Nigeria Matters

I recently had the honour of visiting Ekiti State, where I embarked on a self-guided tour to explore the projects completed or underway by Governor Biodun Oyebanji. From the bustling…

The festive atmosphere at a funfair held on December 18, 2024, in Ibadan’s Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, turned into an unimaginable tragedy when a stampede claimed the lives of…

In Nigeria today, the political elite are engaged in a strategic game of legacy-building, forming alliances that transcend tribal and religious boundaries. These partnerships are not aimed at advancing national…

For those who care to know, the July 16, 2022 event marked a political Armageddon for some individuals in Osun APC. On that fateful day, their political obituaries were written;…

Nigeria’s cultural and traditional diversity is one of its greatest assets, yet it is being weaponized in a toxic quest for supremacy that threatens the nation’s unity. From ancient times,…

Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, recently blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for setting a precedent that has allegedly allowed his successor, Bola Tinubu, to fill…

The recent budget presentation by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reignited the debate on Nigeria’s stagnation and the intersection between leadership failure and citizen complicity. In a moment…

A dramatic scene unfolded at the Edo State House of Assembly as Governor Monday Okpebholo stumbled through the presentation of the 2025 fiscal budget, struggling to articulate the N605 billion…

Genuine, unpretentious patriotism is deep, very deep. It arises from an unflinching, sometimes obdurate conviction that one’s country would one day recover from anaemic, degenerate conditions. With such persuasions, one…

My experience as a Branch Internal Auditor in a now-consolidated commercial bank during the 2000s taught me the importance of accountability and oversight in institutions. In this role, I identified…

Last Saturday, I attended the reunion party of the Department of English UNILAG class of 1998. It was a wonderful occasion that evoked nostalgia and the revival of receding memories.…

Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s statement, “It’s better to have 774 local government chairmen who are thieves than one big thief,” has ignited widespread debates across Nigeria’s political and social spheres. On…

According to our lords and masters at the World Bank, our path to economic transformation depends on ‘sustaining critical reforms for at least 15 years’. Among these numbers are the…

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s media team. The president has also restructured his media team in a bid to “enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery.”…

In Delta State’s recent political discourse, allegations against Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the former Governor, have sparked widespread debate. Accusations of fund diversion and ownership of undisclosed assets have emerged, raising…

By Olorogun Stephen K. Dieseruvwe The 13% derivation fund in Nigeria is a benefit-sharing system that provides funds to oil-producing communities to help them address the effects of oil and…