Self-Flagellation and The Abdulmutallab Affair. By Akintokunbo A Adejumo

Don’t get me wrong. While we are exhibiting righteous indignation at being “defamed”, the truth is that Nigeria has always been one kind of infamous list or the other for a very long time. We are on a corruption list (especially official corruption); on a money laundering list; on drug smuggling list since the 1970s; on fake drugs list; on a prevalent internal religious strife list; on an internal insecurity list (warnings to Western travellers on the high incidence of armed robbery within Nigeria and in the early 2000s, the incidence of kidnappings in the Niger delta area); on a fake passport and visa list by almost all Western countries and even in some other countries. And only God knows on what other hidden lists. Details

President Yar-Adua and Short Memories of Nigerians. By Ralph Zaiyol Karl

As the debate over the Yar-Adua hospitalization in a Saudi hospital rages, political opportunists have totally misplaced the concerns of Nigerians and the impacts of his absence on the society. While there are practically no foreseeable impacts of his absence on the society, there is a legitimate concern to Nigerians. But this concern is not about constitutional crisis as has been mischievously speculated by pundits, political predators, and a myriad of corrupt politicians seeking headlines; rather, the concern to many Nigerians is the attitudes of Nigerian leaders towards health care system in Nigeria. Details

Why is the President Still Holding on to Power? By  Abdulazeez Abdullahi

Nobody is saying the man should relinquish his so called mandate which INEC claimed he got overwhelmingly from Nigerians during the last presidential elections, the point of many Nigerians however is that he should abide by laid down procedure and allow the vice president – with whom he secured the mandate – take charge until he is fit to rutern. Details

My Northern Brethren! Let’s Face It, We Have An Explosive Religious Problem On Our Hands (And What I Think We Can Do About It). By Sadiq  Muhammed

Meanwhile, my anger as hinted above is with a different twist. If we are to be honest with ourselves, then we should admit that we have a serious religious problem in the north that is brewing and would soon explode in all our faces. By ‘all’ I mean all of Nigeria. Let us go to the 90% of southerners, and believe me I have sympathy on such religious issues. However, I strongly disagree that most northerners are fanatics. Details

AdbulMutallab: Why Working Class Alternative Is Imperative. By Ademiluyi  Ayo

On the Nigerian scene, the dephaxiating ruling class has been losing sleep over the matter as it considers  its ubiquitous ‘’rebranding’’  project in the woods with the current Mutallab matter. United States in their usual imperialistic manner has been crying foul and ready to spill blood in revenge. For what could be considered to be a turn of reaction to the Mutallab arrest, Boko Haram elements in Bauchi lit the tinderbox sending over 30 souls to the world beyond with reports that crisis is spreading to other usual trouble spots. Definitely, the Bauchi crisis is a blow out of the widespread plague of acute fuel shortage, neck-deep misery and apparent mass anger that attend even this season of yuletide. Details

Ahmadu Bello University Charting A New Course, But On Slippery Grounds. By Usman, Sule Machika

It is indeed pathetic that members of the ivory tower would lack the patriotic shame and the sense of national pride in the conduct of university affairs and degenerate to indulge in politics of corruption, nepotism, religious bigotry, and ethnic sentiments in the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor for the university. In the long analysis, it is not only sad for the university, but indeed pathetic for the nation at large. Details

Suicide Bombing: Nigerian Muslims Are Peace-Lovers. By Isa Ali Ibrahim-Pantami

The entire western world should not take this as a pretext of subjecting Nigerians to unnecessary investigations, harassment and checking. The British witnessed the ugly trial of their Shoe bomber, Robert Reid their fellow Briton. He attempted to blow up a transatlantic flight some years back.  Timothy McVeigh, the man who blew up a Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 was an American. This is just a tip out of the iceberg. Details

Bill On Presidential Address Not Frivolous. By Abdulrahman Muhammad Dan-Asabe, Ph.D.

No, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, this bill is not a frivolous one and there is plenty for Mr. President to come and address the legislature for.  At minimum, the president’s appearance and presentation to the peoples’ representatives, the MPs, will bring transparency and possibly spark-off debate on policies of the government among the people. Details

Prepare For Profiling As If Nigerians Don't Have Enough Causes Within. By Farouk Martins Aresa

If charity begins at home, Nigeria is it. We want a Country where charity, milk and honey flow at it natural level to all the people, not just the very connected few. At the risk of using absolute terms, Nigerians are survivals not suicide club members.  Any idle fool willing to die as a dummy is a product of foreign indoctrination. Details

Back to the Bad Old Days. By Abdulazeez Abdullahi

Things have not changed much in this country not even with the so called advent of democracy some ten years ago. What one would have thought could only happen during the many military dictatorships we have had to overcome is very much with us, and it wasn’t as if the signs were not there. They were! Details

Almajiri Bill: The Masochism of Integration. By Mustapha Shehu

I cannot see how colonialism or neocolonialism has anything to do with trying to make the lives of these children better. Almajirci is purely a Hausa culture in which the Almajirai are separated from the loving warmth of their parents very early in life. It is in fact un-Islamic because the child is Allah’s trust to the parent who is supposed to cater for his well-being, education, health, discipline and proper moral upbringing. Details

Mass Poverty In The Face Of Huge GDP And Budgets. By Tony Ishiekwene

Why should a country be making more money annually and yet the misery index is growing year-on-year? You just do not need to be an expert in economics or mathematics to figure out what is happening in the Nigerian economy. The Nigerian economy is largely a “rent” based economy with public office holders and their cronies in the “private” sector milking the economy dry while those not so connected suffer abject poverty, unemployment, under-employment and other misery index. Details

EFCC: The Number of Charges Don’t Count. By Abdulazeez Abdullahi

If it has concentrated in digging up a strong evidence to support just one of the 170 charges against Ibori, perhaps it would have secured a favorable judgement. As expected, the EFCC has said it will appeal the ruling. I hope the EFCC has learnt a lesson or two from this ruling and also hope that by the time it gets to the Appeal Court it will be able to provide the necessary evidence to nail Ibori. If cannot, then it had better not waste our time with its ineptitude. Details

Generalizations Against Nigerian Muslims, Nigerians And Nigeria. By Paul I. Adujie

These unwarranted attacks, maligning and denigrations of Nigeria, have occurred despite the facts. The facts are that the father of the Nigerian citizen in question, acted forthrightly, as he took actions, he clearly and specifically notified the United States of America of his worry, regarding his son’s radicalization or extremism. A father acted against his son, that is profound and heroic! How is it possible for some, to still generalize about Nigerian Muslims and Nigeria, in the face such division between good and evil even at a nuclear family level? Details

Election Fraud In Nigeria And The Way Out. By Dr. Wumi Akintide

I totally agree with Ojukwu and Chinua Achebe that Democracy cannot thrive in Nigeria until Nigerians are allowed to pick their own representatives and leaders in a free and fair election. I might also add that Nigeria cannot thrive until we also solve the problem of census fixing in Nigeria. Details

Are There Really No Alternatives In Nigeria? By  Ahmad Sajoh, MNIPR

First of all it is in the nature of the Nigerian state. Nigeria is undoubtedly one of the most backward neo-colonial peripheral dependent sates in the world. It operates a peudo-capitalist economic system that is neither here nor there. The capitalist system practiced in Nigeria is not developed enough to allow market forces genuinely determine who gets what, when and where. This is largely dependent on the vagaries of the ruling elite who in turn heavily depend on the dictates of external collaborators who help in milking the system dry. Details

Revolution Per Se? By Comrade Sylvester Igbirobo Ukusare

Although it maybe the turn of the vice president to take over position as an acting president, otherwise other modality that would suit the citizenry, either by collective consensus to elect or appoint a new president for the federation in the meantime; merely for the alleged skirmishes by his party scribes in a cold war of power games shows that the tiger is quasi asleep. Patriotically, the truth must be told but, the Nigerian morality is opposed to this credence, while the populations are familiar with deceptive tongues these days and for the reason that they have been reduced to monkey mindset. Details