If I were Governor Attahiru Bafarawa. By Bello Umar-Farouk Jega

Buhari’s Spectacular Crash – The Lessons, The Hope. By Musa Adamu Mbahi, M.D.

(GAMJI)

Well Mr. Buhari, I will tell you this – We (minorities) might be patient and forgiving, and longing of mutual harmony and co-existence in our country in general and our region in particular, but we are not stupid. Thank you. The Buhari apologists should look at his campaign slogan of  “Sai mai Sallah” – meaning: “only a Muslim”. As a reason to why he soundly lost the Northern minority vote and thus contributing to his defeat. Details

Beyond 2003: What Role for Atiku? By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo

(GAMJI)

Vice President Abubakar Atiku has always been the heir to the Yar'adua political empire. Throughout his chequered political life and, indeed even before, when he served Yar'adua and Obasanjo from his Tin Can Island base, the 57 year old politician has survived some of the trickiest political battles in Nigeria's history. But he has left many of his bitter foes and detractors politically injured some of them terminally. Details

Pot Calling Kettle Black: Appeal and Advice to Buhari, Ojukwu and the Political Class. By  Professor Omo Omoruyi

(GAMJI)

Buhari met part of his bargain as he technically wiped out or “rigged out” Obasanjo from his bases in the far north or in what someone called the “Sharia belt” where the Ayatollah of Nigeria and the Governor of Zamfara holds sway. But Ojukwu failed to meet his part of the bargain.  How he thought he would meet from his past was strange to me. He did not learn from his uncle, Chief MCK Ajuluchukwu who had once made a distinction between the Ojukwu as a Civil War leader and the Ojukwu as a political leader.  Ojukwu failed to appreciate that distinction. Details

On Obasanjo’s Discovery of Merit. By Bisi Bertin Okpala

(GAMJI)

To this effect, the president should think of reshuffling his cabinet based on merit. It is extremely important to bring in new and hopefully younger faces in the cabinet. The younger ministers would probably have more energy to tackle whatever task the president assigns to them. The president should also develop a means of evaluating the performance of his appointees at least every six months. Details  

Governor Adamu Aliero’s Double Standards. By Bello Umar-Farouk Jega

(GAMJI)

As a Muslim and indigene of the state where Aliero rules, I will like to counsel him on his actions. I particularly want him to remember that it is a grievous transgression in our religion, Islam for one to side with an aggressor like Obasanjo and his ruling party who have used public offices to impose themselves on unvoiced Nigerians. And if one defiantly sides with such aggressors, it is said in the Qur’an same afflictions will befall them both. Details

Hmmm… Ayya Nigeria. By Ihas Idriess

(GAMJI)

Results are given in a so absurd manner that you wonder if indeed this government believes not that Nigerians are nothing but fools, imagine some wards where PDP returns a 99.9% victory, imagine PDP and by extension Obasanjo winning in Odi and Zaki Biam, haba!, it’s beyond imagination. Details

Late June last year, I published an essay in a number of Nigerian newspapers entitled: "The 17 Billion Poison House In Ibadan". The piece was my own way of pouring out my spilling disgust and matching indignation at reports in the media earlier late in April that permission had been granted "a leading cigarette company" called British America Tobacco (BAT) to invest a "whopping $150 million (about 17 billion naira)" in the construction of a tobacco factory on a 26-hectares green field site in Ibadan, "the biggest and most modern" of its kind in Africa, which would offer employment to 1,000 Nigerians. Details

After the 2003 General Elections: The Way Forward. By Ubanese Nwanganga

(GAMJI)

I am of the view that the time has come for us to revert to the previous arrangement whereby internally generated revenue is shared on the basis of 50% derivation. To some people this represents too much money in the hands of the oil producing states. Even if it is, I think we should not be seen as dictating to God. It is their God given money and they should be allowed to utilize it the way they deem fit. Whether they drink ogogoro with the money is nobody’s business. Details

Democarcy Versus Military Leadership in Africa. By Murtala B. Habu III

(GAMJI)

While the two systems are not genetic model formulated by Africa decent, I therefore, came to conclusion that, any system Africa adopted 92 percent of the time when implementing the system there would be over use and the usage will be abuse because Africa leaders did not play roles or know how it was created. Details

Reasons Why I voted for PDP. By Orok Edem

(GAMJI)

