Reaction to the death of Dr. Okadigbo. By Ogbeni Lanre Banjo
(GAMJI)
Under Chief Bola Ige as the Attorney General, many people were killed and their cases were never closed. Did he care? Interestingly enough, Honorable Odunayo Olagbaju was gruesomely murdered and the Ministry of Justice under Ige lifted no finger to deter political assassination in Nigeria. Iyiola Omisore officially reported an attempt to poison him, and the Ministry of Justice under Bola Ige did not feel all these people should receive justice. Now his own children are looking for justice when no one received justice under their father’s Ministry of Justice. Details
Handshake Across the Niger: The Legacy of Chuba Okadigbo. By Ogbonna George Nwogu
(GAMJI)
Chuba coined Handshake across the Niger in order to underscore the need for unity in Nigeria. He used the expression initially at the palace of the Ooni of Ife when efforts were being made to reconcile the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) with the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). This philosophy is anchored on the imperatives of de-emphasizing the things that divide the people of Nigeria and emphasizing the things that unite us. Details
In Geo-Politics as in Local Politics When Money is Factored In, Moral and Political Correctness and Fairness Take a Back Seat. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide
(GAMJI)
When George Bush tells the world "if you are not with us, you are against us, and must be ready to face the consequence" my mind immediately went to the Non-allied nations that were put together under the late Josep Tito of former Yugoslavia in years gone by. George Bush was telling the world that such neutrality and contraption would no longer be tolerated by the only super power on Earth. You can no longer afford to be neutral, because if you are not for America, you are against America, and has therefore become an enemy by not taking a side. Details
FRIDAY DISCOURSE WITH DR. ALIYU TILDE
(GAMJI WRITER)
The 1999 constitution, like its 1999 ancestor, has provided for the maximum of two terms for any elected president, state governor or local government chairman. For about a year now, and perhaps even before, there have been appeals for the contraction of such tenures to a single term only. Such voices have concluded that two consecutive terms could be deleterious to the survival of democracy in Nigeria. Details
By asking members of the Buhari Organisation to regularise their membership with the ANPP, it pre-supposes that one has to be an ANPP member to work for Buhari’s presidential bid or that of any candidate for that matter. What the ANPP leadership doesn’t appreciate is that there are hundreds of thousands of sympathisers of TBO who belong to various political parties and an equal number who have no party affiliation at all, but interested only in Buhari becoming president either now or in the future. Details
Journalism in Nigeria: My Fears. By Suleyman bin Muhammad Odapu
(GAMJI)
Is it a Crime to be a Journalist? Is it a criminal act to get to the source in order to report accurately? Is it a crime to go about doing one's lawful duty? I can hear you say "IT IS NOT A CRIME'' this is certainly what is expected. Recent happenings in Nigeria however are proving your answer not only old fashion but wrong. Details
A call to Nigerian Technicians. By Engr. Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe
(GAMJI)
Now let me put together the two points raised. When by rotating the magnet within the coil, electricity is produced, go to Awka where God Almighty, put some human beings that can melt and mold iron into any form, let them solder some six blades at sixty degrees distance around the axis of your rotation. Mount the product on a bar, and let a palm wine taper hook it on top of a palm tree in the direction of the wind. The result will be a wind driven generator. Details
A Nest of Killers? By Attorney Mike Ozulumba
(GAMJI)
The recent death of Dr. Chuba Okadigbo has cast our nation again into a mournful mood. With the preliminary reports indicating that he may have died from noxious tear gas fumes poisoning, one would immediately point to the Federal Government and its Police agents as the culprit in this dastardly act. Details
Election
2007 and the Search for Leadership. By
(GAMJI)
In
an objective analysis, the election of 2003 and its results re-echoes the now
famous Gen. [rtd.] Buhari’s speech in 1983 that ‘The Election
Could Be Described As Anything But Free And Fair”
Of Chris Uba the Diplomat. By Lanre Ogundipe
(GAMJI)
