The Battle to Change Lives in Abia State Nigeria and the Need for You to Participate. By Okechukwu D. Anyamele, Ph.D.

(GAMJI)

The inability of governor Kalu’s administration to pay for the labor services of Abia citizens is morally reprehensible in any form of logic and cannot be excused. These fellow citizens are wives and husbands, brothers and sisters that have children, elderly parents as well as relatives that depend on them given the extended family system that we have. Details

 

A Rejoinder to Idang Alibi’s “Obasanjo: The Devil You Know”. By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

(GAMJI)

If Idang does not know anything about the president’s semblance of cordiality with the National Assembly, let him ask insiders.  How did they agree to endorse his second term?  Why did it take the intervention of Shehu Shagari and General Gowon to reconcile the president with the national congressmen?  Even then, why did the President recant some of the conditions for reconciliation that he pledged to uphold? Details

 

Between Buhari and OBJ? By Fa’iz Muhammad

(GAMJI)

I do not believe that Buhari will have the kind of impact that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi envisions, simply because the terrain which he will be working in, is probably the most complex he will ever see and he unlike Babangida does not have the political savvy that will make him a success. What he needs is some of Babangida’s strengths and none of his weaknesses, but unfortunately though he has none of Babangida’s s weaknesses he also has none of his strengths. Details

 

General Gowon and A Paternity Test. By Banjo Odutola

(GAMJI)

Musa Gowon is not my son, so claims General Yakubu Gowon (Jack), the former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and good husband of the pulchritudinous Victoria, who is the mother of his children. Jack, as he is fondly called is remarkably a thorough breed of a gentleman but another woman has been pursuing through the courts to admit that he fathered her son. You need to meet Jack, to know the person that I am describing. Details

 

Buhari’s Candidature and Manipulation of Religion. By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

(GAMJI)

Most web contributors based outside the country belong to this group.  People like Professor Omo Omoruyi, Mobolaji E. Aluko, and Wale Adebanyi see nothing good in any retired military officer seeking elective office in Nigeria.  To them, such people should be declared unfit for any public office however glaring their competence and performance could be. Details

 

Sun Set In Northern Nigeria. By Chidi Peter Eze

[HOUSTON, TEXAS]

(GAMJI)

Not long ago, I used to think that Nigeria belonged only to the north  and that north was monolithic. Not any more. Prior to 1999, for a non-northerner to even  open a small business, or get a petty contract in Nigeria, he must have an Hausa man whether he attended school or not, as a chairman. It became so bad that even Nigerians in diaspora coming to Nigeria, on getting to Europe, would de-robe and put on Hausa style of dressing in order to be treated as  Nigerians on arrival at the Nigerian airport. Details

 

Middle-Belt Chicanery, We are Tired of. By Mohammed Bala

(GAMJI)

The recent call yet again by the so called "Middle Belt" leaders shows the extent to which a confused and out of date minds could go. In the present day Nigeria, where we have six geo political zones for easy administrative purpose, yet another group of disgruntled citizens with myopic intentions is calling for re structuring of the Nation! What for? If one is to ask? Details

 

Iraq, the United States and the United Nations: The Beginning of the End? By  Kunle Ojeleye

(GAMJI)

For us as a nation, it becomes even alarming when one reflects on events that have occurred in Central and Eastern Africa with regards to terrorism, and in the light of the recent Osama Bin Laden tapes which specifically called for terrorism towards overthrowing a Nigerian government seen as an ally of the US. Details

 

Rimi's Politics of Opportunism: A Response to Mustapha Maiyaki. By Yakubu Mohammed Salisu

(GAMJI)

Rimi is the most arrogant politician in Nigeria ’s history we are living witnesses of how he constantly abused Mallam Aminu Kano his mentor who lifted him from grass to grace. But Wailare and his fan cannot vitiate this historical arrogance of their hero hence they think others are envying him, what is there to envy in an arrogant person? Rimi never reconciled with Mallam Aminu Kano so he will continue to live with this illness. Details

 

Time to Act: The Future of Nigeria is in Our Hands. By Ike Naijaman

(GAMJI)

