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...

Nigeria's Weapon of Mass Destruction

EFCC deserves our praise and commendations for being spotless and unblemished in the commitment and dedication to the eradication of corruption from Nigeria's landscape...

Obasanjo Started His Businesses On A Corrupt Footing

Contrary to popular belief, President Olusegun Obasanjo has yet to publicly declare his assets. In addition, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has yet to publish its findings regarding allegations of corruption made against the President by Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor

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Where Thieves Are Kings!

One of these days, a keen and enterprising researcher or historian would hopefully assign to himself the really profound and very challenging task of determining when and how looting and plundering became the defining character of leadership in Nigeria...

Ngozi Iweala, Our Next President

One of the greatest problems of Nigeria and most third world economies is the lack of continuity. In light of this factor, most international investors are wary of long term investments and in Nigeria; they are especially concerned as to who would succeed OBJ for good cause.  What better person than his Minister of Finance?

A Rehearsal For Daylight Rigging In 2007

We are doing much worse today in some areas of our national life than at any time in our checkered history. Election rigging in our country has become a creed. If that were not so, I cannot, for the life of me, understand why the PDP, with its overall track record, can still be parading itself as a Party of the future in a country as embattled and derelict as Nigeria with the PDP on the driver's seat...

EU Did not Clear Obasanjo of Corruption

Amadeau Altafaj, who is the EC spokesman for Development, denied making any statements about Pres. Obasanjo's ownership, or lack thereof, of foreign bank accounts. He also denied commenting on the other African leaders regarding foreign bank accounts...

The Destruction of Nigeria by Religious Means

I have always felt that the destruction of Nigeria would come by way of one or a combination of the following cleavages: ethnic and religious conflicts, cataclysms with origin in the Niger Delta, or the combustion of pent-up anger within the military. Lately however, a fourth dimension seems to be manifesting itself within the Nigerian fault line: the religionization of Nigeria....

Emeka Offor: Whose Front is He?

If he were American or European, he would be on the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the world. He estimates his net worth at $3 billion, although a recent report puts his net worth at about $6 billion.  This former "Julius Berger truck driver" claims to have been a former petty contractor until fortune smiled at him...

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AIDS 2006 Toronto: A Nigerian Perspective

The recently concluded XVI International AIDS Conference witnessed a strong Nigerian contingent of participants; perhaps not surprisingly considering the daunting statistic that 1 in every 4 sub-Saharan Africans is a Nigerian...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of...

Too easy to blame just Jonathan

With his recent declaration intent to change the name of University of Lagos in honor of the winner of June 12 1993 presidential elections, Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has again confirmed what many of us of think of him and his administration: he is leading an error-prone presidency...

Traditional Priests or Bloodthirsty Frauds? Time to Cleanse the Shrines!

Nigeria’s traditional religious institutions are under siege—not from outsiders,...

I Join Others In Mourning The Legendary Michael Jackson

On the afternoon of the second day of MJ’s death, I got glued to the CNN channel and watched as every program broadcast that day carried the news of the demise of the great musical Icon...

You Won’t Believe This!

Opportunities abound in Nigeria for those interested to invest, Nigeria is a goldmine for those who can see it, the natural resources are not being explored yet, the intellectual resource is second to none...

Lagos is speaking, who is listening?

Our notes will be incomplete if we do not pause to invite some reflections upon the recently concluded Local Government elections that took place in Lagos, the economic and financial capital of Nigeria...

The Dead Captital

The Nigerian National Assembly complex is the legislative building...

Gender Equality Agenda & Obasanjo's Presidency

In America and other parts of the world, women continue to struggle for acceptance as full citizens, competent and qualified professionals trusted to hold important positions in the world, in both private and public sectors. This is changing in Nigeria...

Why GEJ May Still Lose in 2015

The consensus among the pundits is that the outcome...