Since July 10, 2003 when Nigerians woke up to hear the governor of a Anambra State, speaking live on Federal Radio Corporation network from his hiding place that he had been forced out of office by a detachment of mobile police led by an Assistant Inspector-General, Raphael Ige on purported order from Abuja, many thought it was a huge joke. Details
Of Government, Crime, and Charlatan Holymen. By Chukwuemeka Sunny-Unachukwu
(GAMJI)
I write with much happiness but as well with a cautious indifference at the announcement of Lagos state Ministry of environment to launch serious campaign to remove unapproved Billboards. I am not a believer in the Nigerian experiment, but I think that as humans we have the fundamental knowledge of what is good and what is not. Details
Ndigbo, Victimhood, and Political Nihilism. By Olisa H. Osita
(GAMJI)
The psychological and spiritual wellbeing of Ndigbo in contemporary Nigeria is in total conflict with the reality of their existence. Philosophically speaking, an average Igbo person lives in constant ignorance of his or her future, thrown into finite existence by dreadful invincible and invisible forces. Details
Is Atiku Abubakar Hiding Something? By Babayola Muhammadu Toungo
(GAMJI)
A silent power play is unfolding right now in Yola, Adamawa state – the spate of arrests done in the past ten days or so of people purported to have photographed the various properties of the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar scattered all over the state attest to this. Details
Nigeria and Nigerians: A World of Disconnect and Discontentment. By Sabella Abidde
(GAMJI)
It
is almost impossible to escape the constant cry of the Nigerian media
and fellow Nigerians bemoaning Nigeria’s social, economic and
political situation. It is a cesspool, we are told. There is a feeling
of fatalism in the air, and an expectation that someday, may be someday
a messiah will come to the aid of Nigerians and free us from these
shackles, anguish and fetid economic, social and political conditions.
Really?
Pitfalls of Obasanjo's Internationalism. By Khicingwe W. Simji
(GAMJI)
The paradox of power is that you either overestimate or underestimate it. Both could lead to unpleasant consequences. From one’s observation of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s conduct of foreign affairs, it would appear that he risks overrating his capability in world affairs. Details
Nigeria at 43 Years Old: Did Nigeria Need Independence from Great Britain to be Independent? By Murtala Bala Habu, III
(GAMJI)
Therefore some Christians must be held accountable for Nigeria’s problems, particularly with regards to the “Independence.” Caution: some Muslims are also a part of Nigeria’s problems today. Details
ORJI
UZO KANU- BURNOUT OF A PRESUMED INCANDESCENT
STAR
By
Chukwuemeka Sunny-Unachukwu
(GAMJI)
There
is an Igbo adage that goes – ‘ If you find a small child doing an
egedege dance beside the village tracks look very well near the bushes.
There you will find a talented being producing the beats that he is
gyrating to’. Orji Uzo Kanu is warming up to make Aso Rock his domicile
come 2007. So Orji is doing the egedege and surely there are malevolent
goblins drumming for him. Details
[Kano State ]
(GAMJI)
Several
epidemics have fallen mankind at several instances with devastating
effects. Recently, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has presented a serious
challenge in
Polio Vaccine: A Response to Dan Halilu. By Dr. Aminu Magashi
(GAMJI)
My piece today is not a rejoinder but an attempt to disabuse the minds of Dan Halilu and any other person and group of individuals, that share the same belief, pessimism and myopic thinking, to the effect that just because some religious non governmental organizations have called for the suspension of polio eradication, it is synonymous with future political, socio economic backwardness and capable of generating serious health hazards. Details
Ndi-Igbo and Biafran War Apologies-A Rejoinder. By Odi Maduneke
(GAMJI)
The British colonial masters designed tribalism and inter- ethnic rivalry into Nigeria from inception in order to divide and conquer. The struggle for independence was led by the Igbo and Yoruba elite and so the colonialists allied themselves with the northern elite in order to keep the activists in check. But their ace was to divide the Igbo elite from the Yoruba elite. Details
(GAMJI)
This
seminar on representing Islam in the media was held at the Queen Anne style
Media, Politics and Deliberative Process in Nigeria. By Tokunbo Awoshakin
(GAMJI)
Democracy
appears able to survive in Nigeria amidst the sea of doubts caused by ethno-
political violence and the period of recession through which the country is
passing.