Look, anyone who believes that diversity causes war and poverty needs to visit Somalia.  As near as I can tell, they are all Muslims, and they are all Somali.  Unfortunately for them, they suffered the same rubbish leadership that Nigeria has suffered and now they are poverty-stricken, wartorn, and get to sit back while warlords dominate their land. Details

 

Lamido's Journey: Talakawas' Apostasy To OBJ’s Praise Singer. By Aminu Ahmadu Hammanyero

(GAMJI)

Sycophantic and unimaginative people like Sule Lamido can do anything to protect their selfish interests. Judging by his unguarded utterances, who knows whether Sule Lamido and his colleagues have sacrificed wider Nigerian interests for their selfish interests! If Sule Lamido can forsake his political mentor (Abubakar Rimi) both during the 1999 and 2003 primaries to support Obasanjo, then it is not surprising to see him exasperate his energy attacking people of good conscience. Details

 

Of Tin Gods and Little Minds: Saboteurs of the Igbo Agenda! By Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Es q.

(GAMJI)

Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, Professor ABC Nwosu, Chief Emmanual Iwuanyanwu and Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe are the members of the legion of sell-outs. The big difference between these shameless Igbo “leaders” and the rest of the southeast governors, who worked against Chief Alex Ekwueme at the PDP presidential primaries, is that the governors had the decency to fly under the radar in their activities. Details

 

Who Said AD Has No Presidential Candidate? By Auta Umaru

(GAMJI)

My argument here will conclude that PDP, instead, is the party that failed to field a candidate for the presidential elections. And by this singular act of political somersault - whether by accident or by design –  PDP has earned the reputation of being the ruling party that shot itself in the foot, and prepared the ground contest in which it is fielding no candidate. Rest assured though, that even if you disagree with my submission I would remain thankful that you have chosen to respect my democratic rights to free speech. Details

 

A Response to Lawal Murabis’ and Taofiq Abiola’s Rejoinders. By Yusuf Yariyok, Ph.D.

(GAMJI)

The 1991 census did not provide a statement on religion, this being the case where did Taofiq get his information? Is he basing his argument on Gumi’s fabrication during his acceptance speech at the King Faisar Award of 1986 in Saudi Arabia where he stated that Muslims constituted 70% of population? Details

 

O’Nigeria Awake From Your Slumber. By Okorie-Agidi, B. M.

(GAMJI)

We are ruled and managed by persons and gangs who have never bothered to adhere to our constitution or ever taken time to look at its provisions...Take a look at some relevant sections of the Nigerian Constitution: Chapter V, Part 1 Section. “85. (2) The public accounts of the Federation and of all offices and courts of the Federation shall be audited and reported on to the Auditor-General who shall submit his reports to the National Assembly; and for that purpose, the Auditor-General or any person authorised by him in that behalf shall have access to all the books, records, returns and other documents relating to those accounts. Details

 

Chiroma: The Man Needs Permanent Rest, and Gana too! By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

(GAMJI)

From Chiroma’s contradictory statements and unsubstantiated claims is seems the man needs a permanent rest in his country farmland because aside from going contrary to informed public onion, he has ignored several constitutional breaches contained in his claim.  As a self-styled bureaucratic reformist and pious Muslim, Chiroma should have endeavoured to deal with the matter at stake without prejudice.  It is unfair, unethical and arrogant to dismiss Azie’s audit report with ignominy without disproving it with facts and issuing a corroborative counter audit.  Details

 

In Defense of Wada Nas. By Orok Edem

(GAMJI)

I feel compelled to come to the defense of my friend, mentor, godfather, uncle and fellow Nigerian, Wada Nas, heretofore, referred to as the Mallam. In doing so, I take note that, Mr. Odutola diverged from his subject to rope in Aluko, Okadigbo, Mbadiniju and Ikimi. I refuse to comment on these people because they are capable of defending themselves, as against the poor and oft misunderstood Mallam. Mr. Odutola, I believe has imbibed the saying that: Cow where no get tail, na tsetse fly go kill am. He is mistaken .Details

