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...

Lucky Igbinedion: Servant Leadership Intentions Going Wrong

Over the years, Lucky has lost the essence of servant leadership that he very much expected of others and promised to adopt if he had the opportunity. In some sort of a watershed reality, it is a fact to say Lucky has changed...

Lateef Kayode Jakande (L.K.J.)

Lateef Jakande was well on his way to national prominence as a young man, and many, including yours truly, had thought that if any southerner would ever get to be President of Nigeria, the consensus of opinion at one time, was that L.K.J. had to be the man...

Obasanjo, Nigerians and God Almighty

To invoke God’s name in the attempt to eradicate corruption in Nigeria is tantamount to begging the question. God will not eradicate corruption because He cannot do it. Corruption is man-made, not God-created...

Francisca Yetunde Emmanuel (Nee) Perreira

With Francisca Yetunde Emmanuel, what you see is what you get, because there are to pretenses about her. She would tell it like it is, no matter whose horse is gored...

Reforms As Blinkers

In recent months, it has become the refrain of government spokesmen to attribute any negative fall-out from any policy or action of government to the natural painful consequences of reforms...

There Is Something Rotten Going On In Bayelsa State

This is corruption. This is theft. This is gross irresponsibility on the part of the state! Does the state not have competent legal officers to pursue the rogues who perpetrated this fraud?

Honor In Nigeria: Between Obasanjo And Achebe

When a government chooses which section of the law to respect; routinely violates the Constitution and court rulings, is that government not slapping the people in the face?

Chinua Achebe, Obasanjo and Nigerian National Honors

Nigerian prostitutes, I am told, are worth fifty Naira per round. That’s how cheap they are. And in the last two decades or so, it’s been easier to come by a Nigerian National Honor than to procure the services of prostitutes...

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Plagiarizing My Soccer Report

Somebody has called my attention to a terrible plagiarism...

You are African?

“You are African? Cool, do you speak Swahili?” 

“You are from Nigeria? Waoh. I know this guy from Nigeria too. He just got arrested.”
“You are from Africa? So you speak another language right? Like not English or French or like a real language though. Yeah? Cool. Say something.”

General Danjuma: A Thunderous Applause Or Scathing Rebukes?

A unique set of circumstances were presented in Nigeria very recently. General Theo Danjuma of Nigeria announced a hundred million Dollars surplus with which he intended to do public good...

When the going gets TOO TOUGH!

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”...

Audu Ogbeh: Perhaps Not A Saint

Audu Ogbeh is perhaps the one that should be blamed for the ongoing saga in Anambra State today among others. Regardless of the actions of Chris Uba or Dr Ngige, or even OBJ’s intentional refusal to address the saga, as the chairman of PDP, he should have stood up and orchestrated a private resolution to put an end to the ugly chronicle of events...

US-Nigeria Ties

While Nigeria may not be in the mould of the United States, Nigeria is to Africa what the US is to the world.  This in the sense that whatever economic or security policies affect Nigeria, has a tendency to have a ripple effect on the rest of Africa...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (3)

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent...

Confirmation Hearing 101 for Senator David Mark Co.

I am disappointed that Senate President, David Mark, did not lead a delegation of Nigerian Senators to Washington to observe the recent Senate confirmation hearings for Barack Obama’s cabinet nominees...

Ribadu’s Progressive Mistake

It is only a fool that will keep doing the same thing, and expect a different result… so paraphrased goes that wise saying. I cannot but come off with that conclusion on hearing of former EFCC boss Mallam Nuhu Ribadu declared intention to run for the nation’s highest office...

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The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I...