(GAMJI)
The point that forced me into writing this letter to you is to bring to your notice the danger posed to the lives of your people by the activities of an institution that is supposed to provide one of the most important social services to the nation and its people that has now been turned into an anti-people organization whose intent and purpose is to defraud, steal, pilfer, and squander our resources Details
Fair Trade and the WTO Meeting in Cancun, Mexico. By Stephen Lampe
(GAMJI)
The most developed countries, especially the United States and the European Union, desire to improve even further their advantageous relative positions in the global economy. As in the past, the powerful countries are relentlessly pushing for trade liberalization and would like to ignore or at best pay lip service to issues that are crucial to the economic survival of poor countries. Details
Obasanjo Tells Nigerians at African Independent Television Signals Launched in the USA. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide
(GAMJI)
September 20th would be remembered as a watershed in Nigeria’s Global Television debut with the World. That was the day President Obasanjo came to New York to personally launch the African Independent Television signals in the United States. Like so many Nigerians, I was privileged to witness the occasion at the Grand Hyatt’s 5 Star Hotel in Manhattan, amidst the New York skyline which is first of a kind in the greatest city in the World. Details
It is very sad indeed the Governor of Rivers State to have warned that there is a pressure on Nigeria for U.S. troops to move into the Niger Delta. The Governor of River State is not the kind of governor that should be the dream of the people, under his command, the Federal Troops destroyed Odi a whole civilization because a handful of policemen were killed. Details
Why Biafra Lost (A Riposte to Revisionism). By Mazi K. Ani
(GAMJI)
There has been a proliferation of Biafra and Ojukwu-related articles lately in the Nigerian cyber media. This is both a reflection of the critical role of one man -His Excellency Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu- in the historical turning point of Nigeria as well as the Igbo proverb that after brave men have done the real fighting, the effeminate would remain at home by the fire-side and tell the tales. Details
South East Roads—The Scarcity Of Commitment. By Eluma Obibuaku
(GAMJI)
In recent weeks the challenges of traveling within the South- East and parts of the South-South has received renewed impetus because of press articles and comments from government officials both in our state capitals and Abuja. The new Minister of Works has found fault with engineers in his ministry and local contractors. Details
Polio’s Last Stand. By Saleh Yamusa
(GAMJI)
As a recent graduate in Microbiology, I consider my self as an embryo in the academic sphere, yet I feel I have a piece of advice to give. First, let the government set up a strong and reliable committee of experts to investigate the veracity of the fact that such vaccine contains so and so substances. Second, let the authorities imitate other developed countries and sponsor immunization program using IPV, however expensive, instead of OPV, for it poses no danger as indicated above. Details
The Tragedy of Caligula. By Aonduna Tondu
(GAMJI)
The challenge for Nigeria's elites is to work to reverse the curse of Caligula which is the bane of our national life . Refusing to confront the ghost of Caligula in our polity is the surest way to repeat "419" in 2007. So far, the Nigerian people have generally shown cowardice and inconsistency in confronting the excesses of their local tormentors. Details
National Interest and the Politics of Desperation: A Rejoinder to Dr. Aliyu Tilde's "For a Breathing Space Before 2007". By Kennedy Emetulu
(GAMJI)
Again, we can taste the insult to the Igbo when he talks about "the supremacy of money in their politics"; what does he mean? That the Igbo are the only ethnic group to have developed money politics into an art or religion in Nigeria? That they are the only people who can sell their mother once the price is right? Frankly, I fail to see how Dr Tilde is doing justice to the Igbo by this kind of stigmatization and crude stereotyping. Details
Becoming
the Turning Point On Biafran War View: Can That Be
(GAMJI)
Although political authoritarian nuances sometimes tag the Igbo as defeated in the said war of self-defence. For the Igbo, this is untrue. They were not. After all, there was no victor no vanquished or anyone defeated as proclaimed at the end of the war. Details
2007: Atiku for President, God Forbid. By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
(GAMJI)
Well, only two weeks ago, Atiku displayed a sample of his leadership style when his security men, in his presence, beat to coma a Daily Independent photo-journalist, without Atiku intervening to save the dying young man. As the nation recoiled at this clear advertisement of pre-historic cruelty, some fellows like Olusegun Adeniyi of ThisDay went to town in stout defence of Atiku telling us that the V.P. was not as heartless as he showed himself to be. Details
Celebrating Ige's life and times
(GAMJI WRITER)
I
had expected it to be a gathering of Who is Who in the politics of
Yorubaland if not of Nigeria, considering Chief Bola Ige's status as the
