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...

Yar’Adua, Please, Fix This Road!

The Lagos-Shagamu-Benin Expressway is in a very horrible state. Although it has deteriorated quite beyond what anyone could have imagined was possible in a country ruled by human beings, no one can recall any meaningful attempt made in the past few years to halt its progressive decay...

Déjà Vu (1): Their World Of Riches And Sprays

Buhari's intervention ended up making things worse because his successors shamelessly looted Nigeria blind. I hope Nigeria does not end up in an endless cycle of misrule by the same cabal either in uniform or out of it...

Injustice And Ethnic Politics In Nigeria

It is now widely accepted that Nigeria is slowly on the march towards a national renaissance, a re-awakening of the consciousness of the citizens towards their responsibilities, and those of the government...

Religion, Politics Nigeria’s National Unity

I was opposed to sovereign national conference, I remain opposed. I have been called various unflattering names for believing unflinchingly in one, indivisible Nigeria...

Religion, Politics Nigeria’s National Unity

I was opposed to sovereign national conference, I remain opposed. I have been called various unflattering names for believing unflinchingly in one, indivisible Nigeria...

Eko for Show: Creating a Sustainable Plan for Developing Lagos

If Nigeria has any hope for a diversified economy, that hope lies and ends in the relentless energy, entrepreneurship, and commerce of Lagos and Lagosians...

Kano, Nigeria Versus Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

In May 2006, The Washington Post newspapers wrote a very compelling and equally very revealing article about Pfizer’s criminal acts in Nigeria...

Nigerian Murdered in Spain

A Nigerian is murdered abroad. He was brutalized in a most repugnant and most reprehensible manner. Who speaks for him?

Don't miss

Managerial Problem Of The UN

Washington has allowed issues irrelevant to American commitment to the UN to intrude. The US must pay its debts just like any other nation. Congress must immediately stop hectoring the UN...

Breaking the rule of the Rule of Law

I believe that the office of president anywhere there’s a democracy is a weak office. The chap occupying it equally is weak as well if truly the principles of fiscal federalism and representative democracy hold sway...

Barack Obama and Lewis Hamilton: Two Champions in Prospect

By some quirk of providential randomness, two men unrelated to each other, but united and defined by an uncommon sense of ambition and singularity of purpose will have their respective professional destinies determined within days of each other...

Traducers and Thick Air: Responding to Mohammed Haruna, and Olu Odeniyi

If Dr. Odeniyi and President Obasanjo want to consult with God, well, that’s all fine and dandy; but they should do it in the privacy of their homes and hearts. Religion has become another avenue through which public servants bamboozle and defraud the public. Soon, very soon religion would be used as a WMD…

Zik's Remembrance

A government that entertains directives, unsolicited advice from foreign governments and individuals creates the impression that it is weak and compromising. Nigerians do not go out of their way to meddle in the internal political affairs of other states...

One Nation With Several Voices

Nigerians should embrace each other both at home and in countries where we find ourselves. It will only lead us forward. We must set the example for others to follow...

Nigerian Journalism and The Guardian Newspaper

What Rutam House has demonstrated is that it is very much like most other organization that has been oppressing and exploiting its workers. The Guardian, when it is all said and done, is no better than ThisDay and several other media outlets in the country...

Sanusi's Central Bank of Nigeria raised interest rate to  6.50 percent

Rising Inflationary trend is the most persistent threat to Nigeria's growing economy.   The Central Bank of Nigeria and its monetary policy committee voted to lift the benchmark interest rate of previously 6.25 percent to 6.50 percent...

The Nigeria Police And Public Safety

The Nigeria Police Force no longer protects the Nigerian public, rather, the Nigerian public should be protected from the men and women of this outdated and corrupt force...

The Incessant Doctors' Strike in Nigeria

There is a colossal loss of lives even with doctors in attendance; one can only imagine the number of lives lost as a result of incessant doctors' strike across the federation. This is the least the nation needs as it approaches another round of elections...