria’s acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has debunked claims that the immediate past president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo was a guest of the London Metropolitan Police...

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu: Shut Up or Resign Now!

Mr. Nuhu Ribadu is nothing but a raconteur, a noise maker, a showman and a showboat and a loudspeaker. He plays to the gallery. He enjoys traversing the world mostly for meaningless awards, and to give redundant speeches...

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A Tropical Scam Made by Britain

A scam that lasts for all of 61 years...

A Decade of Democracy: The Proverbial Elephant

Various opinions have indicated what a decade of democracy in Nigeria means to diverse individuals. Like the proverbial elephant visited by some blind men, one cannot but be overwhelmed by the many-sided, manifold interpretations of 10 years of democracy in Nigeria...

Diane Abbott And Our 'Patriots'

I will not condemn Diane Abbott. I would rather regard her as a true friend of the long suffering masses of Nigeria. The real enemies of Nigeria and Nigerians are those discrediting her unimpeachable testimony...

End This Political Crisis Before It's Too Late

Mr. Acting President, you should proceed immediately to set up a Commission of Enquiry to look into the events that happened while our President was admitted in a Saudi Arabian hospital...

Reforming The Nigerian Police Force: Where are we Getting it Wrong? (II)

Knowing that the Nigerian police force is like an ugly woman with a bad character will help us better understand the urgent need to start reforms that work...

Shall We Tell The President?

I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer,...

Abeg, somebody should tell Jonathan…

Until a fatal combination of cirrhosis of the liver and excess Viagra did the lunatic Abacha in, between November 1993 and June 1998 everyone knew their place in Nigeria.  All our noisemaking warmongers kept well quiet...

Danjuma: Lamentations Of A Bloody Traitor

I know that Danjuma is suffering the inner torture that comes ordinarily from his penchant for treachery and betrayal. He is dying with the blood of Ironsi on his very bloody hand...

2023 Presidential Election: Very Curious Case of CITEC Estate, Mbora, Abuja

A lot of water has passed under the bridge...

Nigerian Men and their Secret Sons

How does it feel meeting a father that has never been there for you? How does it feel knowing that you have a brother or sister you have never met? How does it feel realizing that after decades of marriage you do not know everything about a man you call husband?