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...

Niger Delta Governors: Where Is Our Money?

Why in spite of the billions of dollars that have been allocated and collected by various state governors and their governments is there very little or no measurable progress in the Niger Delta...

Between Okey Ndibe and the Guardian: A Response and Further Comments

Unless Mr. Uche Nworah knows something most of us don't know, his current treatise on the fallout between Dr. Okey Ndibe and the Guardian Newspaper is too early a judgment to make.  Uche spoke too soon...

Go Away Atiku!

. Atiku continues to make threats, ominous and desperate pronouncements about his political ambitions. Why would Atiku proclaim his disqualification as spelling anarchy for Nigeria?

Campaigns In Troublous Times

As I see the reports of the numerous rallies the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is addressing in several parts of the country, I am always forced to ask: what really is the PDP telling these people?

Emerging Leaders And Citizens As Catalysts

The Obasanjo government may have laid the foundation for a new Nigeria, rescuing it from the claws of military oligarchs in 1999, but now is the time to move on...

Of Babaism And Election Language

A speech by a leader or one who aspires to lead should galvanize: it should inspire confidence in all who listen to it and chart a course of hope in an otherwise hopeless situation...

Between Okey Ndibe And The Guardian Newspaper

I refuse to believe that the Guardian has not 'killed' stories in the past which may run contrary to the business and personal interests of both the owners and the editorial team members...

Celebrating the Nigerian Woman

If there is any group of people that have been misrepresented either by their kind or those who don't know or have not met them, it will be the Nigerian woman...

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Sharia, Violence And Nigerian Politics

Successive Nigerian governments are becoming weaker. Control of the economy is coming into the hands of transnational businesses. Soon, private groups will assume the legitimacy of the Nigerian state…

Maga Will Still Pay

Nigeria’s dreaded status in internet scam is in no way as a result of the skills of the scammers, but the inability of the Nigerian government to checkmate it, even when strong evidence could steer towards easy resolution...

Gov. Okorocha: An Executive Kidnapper?

The upsurge in kidnapping of prominent indigenes in the 27 local councils that make up the state raises crucial questions which the Imo government are not answering. Questions like: who are the brains behind these abductions? What is the government and police doing to nip it in the bud? Are politicians in the state using this strategy to intimidate their opponents and run them out of town?

2007 Elections: Leading Nigerians From The Depths Of Despair To The Threshold Of Hope

Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand to some. Our problems are more fundamental. After all Countries like China are not democracies yet they thrive...

Slavery!: Africa Must Apologize

Africa must be the first to tender an unreserved apology to descendants of their brothers they sold to foreigners to be taken to foreign lands…

Encounter with an American Witch

This is Raheema calling from Hollywood Hereafter Resources. I just wanted to let you know that we have reserved a free burial space for you at the New Island Cemetery...

Between Technology and Trust: What Parliament’s E-Transmission Decision Really Mean

Nigeria’s long and often contentious journey toward credible elections...

Nigerian leaders are the best in the world

Unlike other leaders in the world who live in fear of their people and constraints of the law, Nigerian leaders are free to do what they like, so for the very few good they do, Nigerian leaders are the best in the world...

Between Usman and Soludo

It is expedient and desirable for the good of the country to avoid unnecessary diverse views about the country’s economic policies at this time...

Ribadu’s Quest to Be President

The recent declaration by Nuhu Ribadu, former boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, that he would run for the presidency of this country in the 2011 elections, may not have come as a surprise to many people...