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...

Atiku, Now Irrelevant, Sits in Limbo!

Atiku Abubakar is not an admirable symbol of the rule of law, due process, democracy or anything good for Nigeria! That much should be clear to all by now...

Why is Obasanjo Desperate?

What he is desperate for I do not know, but for sure he is desperate. His speech betrays him. He appears to be fearful for nothing. For how else do you describe a man already described next to god by his own lieutenants, yet fearful of his minion deputy?

Niger Delta: Recent Pronouncements by Presidential Candidates

Is Nigeria now ready to genuinely address the deep-seated injustice in the Niger Delta? Or is this all political game, political expediency, a thing of the moment on the part of Muhammadu Buhari, Pat Utomi, Umaru Yar'Adua, and Abubakar Atiku?

The Forgotten Agenda Of The South-East Governors

Ndi-Igbo forefathers placed their personal enthusiasm less than the interest of Nigeria. Such elders were people like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Akanu Ibiam, amongst others. They chased the mouse while their house burnt...

Why I suspect Aliero joined PDP

Nigeria's political history cannot be taken as complete without a reference to its history of political party decamping...

Soludo Solutions & Economic Reforms in Nigeria

Critics of the current governor of Central Bank of Nigeria predicted that the sky would fall as a result of the bank recapitalization and consolidation embarked upon by Professor Soludo...

Imperative of Reforms in the Education Sector of the Nigerian Economy

Nigeria’s educational position, vis-à-vis countries within the West African sub-region, is an embarrassing one to say the least. Some states in the North are very well known to have the lowest human development index...

Better Leadership: Vice President Atiku’s Promise to Nigerians

Full transcript of the Vice President Atiku Abubakar speech on "Challenges For Nigeria After The Election", delivered at Chatham House, London, on Sept. 20th, 2007

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Faith-Step to Eternity with God

We don’t labor to receive gifts. A gift is what somebody else labored for and gives out freely. The Labor of Christ on the Cross; to save our souls, is a theme that runs throughout eternity. All the labors of men since Adam and after now put together cannot save one single soul...

Tuface: Omo, This Guy Na Legend!

Grace 2 Grace is an album that can comfortably lay claims to being the first album by a Nigerian hip-hop artiste, to bestride the genres. The only rivalry it may get would be Face 2 Face from Tuface too...

In Defence of Okey Ndibe on Andy Uba [A Response to Jerome Azubuko and Chuka Nwosu]

Between an erudite and accomplished University professor, Okey Ndibe, and a failed politician and villainous high-school drop-out, whose intellectual incapableness makes him to inferiorly but pretentiously don the accoutrement of a PhD, "Dr" Andy Uba, who is the failure?

Re: Medico-legal and Sociology of Yar’adua’s Illness

I was at a loss when some professional critics decided to employ negativism in destroying Dr Olayiwola Olaleye’s credibility, simply because the article he penned never met with their amorphous and undefined criteria...

Nigeria At 47: Which Way Forward?

If we are going to be honest with ourselves, it's obvious that Nigeria at 47 is not only more divided than before but is as well in serious economic, political and social crises...

The Powerful Daughters of the First Eve and the Occasional Fall of Men

The world of literature has been corrupted by those journalists who revel in scandals, grinning from ear to ear and reveling in obscenities. They deliver marital offenders to the executioners, in circumstances of utmost humiliation and sadism...

Double Tragedy of Poverty and Corruption in Nigeria

By Innocent Edemhanria Nigeria is endowed with abundant natural and...

Dictatorship of Mediocrity

How I wish that Nigerians would pay heed. We are the masters of our destiny. If we want the leadership to keep on raping us, and carting our resources off to their private estates, it is our choice...

On Governor Fashola’s call to Nigerians in the Diaspora

I keep on wondering whether it is right for me to be true to my conscience and labour where I stand to reap the reward, than to demonstrate false “petro-patriotism or crude-patriotism” in the midst of abiding poverty and joblessness...

The Russians Are Already In Nigeria! EFCC, SSS, Nigerian Business Men Be On Alert! (2)

In the opinion of this author, most Nigerian business men know very little about Russia and do not conduct a due diligence of Russian companies and business men that they intend to do business with...