A Rejoinder to Professor Omo Omoruyi’s article ‘Security Breaches’, A Coded Term for a Coup Plot from Prison: Another Obasanjo's Diversion at the Expense of Al-Mustapha's Human Rights. By Ben Oghre
(GAMJI)
Is the professor not aware that Al Mustapha is still a serving military officer? One who is still bound by the oath of the military code of conduct? If that is the case then a ‘security breaches’, mutiny, conspiracies to commit treason are punishable offences that should be investigated by the department responsible for that task (the Directorate of Military Intelligence)? Details
Paul Adujie’s Misgivings About America’s Freedom and Liberties. By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
(GAMJI)
Adujie’s recent essay: America’s False Pretenses, Freedom and Liberties recently published by Gamji. I do not intend to pick holes in the entire tale told by Mr. Adujie. However, I must say this and say it clear: Ninety percent of the content of the article in question are incorrect, half-truths, unfounded assertions; and sounds like the expression of a man who may have “grudges” against the government of the United States of America. Details
The Epistle According to Umar—“Qui Bon”? By Femi Olawole
(GAMJI)
Personally, one thing I appreciate in Umar’s epistle is his admission that he is angry. He might not say so but he is also aggrieved. Let’s face it, Umar was once a powerful man in the nation’s political history. This was a Colonel who, without prior appointment, would walk over his superiors into the office of the Chief of Army Staff and still be granted an immediate audience. This was the same officer who would kit up the men in his command without recourse to his superiors in the Headquarters. And lest we forget, here was an officer who had so richly benefited from military politics as to own a 400-acre farm that was later sold for a “mere” N10 million. Details
The Humane Face of Good Governance in Ogun State. By Tayo Agunbiade
(GAMJI)
But today in Ogun State, Governor Gbenga Daniel has sought to redefine good governance by putting a humane face to it. How has he done this? The Governor has initiated several modes of public perception enhancement programmes as a strategy for keeping in touch with his people. Details
Honor, Dignity And Respect For Nigerian Dead; On National Duty Or Service. By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
It is a fact of history, that Nigeria’s military unwittingly soiled its hands, by jettisoning military professionalism, as they dabbled into politics for too many decades, in Nigeria’s political history, since independence Details
Call for Restraints to Ndi Igbo. By Samuel E. Obukwelu
(GAMJI)
Why are we now portraying the civil war as a war between the Igbo and the rest of Nigeria? That is far from the truth. We can vividly remember that the number two person in Biafra was the late Brigadier Philip Efiong. He was not an Igbo man. Some of us who were in Biafra remember the exploits of Major Archibong at the war fronts. He was not an Igbo man. Details
ACF and Northern Development. By Abdulrahman Muhammad Dan-Asabe, Ph.D.
(GAMJI)
I strongly disagree with the recent hypothesis of Professor Omo Omoruyi that suggests the impossibility of having, as he puts it, “one north, one people and one destiny.” On the contrary, with sincerity, it is possible to have a united North that will work together for the progress and prosperity of the region. Details
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There is no question that the current democratic experiment in Nigeria has lost focus; it is in fact failing. This is why poor Al Mustapha incarcerated for over four years in the Maximum Security Prison Kirikiri from no cause of his since 1999 is now rumored as the organizer of a violent change of government. Details
Asylum, Permanent Asylum In Nigeria For Aristide, Is The Right Thing! By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
So what if Nigeria grants permanent asylum to Aristide of Haiti? Why not? Granting permanent asylum to Aristide, is the right thing to do, it is tantamount to Nigeria playing roles ordained by our natural position in the world scheme of things. Or “How long shall they kill our prophets, while we stand aside and look?” Ala Bob Marley Details
Ban
Generators and Let NEPA Perform!
No
doubt, the National Electric
Power Authority (NEPA) has now highly distinguished itself as
(GAMJI)
Mallam
Ibrahim Shekarau was the only governor in
How Governor Daniel Puts the Youth to Work in Ogun State. By Tayo Agunbiade
(GAMJI)
The past few months have seen Governor Daniel deliver on his soapbox promises. He has set up the Ogun State Employment Generation Programme popularly called OGEGEP. Determined to strike hard at the cancer of unemployment that was threatening to wipe out the future, OGEGEP’s mandate is to create jobs for thousands of youths wandering the streets. Details
Nigeria’s Sustaining Food Security and the Golden Cassava. By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta
(GAMJI)
The idea of buying Nigerian cassava for use as the main ingredient for the manufacture of animal feed was successfully sold to the concerned African leaders by the Chief Marketing Officer of Nigeria Incorporated, President Olusegun Obasanjo. Details
Rumored Coups, Attempted and Successful Coups. Mr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
(GAMJI)
Strange things do happen in Nigeria; and in fact, stranger things have happened in our land before. And whether it was a coup or a security breach, well, it doesn’t matter; what matters is that one or both was bound to happen sooner or later considering recent events in Abuja and Lagos. Our politicians and political leaders have been courting disaster since the day they arrived Abuja. Details
FRIDAY ESSAY: How the Ongoing NIDO Controversy Will Eventually be Resolved. By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.