Arole Awo (the inheritor of Awo's mantle), but although it was not
exactly a damp squib, the gathering at the Conference Centre of the
University of Ibadan last Saturday, September 13, to celebrate Uncle
Bola's life and times on the occasion of his 73rd birthday, was, for me,
a bit of a let-down. Some of his closest friends like Nobel laureate
Wole Soyinka and Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi were there, as of course, were
members of his family, but as Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights
activist, noted in what I thought was the most powerful speech of the
day, too many of Uncle Bola's friends were already proving themselves to
be fair-weather...Details
An Objective Analysis of Atiku Abubakar. By Reno Omokri
(GAMJI)
Recently Atiku was criticised by the media for an incident, which happened during the coronation of the new Oba of Lagos, Oba Akiolu. A press photographer had been assaulted by the security detail of the VP for in their view posing a security threat. But very uncharacteristically for a man in power in Nigeria he showed contrition and remorse right away. Details
Blame
Igbo First
Blame Igbo first, blame Igbo second, blame Igbo always. Last week the works and housing minister, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, weighed in with his brand of blame Igbo first. He blamed Igbo for the bad roads in their region. While agreeing that the condition of majority roads in South East are "worse than hell", that "he pity anybody from South East who has had to ply these roads". Details
(GAMJI)
I thought we have heard the last of them, but hell no! They are still very much lurking around. Their mouths is their god, their goal is our ruin. Their plan is their corrupt enrichment and nothing will stand in their way, truths will be sacrificed, facts will be turned into farce as long as their pockets is lined. The new Nigeria web columnists are one hell of a motley crowd. Details
Boni
and His Goebbles
When I saw the caption reading “An Apology for Boni”, I expected the commissioner to apologise for the OPC approach the governor took to such a weighty issue rather than the dreary effort put up by Mr. Zadok. I expected to read an apology for the wanton disregard and childish grumpiness displayed by Boni Haruna by causing the door to the office of the Assistant Registrar, Litigation, be broken. Details
Governor Kalu: Shun this Oddity, Boycott this Ignoramus. By Ikechukwu Amazu
(GAMJI)
If ever there were any doubts that Mr Orji Uzor Kalu, who masquerades as governor of Abia state, might have been misquoted over his so-called "apologies"- saga over the Igbo genocide of 1966-1970, his recent press conference in Lagos airport is as definitive as it can be that we are indeed dealing with a dreadful crime. Details
(GAMJI)
The present generation’s lads know things prematurely at tender ages, which they are supposed to know at later mature ages or not at all, due to free access to Internet, satellite and films exhibiting obscene illustrations and languages. Hausa home videos portraying culture adulteration are also included. These things strongly serve as catalysts to this ‘socio-cultural change...Details
Sycophancy:
the new directive principle for Nigeria web columnist?
(GAMJI)
NDI-IGBO AND BIAFRAN WAR APOLOGIES BY Olisa H. Osita
[California, USA]
(GAMJI)
From radio Biafra, my record shows that, the number of Nigerian soldiers killed by Biafran gallant armed forces during the war were more than the number of Nigerians who enlisted in Nigerian army, navy and air-force all put together in that period, under review. Okoko Ndem, the Biafran news anchor man, was an outstanding broadcaster and he delivers his news with scintillating punch and penetrating impact. The only snag, though, but unknown to most of us listeners at the time during the war, was that Okoko Ndem lived and broadcasted from under-ground Biafran bunker for obvious security reasons.
(GAMJI)
The Proliferation Of Examination Malpractices By Umar Tanimu Umar
[Gombe, Gombe State.]
(GAMJI)
Students
were initiated into the cabal of examination cheating right from primary
schools especially during common entrance examinations, Heads of schools
conspire with the teachers into giving answers to the students so that they
will record high number of passes. This of course is not helping the
students, when the gain admission into post primary schools most of them
could not cope. From the primary schools the students are set up into
engaging in exams cheating up to the tertiary levels...
Details
[Badarawa, Kaduna]
(GAMJI)
It may take a serious re-engineering and re-orientation for Nigerians, especially those of us from the northern part of the country to be salvaged from the grievous consequences of the stupidity of our so-called well-informed folks. In the last couple of months, an unnecessary controversy has been triggered off by a section of northern Muslim scholars (Ulama) over the polio vaccine. In a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting in Kaduna over a month ago, the Jama’atu Nasrul Islam, JNI has called for the suspension of polio immunization programme in states of the North due to what it described as “reports alleging the contamination of the vaccine with substances believed to induce infertility and to contain HIV virus.”
