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...

A Protester At The American Embassy

"Where did you order them to take me, white one? To kill me?" I abused him well and launched violent torrents of vituperative criticisms on Bush and his descendants even those unborn...

Between Atiku and Obasanjo: Beyond the rhetoric

In the street fight between the president and his "vice" truth is indeed very scarce to come by. Both camps have behaved as if they have the monopoly of truth...

On Becoming a Pastor: My Journey So Far

Just this morning I was informed that no pastor works alone. I was told that it is a cooperative effort between the men of God and other men of gods, i.e. the juju and medicine man...

No Tears for Looters!

I cry for my beloved country Nigeria. I cry for missed opportunities for development, advancement and greatness! But I never, ever cry for looters. I never cry for those responsible for the ruination of Nigeria...

April Elections will hold – El Rufai at UN Press Conference

The Minister of the Federal Capital, Nasir el-Rufai and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Aminu Bashir Wali, addressed the press at the United Nations as part of the ongoing Federal Government's new initiative to address the negative media coverage and international pressure on Obasanjo’s administration to conduct a free and fair election next month...

Ghana’s Jubilee Celebrations – implications for Nigeria

I have never been to Ghana but those of my acquaintances who have, summarize their experience in a sentence made up of only two words: GHANA WORKS...

Perspective: The Socio-Political Dynamics Of The New Naira

There is every cause to welcome the new Naira notes inscribed in Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba, and the subsequent proscription of the use of Arabic on the national currency...

How To Respond To A 419 Scam Letter From Nigeria

I wish you could be here to see these fellows who send you letters of urgent business proposals. They are school drop outs, unemployed graduates, homeless tramps and victims of government insensitivity...

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Essays From Exile: Digital World, Analog Planet

Hope rises out of Africa like fresh steam out of a piping hot bowl of rice and stew. I rise to salute the courageous men and women that toil in the private sector and actually flourish under conditions that would be unacceptable in the West...

Will Oshiomhole Survive Edo State

Everyone with an eye on the ground watching the nation’s political landscape knew that November 11 was pregnant. And when the day delivered in the form of a judgment by the appeal court in Benin City, Edo State, it became clear that there was nothing anybody could do anymore...

High tension carnage (1)

Nigerians still live under wires of death 25 years after government pulled down thousands of homes under high tension lines...

OUK and the Tale of Nigeria’s Hypocrisy against Ndigbo

This is a man who has left the comfort of his zone to champion for the security and peace of Nigeria and by extension, for the emancipation of Ndigbo in the political progress of the country...

Gov. Fayose’s Misplaced Priority and Nothingness 

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Jonathan Goodluck and PDP Presidential Primaries: Issues and the Probable Outcome

Card carrying and non-card carrying members of the PDP are aware of how Jonathan’s ambition has created serious cracks within the rank and file in the PDP, therefore, based on the factor of political risk, it may be argued that the probability is on the high side that most party delegates and stakeholders will work against the emergence of Jonathan as the PDP presidential flag bearer...

Oil Nigeria: Bothered For Fair Shares

What currently prevails in the Nation’s Southern oil enclave is a specific variant of internal colonialism….

The Importance of Voting in a Truly Democratic Society

Voting in an election shows you care about your community. By voting you become engaged with the activities of the nation in general. Voting is the best way to influence the nation in which we live....

From The Garden of Eden to the Arena of Liberty in Lagos, Nigeria

We who studied in the School of Elihu and...

The Flip Side of the Cicero Murder

Who is Bola Ige, Why was he killed, Who could have killed him and What does this portend for security and Democracy in Nigeria?