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...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review (3)

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review (4)

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

Obasanjo: The Voices Of Men And God

Now that sane men have weighed the continued existence of Obasanjo’s presidency and advised it is abandoned in 2003, he seeks the company of insane men. Call it politics without principles…

Thoughts On Bakassi

The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed to defend Bakassi with their blood...

Naija Notes: What Abacha Owes You!

The money Abacha and his family stole will buy every adult Nigerian a pair of jeans trousers, a bag of garri or a dinner at the Sheraton Hotels...

Queen’s College And Civil Responsibility

Is Queen’s College trying to make a statement of its uniqueness or is there a grand plan to annihilate the excellence she imparts?

Naija Notes: Someone is after me!!!

If you are thinking of coming home for Xmas and plan to spend time in Lagos, my unsolicited advice is simple: stay put where you are.

Hoping on Hope (Nigeria at 42)

Hope alone may not do the magic of revamping Nigeria, but 'to hope' is certainly more fruitful than 'to lose hope,' or to self-destruct...

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Looted Benin Artworks: Before the West Returns Them (II)

Other efforts at raising interest and awareness on the...

The Real World Nigerians Live In

Sometimes I imagine myself as an alien; a being...

Why Akunyili’s God Is Not God

It is bound to happen. Nigerians are experts in the art of blasphemy. At any given time, their behaviour and language are profane and sacrilegious...

Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature

Writers are not protected from discrimination. When I worked as an accountant I dealt with discrimination and I’m still dealing with it now. It’s funny, looking back from my first writing class, it feels like I’ve been on one long audition, standing before an audience who is yelling, What have you got? Go on, tell us an African story!

The World of Spies and Counterintelligence

It would be nice to know the types and number of foreigners who spy for Nigeria, and whether the Nigerian intelligence organization is also actively spying on other countries around the world...

Memo To The Electoral Reform Panel

I don’t think much of the intention of the Yar’Adua government to reform the electoral process. Although he had empanelled a body, with a sprinkle of some credible personages, he and his government have showed disturbing streaks of abhorrence towards reforming the rouge system...

Is Obama Skittish About New York Democrats or Just Black Democrats?

President Obama's presence and occupancy of the American presidency, and tenancy in the White House, is not, and cannot be seen as mutually exclusive or contradictory, in terms, with the aspirations to political positions by other African Americans...

Keeping Pace with Soludo All Over Anambra State

It is well-nigh impossible keeping pace with the man...

The burdens of Islam

When it comes to Islam, there are some cumbersome burdens that media practitioners and social commentators are silently coping with. One is the need to be very sensitive and indeed tread quite carefully when they have to deal with anything Islamic because of possible reactions of Muslims...

The Way Forward

Almost every Nigerian agrees with the assertion that corruption...