 

Elections in Nigeria: Issues Please. By Maiwada Zubairu

(GAMJI)

A clarion call is made in this piece on both the electorates and those seeking political posts to focus on political, economic and social (PES) issues in an attempt to justify the continuation of democratic system of governance in Nigeria. It is only when PES issues are discussed, taking into consideration the basic ingredients of democracy; accountability, probity, transparency and vision, that the Nation will prosper and the dividends of democracy will be visible. Details

 

2003 Elections: Much Ado about Nothing (PDP and ANPP). By  Christian Dimkpa

(GAMJI)

The entire political class in Nigeria is giving democracy a bad name. How could two governors who perpetually complain of paucity of funds in providing elementary amenities like pipe-borne water, roads, electricity, etc, and in providing primary education to the young proudly donate N95m to the Vice President? Is the amount covered in their state budgets? And for what purpose? Details

 

The Real Nigeria and Nigerians. By Emeka Njoku

(GAMJI)

My admiration of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello (northern leader) is that he never pretended about "one Nigeria" and "love" between the ethnic, religious and regional groups as the late Zik (an Igbo Leader) did. He bluntly told Zik that we must discuss our differences or problems and find realistic solutions based on the differences. Details

 

Morbid Politics. By Dalhatu Sani Yola

(GAMJI)

Media, supposedly the societal watchdog, has been excessively infiltrated to the extent that some government owned media and the so-called independently established stables, notably Tribune and Punch newspapers, acutely embarrass journalism practice. Civil society groups, which are essential bulwarks for democracy and vital to the consolidation of liberalism have pitifully lost their vitality and reneged from that conventional functionality. Details

 

Auditor General Mr. Vincent Azie Must Not Be Removed. By Rev. Frank Ekejija

[President, Africa Christian Foundation]

(GAMJI)

The corruption stench, the kleptomaniac barometer in Nigeria public accounting is such that reformation will require total revolution. The rogue, socialist unitary governmental structure on the ground is a deliberate system instituted, maintained and enforced as an unfettered access by the elite in public service to enrich themselves and their immediate associates. Details

 

IMF: The Big Bad Wolf. By Michael O. Folorunso

(GAMJI)

In the period during the civil war (1967 - 1970), what most people did not know was that, the war was fought and not a single penny was borrowed from anyone or anywhere. But then, right after the civil war the Nigerian Government under Gen. Yakubu Gowon was been seduced everyday by the sinister world banking systems into borrowing. Details

 

What’s New About Chief Azies’s Audit Report? By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

(GAMJI)

For most Nigerians the revelations contained in the Chief Vincent Azie’s Audit Report on Nigeria’s federal ministries and parastatals that indicted some nine ministries and many parastatals of misappropriating over a billion Naira of public fund was not news.  Before the Auditor General’s Audit Report became public knowledge several local and international bodies have expressed concern on the high-level corruption and official fraud being perpetrated in government establishments. Details

 

What Do Nigerians Want? Are All Nigerians For Unity And Prosperity? By Paul Adujie

(GAMJI)

In my private and public conversations with many Nigerians from different parts of Nigeria, what I have discovered is an underlying mutual disdain and suspicion of the 'other' Nigerians, who are seen as the usurpers, the oppressors and  the dominators and frequently I have found these perceptions are just perceptions, mostly not based on facts or the truth, but usually based on cultural misunderstanding or misinterpretation Details

 

Are We Not Missing the Point? By Ebruba 'Tives

[ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA]

(GAMJI)

The problem of the nation Nigeria is not the south alone or the north alone. We all are aware that the country is how it is now because our fathers (the generation before ours) have been very irresponsible. The indictment should be on the persons and not ethnicity. Babangida, did have a hand in the gradual destruction of Nigeria, Abacha is also no saint, but so did Ike Nwanchukwu, Chuba Okadigbo, Lamidi Adelabu, M.K.O Abiola, Jerry Useni, Zik, Awo and almost all the senators and representatives, currently claiming they are debating a future for us, you and I. Details

 

