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...

For Nigeria's Sake…

I have believed from my very young days that our country, Nigeria, is the cornerstone of God's ultimate agenda for the black race...

The Ekiti Washing Machine

President Olusegun Obasanjo on a courtesy visit to Ekiti State went to see the Afao-located Ekiti State Integrated Poultry Project...How come a poultry farm of this size can be clean of manure and devoid of the bad smell usually associated with such locations?

Plane Crashes, Corruption and the National Security of Nigeria

Once in a while, a plane will crash somewhere in the world. This was exactly what happened in Nigeria on Sunday, September 17, 2006, when a military plane crashed. As much as one endeavors to rationalize that the plane crash was an unfortunate incident, there is a tempting desire to probe more...

Plane Crashes, Corruption and the National Security of Nigeria

Once in a while, a plane will crash somewhere in the world. This was exactly what happened in Nigeria on Sunday, September 17, 2006, when a military plane crashed. As much as one endeavors to rationalize that the plane crash was an unfortunate incident, there is a tempting desire to probe more...

Plane Crashes, Corruption and the National Security of Nigeria

Once in a while, a plane will crash somewhere in the world. This was exactly what happened in Nigeria on Sunday, September 17, 2006, when a military plane crashed. As much as one endeavors to rationalize that the plane crash was an unfortunate incident, there is a tempting desire to probe more...

Plane Crashes, Corruption and the National Security of Nigeria

Once in a while, a plane will crash somewhere in the world. This was exactly what happened in Nigeria on Sunday, September 17, 2006, when a military plane crashed. As much as one endeavors to rationalize that the plane crash was an unfortunate incident, there is a tempting desire to probe more...

A Message to the National Assembly

The frosty relationship between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a dangerous turn. As at this moment the Presidency is not only divided but literally at war with itself...

Nigeria’s Last Virgins!

A couple of months ago, when I was shown the topics to be treated under the subject called "Sex Education" which tender children in both junior and secondary schools in Lagos State are now being forced to learn, I could not imagine that anyone outside a mental home could be wicked enough to design a subject with such insidious contents...

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Buhari: Don’t Let Biafra Insurrection Grow Further

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Nigerian Diplomacy in the Transition Period

After the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's successful visit to the United States of America, where he participated in the global summit on nuclear security, Nigerian diplomacy seems to have found approval amongst African states...

Nigeria and the General Theory of Relativity

Stormy petrel of Ibadan Politics, Adegoke Adelabu, in his...

A Virulent Form of Absurdity: When Society and Politics go Insane

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding...

A Call on the British Prime Minister

I have chosen to write you as a result of the anarchy that was unleashed by many students who were protesting the planned increase in fees for college and university students in Britain...

Spike Lee and Nollywood

I agree that there is room for improvement in Nollywood productions, as indeed with anything else, I do feel that Spike Lee’s Nollywood remarks were suffocatingly patronising, condescending, paternalistic and hubristic; characteristics which he has often detested and decried in the many of the antagonists with whom he has crossed swords over the years...

Osun: When words betray the throne

By Akintunde Adewoye ​Power is not just a tool to...

Orisirisi

The rulers of Nigeria have transformed orisirisi into a curious philosophy of governance. Orisirisi leadership plus orisirisi followership equals orisirisi country. Thus, we are the world’s most prolific supplier of farce...

Ewu Nwadiana And All That Jazz

I love the Igbo tradition but followers and admirers of the Igbo culture will tell you that Ndigbo have this thing for goats and cows, particularly goats...

African economies and the global debt crisis

So far, the current global debt crisis has cost the leaders of Greece and Italy their jobs. Who will be next? Only time will tell...