Nigeria Matters

Government Against The People

Nigeria is in grave danger more than ever. There is no running away from the dire fact that things are not working properly in the...

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...

I Miss My Lagos…

Lagos is a Mini Nigeria. It doesn't exactly welcome anyone but never turns anyone back...

Yar’Adua And His Policies

That President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is a listening leader is not in doubt.  The fear being expressed by observers right now is the amount of goodwill behind the variety of advice he listens to...

Forever Bowing To Massa

Enough of these endless genuflections before some Big Masters out there! If we manage our nation well, some of those nations would come begging to business with us...

The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

Lamidi Adedibu And The Ibadan Monarch

The ordinary people of Ibadanland potentially will be the great losers in the event of full-scale atrocities between the Olubadan and his Ekarun...

The Attorney General's Power-Grab Misplaced Priorities

Whose agenda would it be to cripple the EFCC and ICPC? Who would benefit? Why would the first major outing by Nigeria's Minister for Justice have created the impression that he was set to give corrupt public officials some sort of get-out-of-jail-free card?

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A Barrel of Crude for $100: In defense of Nigeria

They analysts always predicted it and I always wondered who would get the blame for crude oil prices reaching the much-dreaded yet expected $100 price for a barrel...

Corruption Without The Immunity Clause

One of the most infuriating things about politics is the effort expended by politicians, pundits and partisans to hide very simple premises under layers and layers of self-serving bull crap...

Nigeria: The Health, Economic and Social Menace of Smoking

From available information, it appears as if the Federal Capital Territory remains the only part of Nigeria conscious of the harmful effects of smoking. The recent prohibition of smoking in public places remains a commendable step but actions are still necessary to combat the monster...

Nnamdi Kanu: The Path The Nigerian Government Should Thread

The buzz activated by the arrest and subsequent extradition...

A Witness to these Times…Conversation with Akin Adesokan (1)

"My writing is an attempt to bear an honest witness to my time, to the experience I have as a human being, as a Nigerian, as an African. The African experience – slavery, wars, colonialism, diseases, neo-colonialism..." - Akin Adesokan

War Is Not The Answer

I hear militants in both the North and the South on television and radio blustering and bragging about how they intend to subdue their enemies. Gunshots are rattling in far-away forests, bombs are booming in busy cities, and there is confusion pervading the landscape...

America is back: The World Wants America To Lead Again

It is gratifying to see America back to lead...

Heaven and how to get there

                      Heaven, O sublime home of all purity, That which Satan...

On that Tinubu/Ambode Spat

Whichever way the reported faceoff between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,...

US Counter-Insurgency In Iraq

Pundits claim that in Iraq, Americans are committing, all over again, the faux pas that led to their nearly unbroken string of frustration fighting insurgencies over past four decades, from Vietnam in the 1960s to El Salvador in the 1980s...