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...

Gani Fawehinmi: Between Impetuosity and Senility

It bears emphasizing that Gani is, in the eyes of many, a victim of both impetuosity and 'senility'. The degeneration of a hitherto great legal mind has struck us, his admirers right from college, as the final stage of a hero's dramatic undoing of his heroism...

How Ndi-Igbo Blew A Very Good Chance Of Producing Nigeria's President

Gowon unleashed three Divisions on the Igbos during the war and these three Divisions were commanded by ruthless and merciless human beings. In fact, those commanders were sub-human, judging from their actions during that war. They had genocidal tendencies...

How Ndi-Igbo Blew A Very Good Chance Of Producing Nigeria's President

Gowon unleashed three Divisions on the Igbos during the war and these three Divisions were commanded by ruthless and merciless human beings. In fact, those commanders were sub-human, judging from their actions during that war. They had genocidal tendencies...

Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference” That Got Away

By failing to implement the Aburi decisions, Nigeria missed a golden opportunity to find a constitutional arrangement acceptable to all of its constituent parts...

Fear Don Catch Ribadu

Looking back, the EFCC was created to smoke-screen Nigeria with an anti-corruption crusade, while the nation was besieged by the swooping masquerade of massive looting...

What Is Happening In Imo?

I sincerely hope that it would turn out to be true that no form of sabotage was at play in this mysterious fire that consumed the official residence of the Imo State Governor...

Good Morning, General!

Two weeks ago, there were reports that Nigeria’s former president, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was trapped in a traffic congestion for about two hours...

Nigeria Needs Constitutional Amendments and Electoral Reforms Now!

It appears to be a distraction and a complete waste of time for Nigerians to start engaging in useless ambiguities and silly prevarications...

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Potus, we ain’t Sh*t, we’re the Antithesis of Sh*tholes!

The sly innuendo of Potus about African countries and...

Migration to foreign lands

For most Nigerians who have made it to foreign lands, perhaps illegally, it is no longer news that virtually every fortnight these days, batches of Nigerian deportees are airlifted back home from abroad...

Modernity and the “Extended Family System”

If there is one institution in Nigeria and Africa that has stood the test of time, it is our traditional extended family system. It has weathered and is still weathering well programmed western spells and storms...

The Winning Team

In 2000 and before then the world had no problems with America’s emergence as the only super power, but today, some nations are openly regretting that we no longer have the moribund Soviet Union as a counter force to America when they are driven to the wall because of America‘s excesses...

Governor T. A. Orji: Victim of Circumstance?

A victim of circumstance is a person whom something...

Words Mean More Than What Is Set On Paper…

A child is engaged with words than reading and...

NVS: Getting H-o-o-k-e-d

As an established writer with large and diverse audience taking on issues many consider "taboo", I recognise that I'm not infallible. Infallibility is wholly divine but one only aspires to be better and perfect in the art of writing...

Ekiti, Osun: Getting the battle lines drawn

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 2026 Ekiti and Osun governorship...

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Wonder what business I had in court? No, I'm not getting deported. Not yet (ha ha!). I got another traffic ticket...

The west, the press and other friendly enemies of Africa

My friends and colleagues in the media cannot be left out of the list of the friendly enemies of our people. Their biggest but not gravest sin is to forget to truly believe that the pen is mightier than the sword for they seem to underestimate how much good they can do for their people...