In spite of this indecent approach to the resolution of genuine grievances by the Association on the part of Shell Management, the Association wishes to assure all its members and the entire Nigerian people, that it is committed to the struggle, and will not be deterred in ensuring that justice is done to Nigeria and Nigerians by Shell in its operation of the NNPC/Shell/Elf/NAOC Joint Venture. The struggle against racism, discrimination and unjust capital, intellectual and technological flight from Nigeria through the evil machinations of Shell Management has just begun. We call on all Nigerians to join the Association in prayers and fasting, as we know that it will take the intervention of Almighty God and the Nigerian Government and people to redress these wrongs in the interest of the future generations yet unborn...Details
Military
Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon (6)
(GAMJI WRITER)
Another
important factor – in the view of some - was the replacement of then
Brigadier (later Major General) Hassan Katsina as Chief of Staff (Army) with
Major General David Ejoor in late 1972.
Hassan (who was actually junior to Ejoor) moved up to become the
Deputy Chief of Staff SHQ (to then Rear Admiral Wey) and Federal
Commissioner for Establishments. Hassan was a very confident officer who
could look Gowon in the eye and tell him what was going on in the Army.
He also had back channels to far north sentiments and Gowon may have
thought – professional considerations aside – that he would be more
useful as a political symbol at the Supreme Headquarters dominated by he and
Wey who were both Christians...Details
(GAMJI WRITER)
When he died in the early hours of September 1, the Etsu was said to be hale and hearty. Certainly he showed no sign whatsoever of any ill-health throughout the weeks before his death when he toured the country as the chairman of what many, most certainly the Nigerian Bar Association, see as an ill-advised panel to reform Local Governments as the third tier of governance in the country. Ill-advised or not, his choice by the federal authorities to chair the local government reform panel was one more national assignment which reflected the high regard in which the Etsu was held by all. Details
AMINA
LAWAL MUST BE SAVED BY FOLLOWING ISLAMIC LAW
A
Hitherto Unrecognized Fact Is Uncovered
(GAMJI)
Amina
Lawal, 30, was sentenced to death by stoning (rajam)
by an Islamic Religious Court in northern Nigeria for committing adultery.
Her appeal against conviction was heard on August 27. The Court is
scheduled to announce its judgment on September 25. Dr. Ahmed’s analysis
of the evolving nature of Qur’anic
guidance prophet Muhammad received provides some “outside the box”
thinking the Court might want to consider in its decision-making...Details
EDO
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION IN THE AMERICAS, INC.
12th
Annual National Convention
Hilton
Airport Hotel
Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Edo National Association in the Americas, Inc. (ENA) held its 12th annual national convention in Dallas, Texas from August 29 through August 31, 2003. Edo International Union DFW hosted the convention, with the Chairman of the convention as Mr. Felix Ogbeide. The convention was attended by intellectuals, government functionaries, businessmen, businesswomen, and many distinguished Edo sons and daughters from all over the world. Some of the dignitaries in attendance included Barrister Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Secretary to Edo State Government, Barrister Henry Idahagbon, Edo State Commissioner for Land and Housing, Mr. Edwin Edobor,...Details
Polio
Vaccination and Population Control: Some Food for Thought (Part II)
(GAMJI)
Having discussed, in Part I of this piece, the politics of demographics and population control, and having seen from various episodes from history that governments of the so-called developed world are not loath to stooping to the nadir of criminality in pursuit of set objectives; we shall now take a look at how and when their policies of population control have been applied in foreign policy initiatives towards the “Third World” in general and Nigeria in particular...Details
As Nigerians, we are rather like children. For long being used to governments going and coming by "My Fellow Nigerians" we are taken aback by people coming to campaign and beg us for votes. The Naira rains that come with political campaigns have now become something to look forward to. We have been given rice and garri, and we get to wear free T-shirts and face caps. When we attend rallies, politicians give us Azikiwe's... Details
The
Beat Goes On
[DORAYI,
(GAMJI)
Rolling out sets of agenda is the traditionally accepted means of capturing the minds of those being governed. For some administrators the set of agenda announced to the public derive from a sincere belief in the correctness of their position. For others it is mere lip service. A means of keeping hope for the masses alive while the rulers ruin the masses’ future...Details
(GAMJI)
