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...

Third Term Agenda? What Third Term?

Why is it tha President Obasanjo never get credits for the successes of his sundry reform efforts? Why is it that there is always some political motivation or ethnical motivation or third agenda motivation or some unexplainable motivation ascribed to everything our current president does?

Procrastination: The Thief Of Time (A Personal Tribute To Bimbo Odukoya)

I remember one of the early conversations I had with Pastor Bimbo when I had questioned the existence of Heaven and Hell. I recall saying to her that I would hate to die only to discover that there is no Heaven as I may have missed out on the “good” life in my quest to make it to Heaven...

Procrastination: The Thief Of Time (A Personal Tribute To Bimbo Odukoya)

I remember one of the early conversations I had with Pastor Bimbo when I had questioned the existence of Heaven and Hell. I recall saying to her that I would hate to die only to discover that there is no Heaven as I may have missed out on the “good” life in my quest to make it to Heaven...

Obasanjo Could End Up As Nigeria's Worst Divider

To keep Nigeria guessing is fast becoming an instrument of policy under Obasanjo. Even in his declared War against Corruption, our deadliest cancer, the best our Commander-in-Chief is doing, is to keep Nigerians guessing on whether or not his war is only against his perceived enemies in Government or a principled war against all forms of Corruption in our country...

Why AIDS is Winning

Recently there was a debate about the high rate of unwanted pregnancies among teenagers and the need to 'charitably' adjust Nigerian abortion laws. The fact that there are unwanted pregnancies confirms that they are not using condoms...

Reply to a Rejoinder by Carlisle U.O. Umunnah Regarding Ngozi For President

While it may be an over-generalization to label all Igbos charismatic, sometimes a self-evaluation of the individual in the mirror might bring out a perceived confident smile; while to the on-looker, it might represent a boorish arrogant smirk...

Reply to a Rejoinder by Carlisle U.O. Umunnah Regarding Ngozi For President

While it may be an over-generalization to label all Igbos charismatic, sometimes a self-evaluation of the individual in the mirror might bring out a perceived confident smile; while to the on-looker, it might represent a boorish arrogant smirk...

Our Children, Our Future

My parents taught me early in life that beyond and above all things, my siblings and I were the reasons they toiled, they worked or even bothered to wake up every day of their lives. The philosophical concept of children hits home in our society in the absence of social security and other government buffers for ageing...

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Reawakening The Nigerian Nation

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A New Year Message to Everyone

As the new year 2018 rolls in, there will...

What I Learnt From Dalhatu Bayero

Bayero’s successor as NNPC GMD, Gaius-Obaseki, became entangled in a controversy over a N500m hotel bill which he allegedly incurred at Abuja Hilton. In asserting how prudent he had been to incur such a “low bill”, Obaseki reportedly claimed to be the cheapest GMD NNPC ever had! I laughed...

2 Changes: 2 Coaches and 2 Days

Two eminent Nigerian coaches, Stephen Keshi and Shaibu Amodu,...

Dr. Stanley Macebuh: Unforgettable Pathfinder of Modern Nigerian Journalism

Dr. Stanley Nkwachikwelumamaya Macebuh was a rare breed in...

Are Diaspora Nigerians Ashamed Of Nigeria?

Nigerians in the Diaspora are reluctant to say that they are from Nigeria. Some of us believe we could lose an interview, lose our honor, or perhaps get treated unfairly differently, if we identify with being a Nigerian...

This Craze for Titles: Complex and Syndrome?

There are uncountable royal highnesses, high chiefs, double chiefs, triple chiefs, etcetera, in our localities.  ‘Chieftancy title’ may well be a Nigerian phrase. There may be more Rotarians, Lions, ‘Sirs’ and ‘Dames’ in Nigeria than the world put together going by those with these prefixes against their names...