Well, we should remember that NIDO is President Obasanjo's baby, birthed in Washington, London and Abuja, nurtured in Atlanta and christened in Washington, DC by the medical doctor (and then Ambassador to US and now Senator) Prof. Jubril Aminu Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI
Traditional Practices and Community Intervention
(GAMJI WRITER)
I would prefer to call them ' traditional practices with health implications than what development partners popularly called them "harmful traditional practices, to me they are only harmful if done wrongly or ignorantly....Some time back, early this year, there were a lot of cases and admission of children in that department as a result of complication of traditional circumcision, while some of the children admitted died, some suffered complications and may end of being infected with certain diseases like hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. Details
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA
March 27 and the Bastardization of Our Democracy
(GAMJI
WRITER)
Former
military vice-president Admiral Augustus Aikhomu described it as “a
matter of gangsterism”. the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Alhaji Bello Masari, said it was “unhealthy for democracy,” while
the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
said it has “nailed any hope about the power of the ballot.” All
these three leading Nigerians were, of course, talking about the last
local government elections. Few people, I think, might have entertained
any illusions that the local government elections would usher in any
dawn of genuine democracy following the massive fraud, some would say,
barefaced robbery, that characterized the last general elections about a
year ago. Details
What Manner of Democracy? By Wada Nas
WEEKLY TRUST (04/10/04)
We must come to the painful conclusion that the greater threats to our democracy today are those politicians in power who manipulate the system to give it an ugly meaning, and this is when they are greatest beneficiaries of the system. On the whole, the political class are teaching Nigerians not to practise democracy as it should be. At another level, it could be said that to the extent they don’t allow Nigerians to freely elect their leaders, as required by democratic practice, they are not less worse than military dictator in this dangerous leadership imposition exercise. Details
The Final Clampdown on Atiku. By Paul Mamza
For Atiku Abubakar, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, this season is not the best of times. The prejudices and intrigues lurking in darkness have been transmuted into visible persecution on an incandescent lighted stage. His aides were fired without the necessary consultations, the Senate, apparently in an objectionable mood, removed him as the Chairman of Privatisation and set an adhoc committee to look into the transactions of Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), powerful politicians who are seen to offer verifiable support to his ambition for 2007 Presidential office were systematically crippled through political hostages. Details
With the way we have being having distressed banks, ordinary people are losing confidence in patronising them, particularly that once a bank is distressed, there is no way of recovering full deposits. Thus, until government comes out with a policy to ensure the people that they can always get their full deposits from collapsed banks, confidence in the banking industry will continue to collapse. Details
American False Pretenses, Freedoms And Liberties. By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
America is slipping rapidly into a society of the "watched" and "videotaped" there are so many restrictions these days, bordering on paranoia, America is beginning to assume posture of the average dictatorship and tyrannical government, that would impose unreasonable and imbecilic rules, all in the name of national security! America, like the average dictatorship, has detained without trial, about 700 persons in Guantanamo Bay in Cuban shores since 2001 Details
Kano State Beats Federal Government Hands Down Over The Oral Polio Vaccine Palaver: Only Truth Prevails. By Abba Anwar
(GAMJI)
I salute the purposeful leadership of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau under whose leadership Kano state persistently denied the application of the oral polio vaccine on her innocent children. That eventually culminated into the use of persuasive and rude ways to call the attention of the government of Kano state to come to term with the federal government and other world organizations, as regards the ever controversial polio vaccine. Details
Adding
to the Polio Controversy? By
(GAMJI)
With all intent and purpose, the aim of this write-up is to clear the air of some ambiguities that have engulf the whole process of the OPV so that at the end the “paid polio protagonists” would sense wisdom and exercise some caution when committing their faith to the course which they may not live to account for. Details
The Significance of the Crisis in Anambra State Governance. By Odi Maduneke
(GAMJI)
In the Ngige case, it clearly appears that the political offices in Anambra state were on sale. Those who bought them expect to make a profit. Since Dr. Ngige did not have the kind of money involved, Chris Uba put up the money. Like any ‘good’ investor he expects a good return on his investment and like any trader he wants 1000% profit and he wants it yesterday. Details
Insecurity On Our Roads: Where Are We Headed? By Habu Dauda Fika
(GAMJI)