Sometime ago, I predicted that the 2003 elections would be between two horses from the same stable i.e. the military. I also posited that Obasanjo would win the elections but not the electoral exercise. For the record, I want to dissociate my self from any talk, rumors and allegation of rigging labeled against the PDP. In doing this, I want to 'put in public' my reasons for voting PDP. I assume most of us, read 65% of total voters, who voted for PDP, did so for most, if not all, of the under listed reasons. Details

The President's Men. By Babayola Muhammadu Toungo

(GAMJI)

One man that is in a position to do justice to Nigerians and write his name in gold but failed to do so is Dr. Abel Guobadia.  He would have done the nation a world of good by listening to the international observers/monitors and effect corrections where possible instead of blowing hot air.  On INEC, the EU had this to say, “…INEC’s lack of transparency through key stages of the process opened it up to accusations of political bias,”  Guobadia is superciliously telling those aggrieved by his elections to go to the Electoral Tribunals. Details

Dan-Giwa Should Express His mea culpa For Serving Under the Bababgida Administration. By Awaisu Ahmed

(GAMJI)

We must all remember well that Abubakar Dan-Giwa Umar (a rtd. Colonel) had served the Babangida administration meticulously as the MILAD of the then Kaduna State (around 1985-1989). It is worthwhile also to note that he was appointed as the MILAD only at the rank of a ‘Major’, when others were Cols and above. This is a clear indication that the said Dan-Giwa must have been an ardent supporter, loyalist of that regime or even a profound sycophant, for him to secure such an appointment. Details

Criminal Silence: The Bane of "Siddon-Look". By Faisal Muazu

(GAMJI)

Very few individuals and nations had the ready-made conditions for nation-building that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Nigeria had on that day. Through every means possible, the gentleman was brought out of prison, polished, funded and made the president of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria. At that time, every Nigerian agreed that the time was right to go through any conceivable pain to build the nation. As such every action or inaction of the gentleman was ok by Nigerians. Which other nation or individual on this earth was this lucky? NONE! Details

Songs and Ceremony. By Ikenna E. Anokute

(GAMJI)

In four years , Chief Obasanjo has made little or no progress in reforming our country’s economy and overcoming its crushing poverty.  He has failed almost every sections of the country except , well , his kitchen cabinet.  There has been a small amount of privatization and liberalization , leading most noticeable to an explosion in the number of mobile telephones. Details

The Disenfranchised Youth. By Sadiq Aminu

(GAMJI)

As mentioned earlier I believe that the youth of Nigeria today are being short changed in this our own definition of Democracy, when you take for example our very own constitution which sets age limits for elective offices at such levels that alienates most youth from actively, and more importantly, effectively participating in determining the fate of the country in which they are the largest stakeholders, you usher in a version of dictatorship which rail roads fresh and impressionable minds to a predetermined mind set that will only produce clones with the tendencies of  repeating the mistakes of the past. Details

Free Market, Subsidies Removal And Privatization: The Examples In Nigeria America Europe. By  Paul I. Adujie

(GAMJI)

For Nigeria to compete effectively and efficiently in the global market place, the government should create an enabling environment, inject monies and resources, assist encourage and protect some of our essential local industries as America and Europe frequently do, the huge tariffs the American government recently placed on imported steel is a case in point Details

How Safe Is Obasanjo’s Nigeria? By Ugochukwu Ejinkeoye

(GAMJI)

Now let’s face it, Nigeria is becoming increasingly unsafe, and there is practically nothing anybody is doing about it. The leaders are not even sure of themselves any more. Those who had survived armed robbers till now appear to be only reserved for communal and sectarian riots that can take any everyone by storm, any day. Waking up each day and discovering that one is still alive is a big victory that deserves elaborate celebration. Details

Looking Beyond the 2003 Elections. By Victor E. Dike

(GAMJI)

Elections in Nigeria should unfold without assassinations, intimidation and frauds. But having identified the flaws in the system, the politicians who lost their bid for re-election should stop ‘crying over spilled milk’ and look beyond the 2003 elections, because ‘The future’ as Bertrand Russell noted ‘is more important than the past, or even than the present.’ Details

A Response to Tonye David-West, Jnr.'s Two Most Recent Articles on the Internet. By Ethelbert E. Kari, Ph.D.