Love him or hate him, you cannot afford to ignore him. He, together with his fellow Financial Predators, crippled Nigeria’s will to survive, with his ‘Chop I Chop’ style of leadership. In only eight years, his regime produced the highest number of newly minted 419 millionaires the world had ever seen...Details
Forwarded By Auwal Musa Rafsanjani
(GAMJI)
The
Honourable Speaker,
You
will recall that on June 18, 2003 President Olusegun Obasanjo set up a
presidential committee on local government reform. Ostensibly, the
government’s intention is to reform the local government system. Other
factors point, however, to a different purpose: which is that the government
intends to create a local government system that is subject to the
government of the day, perhaps by putting them in the control of traditional
rulers, leading to a one party dictatorship in Nigeria. Amongst these is the
deliberate refusal to hold local government election since May 2002...Details
Ojukwu's Mis-Leadership Of Ndigbo
(GAMJI)
The article by H. Osita is refreshing. It is about time Ndigbo started to face the truth. This will help them get over what I call the Biafran syndrome. This involves use of the pogrom in Northern Nigeria in 1966, the emotion with which the war was fought as well as the institutional tribalism of Nigeria to cover up the disastrous mis-leadership of Ojukwu and his cronies that brought Ndigbo to their present predicament...Details
Memo to Armed Robbers. By Yushau A. Shuaib
(GAMJI)
With trepidation and anxiety, I write you this memo. Even though you may be located in major highways at odd hours of the night, and in remote areas of the country in the daylight, the fear that you may summarily exterminate my life like Sallah ram and tear into shred this memo, prompted me to use this medium. Details
Shekarau's One Hundred Days and Mission: Beyond Normative Incentives. By Ibrahim Ado-Kuraw
(GAMJI)
Malam Ibrahim Shekarau the Governor of Kano State has attracted more media attention than any northern governor. Partly because his state is the most populous in the area and because of his victory against the PDP, the largest party in Africa. His phenomenal rise to power after he was pressured to retire from the civil service because of his pro-Shari’ah stance was also a source of inspiration for many who are wrongly treated by any incumbent no matter where. Details
(GAMJI)
I am touched by all the ignorance, misrepresentation, falsehood, hypocrisy, mischief and injustice against the person of Charles Taylor. It is particularly disturbing that somebody like chief Tom Ikimi; former Nigeria’s external affairs minister under Gen. Abacha is so involved in this campaign of calumny. Ikimi lied that he was the first Nigeria’s foreign minister to set foot on Liberia at the time of her civil war(s). Details
Odumegwu
Ojukwu Deceit and Betrayal of Ndigbo and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.
(GAMJI)
It
is not uncommon these days to open, Nigerian newspapers or read articles in
the websites without stumbling on statements, purporting presumptuously,
explicitly or implicitly how Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe abandoned Ndigbo during
their most trying period of the civil war.
Why Nigerians Should Not Pay Tax. By Madaki O. Ameh
(GAMJI)
Nigeria is a potentially great nation, so we have heard, and have been told for years. Those potentials are however never going to be realised, the way we are carrying on at the moment. The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, if only in the right direction. We are currently headed in no direction at all, and since we cannot remain stagnant, we are actually retrogressing. Details
SHELL MANAGEMENT BRUTALITY AGAINST NIGERIAN STAFF AND UNION EXECUTIVES
(GAMJI)
On Friday 5th September 2003, Shell Nigeria Management instructed its security apparatus to brutalise the Nigerian Staff at 06:15 hrs that were peacefully protesting against the Neo-Colonialist policies of Shell. The brutalisation of the peacefully protesting Nigerians was carried out in the presence of the Shell General Manager East (GPE) and in the process the Shell security apparatus also damaged some vehicles...Details
Odumegwu Ojukwu Deceit And Betrayal Of Ndigbo And Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
(GAMJI)
During the Biafran / Nigerian civil war it was announced at the early months of 1969, with thunderous crushing blow, how Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe became a double agent and treacherously defected to Nigeria side of the war. Every Ndigbo man and woman was appalled and dumbfounded how a man we had always adored with pride and praises, could betray our trust and confidence and joined forces with Ndigbo arch-enemy, the Federal Government of Nigeria...Details
An
Examination of Social and Economic Problems Facing Immigrants in the United
States.
By:
Murtala Bala Habu, III
(GAMJI)
Immigrants pay more than their share of taxes and immigrants’ families use far less public service than do the natives within three to five years. Immigrants family earning reaches and passes those of the average American family. The tax and welfare data indicated that, on balance, an immigrant contributes to the coffers an average of $1,300 or more per year each year...Details
The
21ST Century Nigerian SAUL of TARSUS.
