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...

Liberty, Democracy And Rule Of Law: Whither Nigeria?

The rule of law is the backbone on which personal liberty and freedom must exist...

April Fools (11): Attack Of The Clones

I remember the rains. I remember the cold as I stood in the rain waiting to exercise my franchise. I remember a beautiful rainbow of umbrellas all over Lagos, as voters waited to cast their ballot; it is the symbol of hope to which I cling...

The Dishonourable Africans – Part V

Democracy has become the catchphrase for everything that is wrong with Africa...

The Irony of Nigeria's Democratic Politics

Will Nigeria finally become a democratic state or continue as a pretender to the throne?

April Fools (I): Road To Perdition

Is it moot to say that the PDP is the biggest beneficiary from Bola Ige’s death?

April Elections – Welcome Happy Mornings

Listen to the presidential aspirants; all their speeches are littered with God's name. Since the Almighty Father is a consensus candidate, let Him take over our presidency...

A claim to fame

What prods certain individuals into the murky waters of the underworld?

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The End Justifies The Means?

Do I have the right to say the insanity of the political developments at home are better than seeking asylum papers? That it does not matter the nature and manner of the means, the end justifies it?

Mediocrity Rules In The Ministry Of Justice

When it seems that sanity and confidence in the Nigerian legal system is being restored after the atrocities of the Abacha years, and the uncertainties of the Obasanjo Administration, we are now regressing...

Someone Please Call 9-1-1

Last Saturday, I was listening to a radio programme on BCOS Ibadan. Towards the tail end of the live radio show, a listener called in, calling on rescue workers to come to the aid of an accident victim who was hit and ran over along a major road in Ibadan. The accident occurred about 12 hours before the caller called in...

Speaking Truth to Power:‘An Open Letter to Mr President

I belong to a generation of Nigerians drip fed on hope and promise, but are now fed up, frustrated and tired.  I belong to those who benefited from an exclusively government sponsored education but are now left bereft, directionless and confused...

Nigeria's 419 Constitution 4: An Igbo President? Mission Impossible!

How many people can the Federal Government count on today to pick up arms happily, voluntarily, to defend its territory in case of an attack? Are you ready to pick up arms and die defending the integrity of Nigeria?

A vote of no-confidence for the NMMA

With this write-up, I intend to demonstrate how the Nigeria Media Merit Awards and their organizers mistreated us.  I want to talk about it because I hope they would read my story and improve...

Nigeriastan: When Goodluck is not enough

It is becoming increasingly and unbearably painful to read now on a regular basis, the bombings taking place in Nigeria and the attendant wanton and unnecessary loss of life.  It is even more painful when these bombings appear completely unchecked in anyway...

Media, Democracy and the Public Interest

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s...

Mass Marriages: What Manner of Alternative Solution?

The wave of mass marrying-off of (poor) women which seems to have become a new fad in some northern states – read Zamfara, Kano and Sokoto states - in Nigeria just mirrors every other form of bullying known to us...

When ‘Hello’ becomes an Assault

Women still have reason to be terrified in the...