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...

“Two Skunks At The Picnic”

There are some striking similarities between President Bush and President Obasanjo that qualify them as identical twins, if you compare their track record as leaders and forget their skin color, their background or the yawning gap in the level of development their two countries have seen...

On The Anambra Non-Sequitor

There is always something in the swashbuckling of a carpetbagger that predisposes him to exhibit an avaricious a personality.  There will never be a respite from the original sin that Ngige was the one selected as a willing tool of plunder of my kinsmen in Anambra...

Dr. Leke Pitan’s Schools’ Tables and Chairs

Is Bola Tinubu’s administration a government that has welfare of Children at its heart? What has happened to Schools’ Inspectorate? Is the news of dearth of Chairs and Tables new to the State government? Is the interest of the Governor limited to the gimmickry of transferring authority of the State to children for one day?

The Game Of The Masters

Mischief makers claim that IBB and OBJ may still be seeking to cash in or make good on bets which they may have made years ago over a game of draught, on who will be the longest serving Head of State in Nigeria - in or out of uniform...

The Game Of The Masters

Mischief makers claim that IBB and OBJ may still be seeking to cash in or make good on bets which they may have made years ago over a game of draught, on who will be the longest serving Head of State in Nigeria - in or out of uniform...

The Game Of The Masters

Mischief makers claim that IBB and OBJ may still be seeking to cash in or make good on bets which they may have made years ago over a game of draught, on who will be the longest serving Head of State in Nigeria - in or out of uniform...

Just Wondering…

Why is it that in most big cities in the United States, more than thirty-percent of the cab drivers are Nigerians; and more than ten-percent of the nurses are Nigerians? What is it about nursing and cab driving that attracts Nigerians?

What If Atiku Becomes President?

The power play in Nigeria is beginning to jar the nerves and jolt the sensibilities of the vice presidential camp. Some hold on to the view that the vice-president was a little out of line to openly criticize an administration of which he is an integral part…

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The Retired Ambassador Peter Anegbeh’s Inaugural Diplomatic Coup d’état Speech: A Rejoinder (1)

Despite the fact that the diplomatic coup d'état staged by the retired Nigeria High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr. Peter Anegbeh, to oust the out-going leadership of NIDO-MY and usurp its leadership was considered foiled,  Mr. Anegbeh and his cohorts re-grouped and went ahead to conduct an unauthorized Annual General Meeting...

Unsafe abortion: Young girls die out of lack of knowledge

Unsafe abortion has lingered as one of the chief factors for the increasing maternal death rate in the country. The level at which unsafe abortion is destroying the lives of young Nigerian women has become a cause for concern...

Again, Obasanjo’s Sermon on Nigeria

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, will not stop amazing...

Yar’Adua, Borrow A Leaf From Shell

For the federal government to continue to send soldiers to the Niger Delta simply means that the real problems that Boro, Wiwa fought and died for, have never been addressed...

Nigeria’s Electoral Roller-coaster: PEPT Verdict inflicts visceral sores

In a startling turn of events on Wednesday, September...

Oodua Republic: To Be Or Not To Be?

Fellow brothers and sisters, it's very important for us to understand that Nigeria is a 'trap' that was set up by the British in order to make us independent and hold back our economic and cultural development...

Jonathan’s Universe of the Turning Wheel: Riding on the Horn of a Unicorn

It was reported widely last month that General Yakubu Gowon said that he supported the pardon of some jailed Nigerian citizens...

The Status of Environmental Governance in the Nigerian Oil Gas Industry

Environmental governance does not only deal with the kinds of top-down mechanisms frequently used by government to ensure regulatory compliance. It includes actions taken by civil society groups, scientific community, businesses and the public, that can be used to improve environmental conditions...

Inyang, Don’t Fight…

My father is away at the warfront. Each time there is news of fresh casualties, my mother's heart tumbles. So many of her friends have been widowed...

On The Coming N5,000 Note Economic Whirlwind

From the erratic, unpredictable and unsure brainwave that rules the country's economy at present came the decree one sultry morning that the Naira is about to be restructured. The high point of the restructuring is the plan to print N5,000 notes and the conversion of lower denomination of the national currency  into coins...