The Problems with Obasanjo. By Umar Bello

[SAUDI ARABIA]

(GAMJI)

Obasanjo was elected in 1999 on a platter of gold. Hardly had he finished smarting from Abacha gulags was the presidency of the country served to him. The prospects of a Southern Presidency was a bit of a heady brew to the southern press and elite. Those who initially hated him with a passion soon made a volte face and overnight accepted him -warts and all-  and even turned into his most vociferous defenders. They even had the temerity to promise hell and brimstone on those 'Northerners who might play tricks' forgetting that the same Northerners were the people who elected him. Details

 

Why the Nigeria Police Must Question Governor Achike Udenwa and Senator Arthur Nzeribe in the Ogb Murder Investigation. By Chukwunweike Anthony Nwosu D.Sc.

[MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA]

(GAMJI)

Arthur Nzeribe himself never made it a secret that he would kill who ever threatened his re-election as the senator from Orlu. Was Ogb a real threat? Ogb was a very skilled political engineer, very popular and a great mobiliser. He knew how to reach out to both the old, young, wealthy, and common folks also saw Ogb as a very credible leader. Controversial Nzeribe dreaded being humiliated at the polls by this rising star and there lies the motive. Details

 

Buhari: The Media Biased View. By Suleiman Babayo Bauchi

[MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA]

(GAMJI)

Looking at the Nigerian Media today, one can't help but conclude that it is characterized by ethnicity and selfish interest. By so doing, they give false information thereby giving Nigerians and other countries at large a false impression of what Nigerian politics entail. For instance, it's disheartening to see some Southern media giving the notion that ANPP is an Islamic Party simply because Buhari -being a Muslim -is their presidential candidate. Details

 

Advancing Democracy in Africa (ADA). By Professor Omo Omoruyi, mni

(GAMJI)

I am disturbed by the various utterances coming out of the offices of PRP and NCP that they want to engage in coalition process before election to challenge the PDP and the ANPP.   This is a variant of the Stalemate Strategy.   I am sure that this is not the aim of the human rights advocate, Chief Gani Fawehinmi or of the aim of progressive, Alhaji Balarabe Musa or of the nationalists, Alhaji MD Yusuf and Chief Tony Enahoro. Details

 

Kebbi State: What Manner of Politics? By  Abdullahi Usman

(GAMJI)

It is indeed disheartening to note that whereas other states like Adamawa are preparing to elect their best and brightest in the mould of Professors Jibril Aminu and Iya Abubakar, my own state would allow mediocrity to get the better part of it by allowing such an individual to be presented for that important elective office. Details

 

Obasanjo's Legacy. By Dalhatu Yola

(GAMJI)

It is clearly evident that OBJ administration prefers to tamper with the natural buoyancy of Nigerians by making them timid and extremely deferential. It has not been interested in ensuring that ordinary people enjoy entitlements necessary to the exercise of their liberty. Since 1999, this administration has made no move whatsoever to imbue the citizenry with characteristics that would complement their dynamism and make them active and forward looking that will push for greater rights and become truly free. Details

 

Another Look at Stanley Macebuh’s Alarm. By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

The fraudulent insertion of a clause in the controversial electoral bill was not a discovery of the press?  So also the alleged 300 million Naira inducements shared among some senators to void the impeachment of the president.  Even the recent indictment of the ministries by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation came to public knowledge only after Chief Azie’s presentation of the report to the Senate. Details

 

Wada Nas And The Price Of Loyalty. By Banjo Odutola

(GAMJI)

The cardinal advice in political observation is that it is inadvisable to flog an issue as if there are none others in need of attention. Nevertheless, as for the reference to Mallam Wada Nas, his politics have not escaped my attention on a few occasions; so, I return. His public display of loyalty and lack of the same from the family of Sani Abacha, whom he defends above the required allegiance to uphold the honour of this nation as required in the national pledge holds a fascination for me. It dramatises human subjugations in the face of its failings. Details

 

An Open Letter To Nwodo And Others--A Contrary View. By  Eluma Obibuaku

(GAMJI)

