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...

Your 20 Naira Or Your Life?

I want to ask the men and women that stroll along the corridors of power in the various tiers of government, just one question: Are you all blind? I am perplexed that no individual in the National Assembly has made the reformation of the Nigerian Police Force his or her sole legislative objective…

Charles Taylor – The Guest And His Host

Nigeria must resist not only the symbolism of harbouring Mr. Taylor in exile. As a nation, it is time to show leaders like him that not a single country would grant respite to them. By granting Asylum to the former Liberian President, we are encouraging another Charles Taylor in Africa...

Waiting For The Messiah!

Having been denied true leadership in recent times, many Nigerians will not be able to recognize one if they saw it. Any critical analysis of successive civilian and military Nigerian governments will show that we have not been lucky...

Charles Taylor: A Sensible And Credible Decision

It is impossible to read, or hear about the track-records of Mr. Taylor and feel any sympathy or empathy toward, or for him. And if the allegations against him are true, he belongs in the deepest valley of a raging fire. But how do we know he is guilty of all that has been leveled against him?

A Red Carpet For A Bloodied Warrior

Charles Taylor had nowhere to go except Nigeria, where criminals go unpunished; where the wronged get no justice. I believe his place should not be in the safe ensconce of a villa on Diamond hill, overlooking the scenic beauty of Calabar. No! He should be elsewhere, preferably in the dock before the International War Crimes Tribunal...

Africa: Progress Or Stagnation?

If African countries can't govern themselves, they should say so and allow the West to take over the day-to-day administration of their countries...

Who is Tafa Balogun?

Mr. Obasanjo, it is now time for this IG to be allowed to go home to Ila Orangun to a nice retirement...

Economic Aid, HIV/AIDS, And Nigerian Churches

There are countries in Africa that shouldn’t have been nation-states in the first place. These are countries that are just too small, too poor, and vastly undereducated...

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Mallam Nuhu Ribadu: Nigeria's WMD On Corruption War

Mallam Ribadu is said to be President Obasanjo's Field Marshall in the war against corruption...

The Falling Standard

The present status of most public schools across the nation today does not show that these institutions were once well-respected citadels of learning and sources of glory to the nation...

Nigeria: Minutes of the Last Meeting

It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place...

The Buhari Re-Emergence and some Implications for Nigeria

Shortly after the coup of December 1983 in Nigeria,...

Nigeria: To be or not to be?

If breaking up Nigeria will make you, your family and ethnic group live 'at least' 10 times better than now in the next 10 years, are you ready to support the break up of Nigeria now?

The Business of Drafting Jonathan

There’s a new business in Nigeria. It’s the business of drafting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to present himself for reelection. A group called Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has emerged as the biggest, most enterprising player...

Bola Ige: A Personal Remembrance

The cream of Nigeria’s political and intellectual class had gathered to do honour to their own, when a message came from the SSS...The book launch could not be allowed to go on...

The Monstrosity and Mercantilism of the Western Media

'February 16, 2019 presidential election is truly a choice...

An Open Letter to Governor Rotimi Amaechi

A couple of weeks ago, you raised alarm over the request by certain persons in the state who wanted you to share the common wealth with them. Presumably, these were, and are, persons who are steeped in the tradition of illicit government patronage...

What Progress?

We concede that there has been established some institutional framework to fight corruption, the question is, has it been effective?  Has it lived up to the promise that ‘there shall be no sacred cows’? Has the state investigated in a clear and transparent manner...