It is a sad day for us when a governor who rides around with innumerable security outfits, where his movements are preceded by sirens blaring, falls victim to the band of thugs and hoodlums who ply the roads to rob the innocent and assassinate the powerful. Nigeria, our beloved nation is fast becoming a bad dream. Details
Between Issues, Hearsay, and Obunike Ohaegbu. By Emeka Oraetoka
(GAMJI)
I must state here that it is naturally not in my habit to join issue with people who take delight only in attacking personality instead of issues. I am however joining issue with this fellow, Obunike Ohaegbu, on the bases of his claim of being a registered member of PDP, and once an executive of the party in Anambra State. Details
Smoothing Nigerian Roads. By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta
(GAMJI)
President Olusegun Obasanjo honestly told Nigerians during an interactive session with the electorates in his home state of Ogun that, he felt ashamed of the terrible situation of the roads in the country. He promised to take effective measures to improve them thereby curbing the rate of human and material losses resulting from accidents on the roads. Details
A Technical Solution for Nigerian Email. By Femi Oyesanya
(GAMJI)
From
a technical standpoint, Nigerian Email Cybercrime is
A Judge, His Judgement and the Vice-President. By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo
(GAMJI)
I am overwhelmed by the uniqueness of the PDP elite who believe that Adamawa is a PDP State just as I am impressed by the composition of the good people of Adamawa state; their intellect, their perseverance, and their ability to remain united in spite of their diversity and the strong forces of darkness that prompt them to disintegrate. Details
Again,
let’s talk security
Nigerians have for a while now been complaining about the dismal security condition in the society without the authorities putting appropriate mechanism in place to improve the situation. We can talk all we want about insecurity, but to change the jungle-like situation we must ‘put our money where our mouth is’ because good security is not free - it is expensive. Details
AIDS: ‘A Disease of Mass Destruction’. By Chidi Chike Achebe MD, MPH
It is now impossible to view the AIDS pandemic solely from the vantage point of its health ramifications. Like a tornado wreaking havoc to everything in its path, AIDS has also torn the social, economic and political fabric of several societies to shreds. Details
Almost all the 36 states in the federation that conducted the recent local governments election performed far below expectation. They just threw their dignity and respective (if they have any) to the always hungry-looking dogs. In terms of fairness and justice they failed woefully. Details
Biafra in Retrospect (iii): When Mediators Became Obstacle to Peace (i). By Tobe Nnamani
When the first shots were fired on July 6, 1967, following the collapse of the Aburi Accord, there was little prospect that the crisis was going to be resolved peacefully. In fact, the Aburi accord could have prevented the tragedy that ensued, had the British High Commissioner Francis Cumming-Bruce and Elbert Matthews, the US Ambassador not prevailed on Gowon to repudiate that life-saving accord. Details
(GAMJI)
Does anybody seriously believe that Nigerians and the politicians we have festering like a plague of boils on our common collective consciousness have the maturity to administer a state police force? No way! Details
To Sani Ibrahim’s OPV: What People Did Not Know. By Ahmed Gana
(GAMJI)
Lastly, and the most important, despite the fact that all results unanimously reported the presence of antifertility agents and contaminants, still the Federal Government Independent Panel of Experts headed by professor Shehu Umar dismissed the contaminants as background noise of a FALSE POSITIVE result (what ever that means). Details
Where is the Nigeria to be Proud of? By Pidan Olumide
(GAMJI)
I see myself as a proud Nigerian. I believe that no matter how corrupt and how low we might appear before the outside world, we are still the greatest country in the world. Details
Is Adamawa an ANPP State? By Yakubu Aliyu
(GAMJI)
Quite a number of commentators were wrongly led to believe that the Buhari factor had impacted on the Adamawa political landscape, just like the way it happened in Kano State. They argued that if not for the alleged electoral irregularities, Alhaji Adamu Modibbo, ANPP’s flag bearer in Adamawa could have won the election on the account of the Buhari factor. Details
Nigeria's Pandemic Insecurity: A Bulletproof Device. By Hussaini Sani Kagara
(GAMJI)
One of the tragedies of Nigeria is that it is a federation without genuine federalists and democracy without democrats. We have a large assortment of leaders but a pocket-sized of statesmen. We have leader who purchased mandates rather than allowing the market forces of political demand and supply (election) to determine their mandate. Details
The Trouble with Nigeria: Matters Arising from 25 Nigerians Seeking Repatriation Part II. By Osa Iyinbo
(GAMJI)
As previously mentioned, various views have been expressed about life abroad. To some, it is bright and rosy; to others, it is gloomy and despondent. In some way, everyone is right. My purpose here is not to corrupt issues, but to illustrate that with arguments like this, we may be missing the point. Details
Is
There Political Morality from Adamawa Verdict? By
Professor
(GAMJI)