With due respect to Alhaji Nas and Igbos of like mind, installing an Igbo person as Nigeria’s president will do nothing to address the real interests of the Igbo people because our problems do not stem from the fact that past executive presidents (heads of state) have not come from amongst us. Of primary importance to the East today are good roads, electricity, math and science education, access to health care, security of life and property, freedom from wanton killing (especially in the North), upgrade of Enugu Airport to International Status, and decentralization of Nigeria’s governance structure/ resources to the federating units. Details

 

I am writing in Response to  Alhaji Wada Nas' Article "Mission to Salvage Nigeria". By Kogigi Cholad

[GENEVA, SWITZERLAND]

(GAMJI)

Alhaji Wada Nas is right about certain issues here. In a country where Politicians have no conscience, there is nothing surprising about the actions of the PDP governors. Did Wada Nas expect them to jeopardise their chances of winning second terms as the governors of their respective states? Who would not accept a 10 million Naira bribe in the Nigeria of today? Afterall on the backdrop of the PDP Presidential Primaries it was very clear that Ekwueme [though he was more qualified] had little or no chances of winning. Details

A Rejoinder to Banjo Odutola’s: The Ikemba Nnewi: Leadership Redefined. By  Bisi Bertin Okpala

(GAMJI)

Ojukwu is also cherished because he has not stolen any person’s money. He did not help to loot our national treasury neither does he own a farm at Ota. Since Ojukwu was pardoned, he has never tried to unseat anybody in Igbo land or to acquire any person’s land by force or tried to depose any traditional ruler to become one. He has forged unity in his town and in Igbo land and not disunity. Details

 

Buhari and the Motto of the Nigerian Army: Where Michael O. Folorunso Went Wrong. By Dr. Nowa Omoigui

(GAMJI WRITER)

In your most recent article posted on gamji [AD: A Party in Search of its Identity. By Michael O. Folorunso [http://www.gamji.com/NEWS2138.htm ]  you wrote: "Buhari single handedly inscribed the motto of Shehu Dan Fodio into the battle flag and the insignia of the Nigerian Armed Forces" Actually that is not correct.  The adoption of the motto of the Sokoto Caliphate, as that of the Nigerian Army, was made by the British - before Nigerian Independence, and long before Major General M. Buhari (rtd) even joined the Army...The Army motto can certainly be discussed and debated and perhaps even open to change after due process (if deemed necessary), but we should keep the true historical context and cynical significance in mind. Nigeria is in many ways the way it is because of the legacy of British conquest.  Major General M. Buhari (rtd) did not single handedly or otherwise inscribe the motto of Shehu Dan Fodio into the battle flag and the insignia of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Details

 

Virtue and Leadership. By Victor E. Dike

(GAMJI)

Therefore, for Nigeria to be a good society it must have virtuous leaders who obey and protect the laws of the land; and the social institutions must have functional built-in checks and balances. However, I have noted elsewhere that the immunity currently enjoyed by the members of Congress courage them to violate the laws of the land with impunity. Details

 

Inefficiency the matrix for corruption. By Gyoh Son

(GAMJI)

I am not sure the political elite in Nigeria has the will to stem the phenomenal level of corruption. With corruption thriving in every single institution, many have resigned to the idea of an acceptable level of corruption. Sadly this has become the legacy to bequeath generations of Nigerians to come. Details

 

The Problems with Obasanjo. By Umar Bello

(GAMJI)

The media especially the Southern media turn their search light not on the government but on those individuals who dare criticise the government especially those from the North. Invariably Nigerians became intimidated into silence and Obasanjo is allowed to flounder and flaw his way through. The media being his poodle, are fighting his battles for him, he was soon to assume the stature of the ' infallible messiah Nigeria so badly needed '. Details

 

AD: A Party in Search of its Identity. By Michael O. Folorunso

(GAMJI)

Someone boasted in an article which was published about two years ago on gamji.com that Buhari enforced some form of limited Shari'a on the Nigerian people -- If this were true, it is very dangerous to deceptively enforce a systems of law on people without their consent. I know someone out there will say that Buhari was acting in his capacity as a military Head of State. That not withstanding, his method of introducing such a system of law was in the least, clandestine. This is exactly why Mahammadu Buhari can not be trusted with the human rights of and the religion freedom of the Nigerian public. Details

