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...

Governor Alamieyeseigha and His Wahala

Ha, Alamieyeseigha’s wahala, if guilty, must not become Ijaw’ wahala; for this man has set us the Ijaws back two decades in terms of growth and development. He was already a disgrace and a monumental failure long before this alleged money laundering story anyway...

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Resign Now!

There are abandoned, neglected and decaying public infrastructures in Nigeria, but public officials of Nigeria are greedily amassing mansions upon mansions in America and Europe, where public infrastructures do work and perform efficiently…

The War against Corruption: Obasanjo's Oily hands!

The PDP, under the leadership of President Obasanjo, appropriated Nigeria's resources and has continued to manage these as they would a personal estate. Any attempt by the Nigerian people to call this cabal to order is met with the generic refrain: "It’s a family affair."

Are Nigerians United Against Corruption?

I have maintained in the past that I abhor corruption because of its consequences. You would think that all reasonable persons, especially Nigerians, are united against the corruption scourge, and therefore intently focused in the war against it?

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...

The Next Step

Whatever the outcome of Nigerian Labour Movement’s “appropriate response” to the current hike in the pump price of fuel in Nigeria is, it is certain that nobody in Nigeria will buy fuel at the old rate again...

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The Prophet and the Mad Dogs

Fellow tenants in this mad-house called Nigeria, lend me...

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Cloak and Dagger: Plotting the Removal of Governor Timipre Sylva

All is not well in Yenagoa. The major participants - Jonathan, Alaibe, and Sylva - all have daggers drawn, concealed by overflowing cloak. In all of this, Governor Timipre Sylva is the target...

An Interrogation of the British Intelligence Records on the January 15 1966 Coup

The three-part series on the revelations from the British...

The Quintessential Musician Sun Ra

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Negotiating with Boko Haram terrorists

Instead of wasting its precious time on dialoguing with an anti-humanity and destructive group as Boko Haram, the Government must institute counter-terrorism measures to further clip the wings of these reckless suicide bombers and their sponsors, paymasters and sympathisers...

Passport Identification: Proudly Nigerian

The many issues confronting the country nonetheless, Nigeria remains a powerful global brand worth trillions of dollars, unlimited natural resources, millions of hectares of fertile lands, over 350 languages and 150 million industrious, determined people...

Political Profile of Irrational Voters

A constant trait in the profile of an irrational voter is her mindset towards that one vote she manages. Rarely, does an irrational voter convincingly consider her vote an important and powerful tool to shape her world by influencing the choice of policy and policy makers around her...

The Sign

Why should relationship calamity stop us from loving? We cannot say because we have made wrong choices historically we won’t love. If we continue to do things that some people did that resulted in their demise, why should we not love simply because we or other people have done it in the past and it did not turn out well...

The Blessings of Adversity

Our world is a world of visible ambivalence, paradoxes and contradictions. Things don't always go smooth and rosy like we'd always expect them to... Yet, wise men of old knew that a world without opposites would be flavourless...