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...

The Stinking Ambience Of The British High Commission, Lagos

One would have thought that given the affected moral air the foreigners in our midst flaunt before us, they would have found ways of complementing the concern of many us for a moral rebirth in our country, instead of helping to worsen the situation...

Traducers and Thick Air: Responding to Mohammed Haruna, and Olu Odeniyi

If Dr. Odeniyi and President Obasanjo want to consult with God, well, that’s all fine and dandy; but they should do it in the privacy of their homes and hearts. Religion has become another avenue through which public servants bamboozle and defraud the public. Soon, very soon religion would be used as a WMD…

Naija Notes: The Akwanga Debacle

Nigeria has become such a country that glorifies graft and celebrates ill-gotten wealth that “public service” has become an oxymoron, a blatant paradox when viewed against the warped tapestry of our national life...

Congratulations, Mr. Obasanjo

Where there is a need to grant Kudos to Mr. Obasanjo; where it is appropriate to accept that he has grown in stature greater than any Nigerian living or dead, let us grant it to him...

Weep Not for Okadigbo

Okadigbo came, saw and conquered nothing. He played, changed the rule, but at the end, he won nothing and may never be remembered for anything politically speaking...

Lessons from Kwara State

One has often wondered when individual Nigerians would begin to ask themselves questions such as “what can I do?” or “what can we do?” to solve the nation’s myriad of problems and realize its great potentials...

Unforgettable

The Life and Music of I. K. Dairo, Rex Jim Lawson and their protege, Wale Glorious and Orlando Owoh...

Naija Notes: What's Wrong With Obj?

OBJ is laughing like a hyena. Twice in less than six months, the Chicken Farmer has gathered the tribes from across the world in an orgy of extravagance...

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Criminalisation Of Poverty

It is the honest poor that get arrested on the mere suspicion that their haggard, hungry look suggests they might be criminals, or even for such non-existent offences like ‘wandering’, and dumped and forgotten in detention camps for being unable to buy their freedom...

What Will You Do Or Say?

You've been passing yourself of as an intellectual busybody, venturing opinion on this and that, and on matters that sometimes do not concern you. You rub politicians' noses with your satire and hope to get away with it.  And then out of the blues, CNN invites you to come and discuss the matter...

How Western Philosophy Ruins Nigerian Marriages

Irrespective of the community where it’s taking place, marriage calls for a big occasion. Singing, merriment and dancing characterise marriage ceremonies in Nigeria...

Rwanda’s Zero Fleet Policy – Why Can’t The Rest Of Africa Follow Suit?

Imagine a country where ministers don’t move around in...

2-4 Zone: Ikebe Matter Na Serious Matter

We have various names for it in Nigeria: ikebe;...

Political Madmen and Specialists

Even at the tamest of times, Nigeria can be...

Buying and Selling Human Body Parts in Nigeria

In Africa, especially in Nigeria, human sacrifice is no longer as common as it used to be. But it still goes on though. You just need to know where to go in order to partake in such activity...

Nigeria’s democracy, Boko Haram and public orderliness!

Nigeria's well-being depends on a lot of things, among which economy and security play a prominent role. If these things are not taken care of, government's claims of a pro-people regime are inconsequential...

Leadership And Responsibilty

I don’t know whether Nigeria has reached the stage where everyone will not be satisfied until each of us becomes literally a local government; so that I can trot to Abuja to go and collect my allocation...

Before we Plunge into Granting State Police

In the wake of the restive agitations by Nigerians...