By
Ethelbert E. Kari, Ph.D.
[Tokyo, Japan]
(GAMJI)
This
short piece of writing is not intended to discredit anything that Mr.
Oyeyemi has argued so vigorously and persuasively about in his treatise on a
people and on a religion that, according to him is fraught with
inconsistencies, deception and smacks of every evil that has a name...Details
The
Emerging Realities By
[Abuja.]
(GAMJI)
Any ethnic nationality deluding themselves with the idea of seceding should better stop such late afternoon dreams, because when that day comes, you should make sure you do not miss CNN’s latest Breaking News .They said we must live together and together we must live. And By force. Why not! ...Details
FRIDAY DISCOURSE WITH DR. ALIYU TILDE
(GAMJI WRITER)
BluntPoint (11): Virtues and Limits of Monetization
The Obasanjo administration has introduced a policy it calls monetization in which public servants are given specific sums, according to their level in the service, to cater for their residential accommodation and personal transport. Broadly speaking, unless it is abused, it is an innovation that should be welcome by majority of Nigerians. But welcoming the policy is one thing that many of those affected are not willing to do...Details
Still A Malignant Cancer: Feminism In Literature And Society By Ugochukwu Ejinkeon
(GAMJI)
It
does seem that if there is one thing
American Unilateralism And Their Debacles In Iraq. By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
America, the prodigal son returns to the UN for help? America seeks to dump its debacle and quagmire in Iraq on the UN and the international community whose opinions the US disregarded and defied in America’s hurry to invade and occupy Iraq?...Details
Eighty
Million Dollar ($80m) Foreign Health Investment in Nigeria
(GAMJI)
They
are a group of 130 Nigerian doctors residing and practising in the United
States of America. On Monday, 25th August, 03, they were received at the
Aso Rock Presidential villa to intimate the Vice President Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, on their intention to invest the sum of US $80 million, in a not
so promising health care delivery system in Nigeria.
Interpretation of Shariah on Stoning to Death. By Suleiman Omipidan
(GAMJI)
The practice of the Holy Prophet as well as his authentic sayings, makes it clear that in secular matters or a multi-religious setting such as ours, Muslims should obey even such of their rulers as are not Muslims. In view of the above and over-riding concept of no compulsion in religion, Muslims in a Majority state do not need to be the prerogative legislative authority. Nothing must be done to clash with the political peace of this country. Details
God's Complex Phenomenon - A Dangerous Obsession: The Case of Nigeria. By Chief Okechukwu E. Asia
(GAMJI)
Having lived in Nigeria for two years now, I have come to feel the grip of the political/social experience of the Nigeria people. You may have the greatest ideas of how to move the country forward to economic prosperity and what have you. But the faster you thought about those ideas, the faster you are frustrated by the deep cancer in the bone of almost every Nigerian - god's complex phenomenon. Details
Reading for Leisure. By Bala Yahaya
(GAMJI)
Many people allow themselves to ditch this great pastime relying on the not-so-plausible excuse of "I don't have time for reading" and thus allow even incisive and analytic newspaper features to pass them. Thus, at the individual level, we should make conscious effort to "create time for reading" Details
Privatisation in Nigeria: Critical Issues of Concern to Civil Society. By Otive Igbuzor
(GAMJI)
The implementers of the programme are in a hurry to sell off all state owned enterprises even without adequate preparation taking into cognisance labour, gender and equity issues. Both the political leadership and the implementers of privatisation are carrying on as if privatisation is the only solution to poorly performing state owned enterprises, smuggling and effective distribution of goods and services. Details
Nigerian Journalists and the Policed State….By Mcphilips Nwachukwu
(GAMJI)
Outside the military establishment, the only other place that the power brokers unleashed their terror was on journalists. The incarceration of Chris Anyanwu, former Commissioner of Information in Imo State and publisher of defunct, The Sunday Magazine (TSM), Kunle Ajibade of The News magazine, and Niran Malolu, formerly editor of The Diet and presently, a commissioner in Ogun State are but few examples of symbolic voices of members of the pen profession, who paid dearly for being members of the public trust. Details
Do the Votes Count? Final Report of the 2003 General Elections in Nigeria Reviewed. By Emma Ezeazu
(GAMJI)