(GAMJI)

Reference has always been made to GSM, as one of the gains of democracy in Nigeria. Are we going to eat GSM? What is GSM to the hungry and the impoverished in our society? What is GSM without electricity? Please give me a break. Details

Buhari – The Confusion of An Alchemist. By Banjo Odutola

(GAMJI)

Firstly, he should understand that treachery is a hand well fitted in our political gloves or how else could it be rationalised that while he is calling for civil disobedience, his winsome governor elects are declaring their victories are well deserved. Details

What Next for President Obasanjo. By Salisu Yerima

(GAMJI)

Once again Nigeria is at crossroads, His Excellency President Obasanjo seems to be the beneficiary of INEC’s incompetence and fraud. Several options both valid and invalid have been proposed as a way forward thus the following analysis in search of what needs to be done. The major concerns should be the prevention of a civil war, the protection of Nigerian lives and economic prosperity for the average Nigerian. Details

Between Obasanjo And Democracy. By Tokunbo Awoshakin

(GAMJI)

Were the elections rigged? I will say it was obviously compromised in some places. It was not only the foreign observers that saw the way ballots boxes were stuffed, Nigerian Observers including journalist also witnessed this. Similarly, the number of fake ballot papers that were printed by some people, including a yet to be arrested “ unknown soldier” at a business center in Idimu, Lagos left no one in doubt that the election was not going to be totally fair. Details

This PDP Victory. By Ayo Abdullah

(GAMJI)

The ruling PDP has managed to get itself not only re-elected on the national platform, but also to take ground traditionally hostile to its ascendancy. Already so much has been said about the quality of some elements of this massive victory, especially regarding the veracity of votes cast in areas with very glaring cases of malpractice (Rivers, Delta, Edo, Kaduna, to name a few). Details

Agenda for the Fourth Republic: A Close Appraisal. By Mike Onwukwe

(GAMJI)

Ipso facto, the country now rests on the thumb nail of Obasanjo, obviously the rave of the moment and the luckiest man alive or dead in the Nigerian political landscape for how do you fault a man that has had the opportunity to rule his country for a record three times, first as s military leader and then twice as an elected president. From prison to the presidency is steep and gradient rise indeed Details

2003: Dilemma of a Young Nigerian. By Auwal AbuMuhammad

(GAMJI)

True to type, when Buhari addressed the nation at an international conference, he minced no words in declaring the electoral process a fraud. ‘This election is the most fraudulent Nigeria has had since independence.’ At the end of the conference organized by the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), it was resolved that ‘Olusegun Obasanjo will cease to be the legitimate president of this country after May 29th, and the only way forward is to form a broad-based interim coalition government’ that will conduct fresh elections. Details 

The Dishonourable Africans VI. By Sam Abbd Israel

(GAMJI)

However, since the military thugs and the political gangsters are bereft of commonsense, they are yet to see either the human carnage they have perpetrated or the economic damage they have caused in Africa. Hence, it is very difficult at this stage to expect repentance and restitution from these lots for all the losses they have caused Africa. Details

The Perils of Ignorance. By Professor Muyiwa Awe

(GAMJI)

The Holy Bible talks of those who are willingly ignorant. If Professor Soyinka and his Association decide to be willingly ignorant, they cannot force honest men and women to ignore facts staring them in the face. Did Professor Soyinka read what his colleague in the NAS, Ben Oguntuase, said sometime in August 1999, after the killings associated with cultists at Obafemi Awolowo University on July 10, 1999? Details

Before Round Three. By Ibrahim Dan Halilu

(GAMJI)

I attempted to draw from the past lessons so that one could appreciate the enviable role that Muhammadu Buhari and his party set out to play in their attempt to sensitize their supporters to vote an ANPP legislature in all the states controlled by ruling PDP.  But as it seems the same security agents that had been accused of intimidating voters in favour of PDP, and stuffing ballot boxes with ballots, is denying the ANPP its constitutional right to hold public gathering, and express its concern freely. Details

Yusuf Yaryiok's Mendacious Propaganda. By Bello Umar

(GAMJI)

This is about the third time I have read different articles written by one Christian clergy, Yusuf Yaryiok on this website, but I am sorry to say that the views postulated by him are highly knee-jerk and tunnel-visioned. The doctorate that he boldly sports after his name has never been a strong force to elevate him from the abyss of religious sentiments and pedestrian thinking. Details