There are obvious lessons that Nigerian political class should learn from the Adamawa verdict annulling the gubernatorial election. This is an obvious test case that involves the lingering cases from various tribunals involving the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections. Details
(GAMJI WRITER)
For a long time they denied any split, but long before President Obasanjo was through his first term, even the most casual observer of the Aso Rock Villa could see that the relationship between him and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, was far from harmonious. Stories of breakdowns in their relationships may have been exaggerated but the smokes coming out of the Villa suggested that there was fire, and not a smokes machine, somewhere in the Villa. Detail
Let Us Debate Issues. By Wada Nas
Anybody conversant with public discourse in Nigeria- knows one thing as a fact of truth: where the other discussant cannot validly dispute the submission of the - other party with superior facts and logic, he resorts to personal insults, abuses, name callings etc as his only intellectual contribution to the debate...When Col. Dangiwa documented Obasanjo’s failures, he Obasanjo insulted not only him but all those he represents, including his large constituency. Details
BUHARI VS. OBASANJO & 268 ORS. Forwarded By Adamu Kyuka Usman
(GAMJI)
I am Barrister Hassan Kadire... I am a legal practitioner and presently the chairmanship candidate for ANPP for Etsako West Local Government Area. I do remember the 19-4-2003. It was the day for the presidential election. I took part in the election. I functioned as the collation agent for the ANPP for Etsako west and the Edo North senatorial District. As early as at 5.30 a.m I heard the chanting of war songs by military men who were matching along Warraki Road. Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Is the Polio Controversy Over in Nigeria (Part Two)?
(GAMJI WRITER)
With regard to purchasing vaccines in Muslim populated countries in Asia, equally that may only achieve in widening the gap and suspicion between Islam and the West , that scenario will be subjectively used by mischief makers to cause more havoc. Details
The
Politics of Force Deployment and
(GAMJI)
Odi
will continue to haunt
(GAMJI)
On
Abubakar Atiku is Not Worthy of Our Sympathy: A Response to Muhammad Haruna. By Safianu Rabiu
(GAMJI)
In my views and understanding of events, which might be limited, Atiku Abubakar was the single most important player in the decision to impose a second Obasanjo term on the rest of us. In the light of Obasanjo's failures, it was a rather wicked and selfish decision on the part of Atiku to support him. Details
The Nigerian Three-Tiers Government Has Lost its Direction. By Engr. Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe
(GAMJI)
Yes, I repeat, The Federal Government, The State Governments and The Local Government have lost sense of direction. They are not humble enough to admit failure. They are not humble enough to ask for help from their compatriots. They are afraid to trust Nigerians. Details
Sir Ahmadu Bello, My Hero Betrayed By His Lieutenants. By Abubakar Adamu, MSc, MILT.
(GAMJI)
Sir Ahmadu Bello was accused of not wanting Nigeria gaining Independence from the British Colonial era. Would a Man who wishes for his people to develop and progress, also want them to remain in servitude? During the Constitutional Conferences in London leading to Independence, Sardauna had some reservations about the Western educational gaps between the North and South. He was worried the North may not be able to take an equal participation in politics and administration because of the obvious disadvantages. Details
Haruna, Kure And Niger State: A View From a Soother. By Hussaini Sani Kagara
(GAMJI)
Only a government that is insensitive to the welfare of its people would pay LG salary in Minna for a LG that is located almost 200KM away. What happen to the relocation? It should be clear to Kawu that Kure has made Niger State only a salary State, as all other sources of economic developments have ceased to exist. Details
Atiku's Concept of Justice. By Babayola Muhammadu Toungo
(GAMJI)
I would have thought the PDP and Atiku will be quiet willing and eager to showcase their achievements in Adamawa state and allow the electorate make their choice. He should allow the performance of Boni and PDP do the talking rather than vent his misplaced anger on the poor judge who did his bid for the survival of democracy and good governance. Kashim Zanna should be applauded by all those who profess to love democracy and good governance and not condemned by the powers that be. He should be considered for the Nigerian National Merit Award and be designated “Hero of Democracy”. Details
(GAMJI)
Incidentally Chief SB Awoniyi and General Buhari had opportunity to agitate for and actually create Katsina and Kogi States before 1985. They are enjoying their political homes today thanks to General Babangida. If they do not want their States (Katsina and Kogi) and would rather go for Arewa, they should say so and wait for the verdict of their people. One would not be surprised that General Buhari and Chief Awoniyi would be chased out of their homes in Daura and Mopa respectively. Details
Igbophobia in Cyberspace (1): A Case Study of Olisa Osita (Part 1). By Emmanuel Franklyne Ogbunwezeh
(GAMJI)
Ironsi was busy trying to placate the North, while Gowon and Murtala were concluding their plans to secede from Nigeria. When Ndigbo were then killed in droves in the North as cheap game for the Northern extremists, Olisa did not see it as a violation of our right to be Nigerians. Detail
The Systemic Raping of Nigeria By the Military. By Prof. Chike I.D. Anamdi, M.D.
