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...

Nigeria Must Go

You Nigerians are funny, so because oil has been discovered in Ghana, that is why you are rejoicing and getting ready to go to another man’s country...

The State of Affairs In The Ijaw Nation

Again, of all the major groups in Nigeria, the Ijaw elite have, for the most part, been the least useful to their own people. And in fact, account of their uselessness is very common within the Ijaw community...

For your eyes only: Memo to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

As an introspective person, you have a rare opportunity that Providence grants few in their lifetimes to do well and affect the collective destinies of multitudes of persons. By now, you are inundated by the enormity of the royal mess left behind by your predecessors in office as leaders of Nigeria…

Foreign Policy Journal: Nigeria as a Failed State

Nigeria is a country living well below its potentials. It is a country that has managed to curb its people’s hope, aspirations and possibilities...

There May Be Trouble Ahead

There may be trouble ahead, but we should still be hopeful and optimistic for Yar’Adua’s new government...

What Sullivan Chime Should Do

The first time I heard the name of the current Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, the first thing that struck me was the exotic nature of the name – Sullivan...

Oyo State and the Rule of Thugs

Since 2003, the good people of Oyo state have known no peace. Like their kith and kin in Ekiti and Anambra states, they bore the burden of quarrelsome leadership and a morally bankrupt ruling party...

Yoruba Council of Elders: ‘Latter-Day’ Freedom Fighters?

Today, the Yoruba Council of Elders is crying hoarse and canvassing for a Sovereign National Conference because it feels that the Umar Yar’Adua-led government has sidelined the Yorubas in the government’s cabinet formation...

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Stop The Showboating: Nigerian Leaders, Do Your Job!

In today’s Nigeria, governance has become a circus of...

Ghost workers, pensioners as economic fleece

For decades now, Nigeria as a sovereign nation has been battling with the disturbing issue of phantom names on Government personnel payroll and in pensions audit results...

Njiko Igbo, OUK and Side Distractions

Kalu has shown that he is not of the old block of politicians like those who have made every attempt to pull him down by all means...

On the Throes of Another Induced Fuel Crisis

As I write this, just a few days to Christmas, Nigeria, the largest black nation on earth and the assumed African Giant is locked down by a conclave of crises, which to all intents and purposes, may take eon years to solve...

‘Don’t expect green cards because of Obama’ – Dele Olojede, Pulitzer Award Winner

Nigerians had already started to think that with Obama in the White House, visa problems don end, aid will come pouring in, and Green Cards will flood our streets...

Osun: A cause for concern!

Osun State is currently in the grip of paralysis,...

We Must Adjust This Catheter Life Of Ours…!

One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of the Obasanjo government is that we have all been brainwashed to suppose and agree with the dictum that 'even the worst civilian government is better than the best military dictatorship'.

Emergency Rule In Plateau State – A Postmortem

In spite of the attendant noises in the wake of the emergency declaration, it’s important that we remind ourselves of some salient matters arising...

Nigeria @ 53 and the Agitation for a Political–Fiscal Federalism in the 21st Century: Myth or Reality?

Nigeria is 53 years as a nation on 1st October 2013. This writer joins millions of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora  to mark the  occasion  with sober reflection...

A Short Commentary on Chukwuemeka Odumegu-Ojukwu

The Minister of Police Affairs wants us to believe no one is above the law. They want us to believe there is a level playing field in Nigeria when it comes to law & order...