 

A Rejoinder to Dr. Yusuf Yariyok’s “Fighting Muhammad’s War: Revisiting Sani Yerima’s Fatwa. By Lawal Murabis

(GAMJI)

Whether or not the Bible is the word of God is something that Christians themselves cast shadows of doubt about. The Jehovah Witnesses in their magazine AWAKE of 8th September 1957 state that there were probably 50,000 errors in the Bible. If this is true, then who committed the errors? God? or the authors of the Bible? Mrs. Ellen G. White, a prophetess of the Seven Day Adventist Church, in her bible commentary, volume 1, page 16,confesses,” The bible we read today is the work of many copyists who have in most instances done their work with marvelous accuracy, but copyists have not been infallible, and God most evidently has not seen fit to preserve them altogether from error in transcribing." Details

 

The Activities of Igbo Quislings in 2003 Elections and Issues Arising. By Christian Dimkpa

(GAMJI)

The Yoruba tribal lords, represented in the AD echelon, have elected to support Obasanjo in spite of their own backyard political party and this should have been a lesson for the traitors in Igboland and indeed to all other Nigerians. A party of the status of AD that cannot produce a presidential candidate is definitely not worth its salt. With all their over-simplified claim about being educated (which we have since found out to be phony) they still hold very prismatic viewpoints about other co-nationalities. In this regard, the Yoruba should attempt to differentiate between just attending schools and actually acquiring qualitative education. Details

 

Ambassador Prot. Jibril Aminu, Leaving a Legacy of Greatness. By Dr. Chika Onyeani

(GAMJI)

He is considered unarguably one of the most brilliant minds in Nigeria, and in the months leading to the presidential primaries, was variously mentioned by a noticeable segment of the Nigerian political class as a presidential/vice presidential material.  From the middle 70s, he has played significant roles in various ways in the affairs of Nigeria, including his appointments as Minister of Education, and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Details

 

Buharism as Fascism: Engaging Balarabe Musa. By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

(GAMJI WRITER)

The 2003 election has suddenly become a struggle for the survival of Nigeria and its outcome will determine whether or not Nigerians are to become subjects of colonialism by one ethnic group. It is no longer possible to sit on the fence.  Nigerians must ask themselves if this country can afford an OBJ victory, and if the fascist alternative is not better than this alliance with a narrow ethnocentric agenda. I will now turn to an analysis of Buharism as fascism. Details

 

200 Meters: Compromising the Truth. By Clement Ikpatt

(GAMJI)

It takes bold and good information to expose what has graduated into a tug-of-war between justice for the people of Niger Delta region and the President. That he is promoting a personal agenda, albeit with a deliberate and skillful manipulation of geo-political sentiments, to deny fundamental rights and justice to the people of the Niger Delta region is well known. What geo-political sentiments? Nothing but the “majority syndrome” – a vague assertion that crude oil was given to Nigerians by God and that some Nigerians must scamper to corner as much gains from it without consideration of rights of a minority few endowed with the crude oil. Details

 

Beyond Britain's Goof. By Adeleke Otunuga

[TENNESSEE, U.S.A.]

(GAMJI)

The recent jabber by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as posted on their advisory page on Nigeria updated February 7, could only be seen as a deliberate, conscious, calculated, unwarranted and malicious attempt at assaulting our collective psyche as a people determined to move forward. If name-calling is the new trend in international diplomacy, some countries’ antecedents and precedents will clearly and honestly preclude them from playing the game. Britain, for one, lost the moral right to call names a long time ago. Details

 

The Ikemba Nnewi: Leadership Redifined--I Beg to Differ! By Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq.

