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...

Naija Notes: Naaba the Ghali-vanter

"if you want to know the hidden history of your family, join politics!"

Naija Notes: Attack of the Democratic Clones

For those of you who are abroad and are thinking of coming home, this is for you. Ensure you come along with a power generating set...

Now We Have A Weeping President!

Sharia...the one thing that president Obasanjo cannot or will not deal with may be what will pull the rug from under his feet...

Naija Notes: Teaching Obj A Lesson

Before now, OBJ behaved like he was a messiah and we owed him for condescending to be our president. Today, he has fallen off that high horse...

How Safe Is Nigeria?

What if the U.S. State Department placed the recent travel advisory on Nigeria because of intelligence reports about rumblings in the army barracks?

AIDS 2002 Barcelona: A Personal Perspective

The Spanish Minister of Health was steadily booed throughout the ten odd minutes of her speech. She lost her temper and banged her fist on the lectern which only produced more jeers...

Orji Kalu and Bank of Industry: Old Wines In New Skins

In Nigeria, we intimidate each other by the extent of our network. It is a question of who hobnobs with you and how far reaching your influence can attract the people that matter.

Putting HIV on The Political Agenda

Nigeria has one of the fastest growing epidemics in West Africa...

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When Obasanjo Fired A Letter Bomb at Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and...

It Is Not Right…But It’s Okay

The president of Nigeria speaks so eloquently of the need for moral uprightness and his resolution to continue the process of cleaning Nigeria of corruption. Yet, there are so many unanswered questions regarding many public officials who, in spite of their dark sides, keep smiling and laughing on television as though public morality was never an issue...

Towards Effective Policing in Nigeria

The Nigerian Police Force is an outdated, inefficient and...

Babangida’s Belligerent Sense of Entitlement

In spite of all the filth that his hired army of revisionists are churning out, to erase his infamies from our memories, we are still solid in our knowledge and conviction that Babangida is one of the greatest rapists of our commonwealth...

2011: Uduaghan’s Second Term Hope Dims

There are strong indications that the scenario that played out in Anambra State in 2003 when then Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju was denied a second term may happen in Delta State in 2011...

For Jonathan: “Acting” or “Action” President?

Irrespective of what you think of the man Jonathan, one has to admit that he is indeed a lucky man. Who gets to be Governor, Vice President and now President by an unquestionable streak of luck?

Averting Judicial Coup D'etat

The prolonged era of military rule has led to the erosion of confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria...

Goodluck Jonathan: PDP’s candidate, not mine

Like most ardent Nigerian political observers, I also found myself glued to my television set on the 13th January, 2011 in order to catch the glimpse of the long awaited and much publicized presidential primaries of the PDP, held at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The exercise didn't fail to live up to its touted bidding...

Between Octopus Paul and Nigerian Juju men and Pastors

We can only tap into the positive aspects of psychic phenomena and occult practices by removing the stigmas that are attached to them and encouraging public scrutiny of claims...

The Real Problem With Africa

The saying is well known that the first step in solving a problem is understanding what the problem really is. As long as Nigerians and Africans in general do not understand what the real problem is with their so-called countries, there will continue to be hopelessness and despair...