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...

Loving Nigerians, Just The Way We Are?

There are several things that can keep you miserable about Nigeria. But I'd like to take a big break from being the pessimist so as not to sound like a broken-record, and see some of the things that seem to be 'working' in our country...

OBJ, INEC and Election Voting or Rigging Machines

Somehow, as much as I detest Atiku because I believe he is corrupt beyond measure and detest the ongoing battle between the top two officials, I continue to hope Atiku stays on OBJ, revealing all he knows about OBJ's corruptive leanings...

Edo PDP Solidarity Strengthens Prof. Osunbor’s Chances

In this poignant election year, very few candidates vying for governorship positions have the level of solidarity among party members like Osunbor does at this point...

EFCC’s Advisory List Is Appropriate

We do not need an EFCC list to know that almost all the major players in the political arena, particularly the governors, in seven years plus did not give a good record of their governorships...

Who Really Qualifies to Fight Corruption in Nigeria?

To fight corruption in Nigeria, would it require a virgin or an angel? Should we fight corruption by hiring foreign agents, just as we do with foreign football coaches and technical advisers?

Who Really Qualifies to Fight Corruption in Nigeria?

To fight corruption in Nigeria, would it require a virgin or an angel? Should we fight corruption by hiring foreign agents, just as we do with foreign football coaches and technical advisers?

M.E.N.D. Is Not A Terrorist Group

The loss of any Nigerian or Ijaw life is extremely painful to us because we hate violence and bloodshed. But the Nigerian State should know that the sleeping dog may lay no more...

The Russians Are Already In Nigeria! EFCC, SSS, Nigerian Business Men Be On Alert! (3)

Dangerous. Unpredictable. Strange. Those are the three words that pop up in Western investors' minds when they think of the Russian business world...

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The Almajiri, Talakawa Dan-Arewa Ideology

The Talakawa and their Almajiri can be transformed by the sudden dictates of history. Theoretically, they may not be revolutionary conscious but they are a potential revolutionary force...

Stop The Showboating: Nigerian Leaders, Do Your Job!

In today’s Nigeria, governance has become a circus of...

Who Killed Major Nzeogwu?

In conspiracy rife Nigeria, all manner of rumours and apocryphal stories have alleged that Nzeogwu was murdered in a Machiavellian plot engineered by Ojukwu to eliminate him or perhaps that he was killed while trying to defect to join the federal army. As always, the truth is much more mundane...

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?

Yar’dua’s Only Crime

That Yar’dua procrastinates in decision making is his style. That style, we accept is clearly not acceptable. To me, it is that lack of action when action is needed that mars an otherwise excellent government...

The Baby Died…

If you hear tomorrow that I've been struck down by lightning, here's why...

SMEs’ fortune in zero-subsidy regime

The socio-economic aftereffects of the recent controversial removal of subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government of Nigeria have begun to manifest negatively, particularly in the observed lull in the day-to-day activities of many Small and Medium Enterprises...

Akin Oshuntokun and Nigeria’s History of Corruption

In Today’s Nigeria, the biggest fools are the street urchins and the armed robbers. Why they waste valuable time, talent and energy robbing people of one hundred dollars or less is what I don’t bloody understand...

The Adedibu Albatross Hanging on Alao-Akala’s Neck

Ibadan belongs to all of us. But too many of us have sat on our hands for too long while Baba Adedibu and his goons literally rode roughshod over parts of Ibadan, maiming people, destroying properties and holding the city hostage...

IBB’s Judgment Day is Nigh

IBB is a man with next to zero reputation and with no effective machinery on ground to contest, nominate or impose a candidate. Who is he?