(GAMJI)

I concede Mr. Odutola his right to offer criticism of Chief Emeka Ojukwu or any other Igbo leader for that matter. That was not what Banjo did in the article in question. Chief Emeka Ojukwu was merely used metaphorically to denigrate the collective aspiration of Igbos to seek the highest political position in Nigeria. Banjo is making a case for the disqualification of Igbos from aspiring to the presidency simply because of the fact that Ndigbo fought a civil war. All these other half-baked and pedestal analysis sprinkled around the main thrust of his effort are merely window-dressing. Details

 

Globalisation and African Identity: The Case of Communities of African Descent in Latin America. By Ibiyinka Solarin

(GAMJI)

Nigerians, Ghanaians, Senegalese, Congolese, Haitians, Jamaican cities have stores that sell bleaching creams for Africans who want to alter their skin color. It is not unusual to meet women and to some extent men from these countries today whose bodies show shades of differentiated colors. It used to be pronounced within the African-American communities in the United States before the civil rights era of the 60s and its ‘I am black and proud’ theme. Some Nigerian women call it ‘toning’ even when their faces and necks are much lighter than any part of their body. Their hands, ankles and feet give them away. It is the same in Latin America. Details

 

Response to Tunde Adenodi's "Igbo Presidency: What Now?" By Christian Dimkpa

(GAMJI)

Your insinuation that the Igbo try to take over Lagos from the indigenes is sheer over-simplified garbage. I ask you what the logic is, that people who contribute immensely to the social and economic well being of their non-native resident states should be denied their political rights by the conspiring indigenous communities? When the millions of Igbo in Lagos pay state taxes, rents and several "development levies", some of which are even discriminatory and extortionary, they are welcome as Lagosians, but when they seek political relevance in a place which development they have over years so immensely contributed to, it becomes an act of obtrusion. Details

 

The Igbo and Their Quest--A Rejoinder to Recent Pieces on the Subject. By Ugochukwu D. Ejinkeonye

(GAMJI)

The issue of the quest by the Igbo people to have one of their own to creditably serve Nigeria as its president in the face of evident monumental failure of the current "pretenders to the throne" at Abuja has been raising and attracting an irritatingly gratuitous and totally unnecessary "heat". It has also once more provided an ample opportunity for habitual Igbo-bashers to revel in their pleasant hobby-horse of casting needless and totally unprovoked attacks and aspersions on Ndigbo. Details

 

Rejoinder: The Anatomy of Miss World By Dr. Jan H. Boer. By Dr. Sani Aminu

(GAMJI)

The Muslims believe in Prophet Isah (Jesus), though not as the son of God. The Muslims are even allowed to eat from the from the slaughters and foods of the Christians except for pork and alcohol. The root cause of distrust between Muslims and Christians is actually historical and it started with wave of genocides by the Crusaders from Western Europe (sent by the Popes) for many centuries. Details

 

Ekwueme and the Northern Conspiracy: Much Ado about Nothing. By Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq.

(GAMJI)

Since the Second Republic Vice-President and Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Alex Ekwueme declared his intention to seek the nod of the PDP to run for President in 2003, questions have been raised about his alleged sponsorship by General Ibrahim Babangida, General A. Abubakar, and the Northern Political Establishment. The purveyors of this mischievous rumour anchor their allegation on the fact that Dr. Ekwueme chose Minna as a Venue to announce his candidacy. I will return to that later. Although nobody have been able to adduce a scintilla of evidence to support this alleged plot by the north to “use” Dr. Ekwueme to bring down President Olusegun Obasanjo, people have picked this sensational allegation and are running with it; particularly writers from a certain section of the country. Details

 

Limiting the Havoc of Friday Rioters: A Rejoinder to  Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo. By Ihas Idriess

(GAMJI)

Nigeria is never united in condemning the US, which is for the simple reason that our Christian brothers are always of the believe that whatever is condemn by the Moslems is Christian.  This mentality is so broad among our Christians friends that even their educated leaders do feel and advocate so, though only in public.  Privately they confess to supporting our stand.  Take for example during the recent Miss World saga, when the whole Moslem community of the country is condemning the hosting, the Presidency has the guts to host the beauty queens to a special service in state house church where they are proclaim daughter of the church.  This I think is worthy of condemnation not our protest over America bombarding of Afghanistan without any justification. Details