From the report, it can be inferred that in the area of management of elections, Nigeria has indeed taken several steps backwards. A comparative look at TMG’s report in 1999 and the current report clearly show that Nigeria recorded no progress with the conduct and management elections in 2003. Details
A Communist Amongst Failed Capitalists. By Orok Edem
(GAMJI)
The problem with intellectual purists, is that simple things evade them. Mr. Madunagu, unleashed his cerebral and organizational capabilities against Eka Edem, because her son wanted to "chop" from the "Ibo man". Details
Confidential Letter to Mr. President. From Earnest U. Anthony
(GAMJI)
Nigeria was growing steadily after the war because of the purpose that preserved her from disintegration and the light of the true Gospel (spiritual revival) she has started to receive before suddenly she went into Festac “77” to glorify idols of many nations ignorantly. The nation died spiritually as a nation like Adam who died but was still living, laboring and sweating physically. Details
2007: Problems and Prospects. By Max Gbanite
(GAMJI)
As written in Nigerian newspapers, the potential candidates for the office of the President from the North in 2007 are as follows: His Excellency General Ibrahim B. Babangida (rtd) GCFR; His Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), GCFR; His Excellency Abubarkar Atiku, GCON, current Vice President; Alhaji Ahmed Mu’azu, the Governor of Bauchi State; Alhaji Markafi, Governor of Kaduna State; Alhaji Abubarkar Rimi, former Governor of Kano State; and Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd), former Military Governor of Borno and Lagos States. Details
Contradictions of the So-called Nigerian Dilemma. By Omoba Oladele Osinuga
(GAMJI)
For anyone to say that, “the Hausa / Fulani and the Yoruba’s had since resorted to setting a new unknown standard by the systemic destruction of both the known standard and the pioneers of the known standard” is missing the point of the problems inherent in Nigeria today. Not one ethnic group or geographical region is singularly responsible for the catastrophic mess in which our beloved nation finds itself Details
Compulsory to the Muslims. By M.A. Dankande, MNIM
(GAMJI)
Finally, whether the European Union has abolished death-sentence in their member countries or not, it is not our concern. As Muslims nobody can deprive us of our religious duties or make us compromise our religious doctrines and expect to be in peace. Details
The Lantern Government in Nigeria. By Abdulrahman Muhammad Dan-Asabe Ph.D.
(GAMJI)
I am afraid that careful observation has shown that the present Nigerian government has deliberately taken-on this unique characteristic of the lantern: helping and shining on far-away people and countries but Nigeria and its citizens. Details
More Complex than Politics. By Edwin Madunagu
(GAMJI)
ON Saturday, August 09, 2003, at about 10.30 a.m, I heard a loud commotion outside the gate of our residence located in a rural community in Calabar South Local Government Area. I asked two young members of our household to go out and check out the matter, and then moved away from the gate, to shield myself from further distractions. But my respite did not last for long. The two young women who went out soon came back with a report for the rest of us. I summarise the story. Details
Homosexuality and Apostasy. By Candidus Uzokwu Obiajunwa
(GAMJI)
Homosexuality is clearly an aberration and a sinful violation of God or natures design for sex or the marriage union. It is dirty, ugly, demeaning, and unwholesome. It is selfish, irresponsible and unbefitting of a gentleman or lady talk less of a church or religious person. Details
Of North and South. By Reno Omokri
(GAMJI)
When we in the South are still engaging in voting on purely tribal sentiments, Northerners massively voted for a Southerner to become president in 1993. They forsook a homeboy to follow their hearts and vote for a better candidate. Although one man and his cabal later truncated that election, the general show of brotherhood by the masses of the North to those of the South has remained unique in Nigeria and unreciprocated. Details
Virtual Reality In 4-19 Manoeuvres By Kòmbò Mason Braide Ph.D.
(GAMJI WRITER)
Frequently, we are being calculatingly hoodwinked, by people who have something to gain by manipulating our consciousness with misleading appearances. Indeed, much of Nigeria’s economy is based on providing Nigerians with deceptive imitations, ranging from fake medicines, “original Taiwanese” electronics, false bank accounts, fake “genuine” spare parts, and fake awards, degrees, and certificates, to false eye lashes, fake chieftaincy, and academic titles, false gold teeth, wigs, false fingernails, false skin complexions,.... Details