(GAMJI)
It is ironic that when the army shot its way into the Prime Minister’s residence that early morning on January 15, 1966 their scurrilously avowed reason was to eradicate the 10% contract-paddlers. Many citizens initially sang the Nunc Dimittis believing that their Messiah had finally arrived. Now forty years later, a civil war and internecine cannibalization within its ranks and file, Nigerians look with nostalgia to the days public officials were content with 10% loot/commission. Details
Right Pricing Labour. By Osita Chidoka
(GAMJI)
I don’t know what others think but paying Okonjo-Iweala her current salary is a far worthier investment than paying 240 million naira hotel bills of an erstwhile Chief Executive, who insisted he saved the Country money. My current interactions with people in Washington suggest that Mrs Iweala’s appointment may be a prime redeeming feature for the battered image of Nigeria. Details
(GAMJI)
A visit to ministries and departments in Taraba State, one would notice that most subordinates are sitting under the trees due to insufficient offices, uncomfortable furniture and in extreme cases something to do productively Details
Boni’s Illegitimacy: The Bigger Picture. By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo
(GAMJI)
See where we are today. The Zanna kashim tribunal which red carded Boni Haruna has returned a landmark judgement in spite of the huge tax payers’ resources employed to engage the best of the legal profession to defend the indefensible. Far from the fact that Boni’s miserable voice which tried to tighten his grip on power is shrinking, there was abundant evidence in his tone that his moral authority has been challenged and finally forced to its knees. Details
A Poodle as a Dog of War: A Rejoinder to Dr. John Okorie in His Defence on Jimi Lawal. By Kennedy Emetulu
(GAMJI)
"Permit me however to state, only in one respect, that despite my volunteering to obtain a tax status for NIDO, the continuing lack of clarity in the relationship between NIDO and Nigerian government had been a huddle of immense proportions for the IRS authority. That relationship had to be clarified in order for NIDO to obtain a tax status. For me, given my professional stake, I couldn't lie to the IRS, even though apparently this is the type of thing some people would feel comfortable with under the circumstances. I insisted that it had to be done the right way"-- Chairman of NIDO Details
Kwankwaso Instigated Political Violence Threatens Peaceful Elections in Kano. By Maikudi Inusa
(GAMJI)
It is out of this desperation and failure to incite social unrest that PDP thugs became bent on seizing power by terrorizing people and scaring them away from the polls so that they could rig the elections as the PDP did in some other states. Details
IGBOBI COLLEGE – The Last Of The Titans. By Banjo Odutola
(GAMJI)
Ever watched African schools shown on Television abroad? It is a sickening display of children in windowless edifices and ramshackle structures not fit for human abode. Apart from private schools, there seems to be a connivance at educating our children in school buildings in dire need of makeover. Details
Old Soldiers I Return Our Country Back to Us. By Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe
(GAMJI)
Today in our beloved country, Nigeria, heavily guarded governors cannot travel, armed robbers attack anytime, girls hostels raided for rape, the markets is nowhere to go. Electricity does not work. At the bus stop, no bus for hours. The transport owners increase price any time. As the danfo move, a policeman would enter, and the price will increase. Nigerians had cursed ourselves. Details
Polio: Our Lives for Money. By Mohammed Alhassan Waziri
(GAMJI)
The supreme council for Sharia in Nigeria may not be crying wolf after all. If it has been proven worldwide that vaccine – caused cases of polio cannot be totally eliminated until oral polio virus vaccine is no longer administered, then the Nigeria Government have more than a Herculean task to convince the populace of its continual usage. Details
The Man Who Hates Odumegwu-Ojukwu More Than He Loves Himself. By Peter Opara
(GAMJI)
As you stay your focus on the Igbo Premier Son Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ubanese Nwanganga, I have to remind you once again, that your rabid dislike of him detracts not an iota from the symbol or the Icon that he is. You have been told, not by Peter Opara, but by others thus: “leave General Ojukwu alone”, “love him or loath him (Ojukwu), he is the Igbo ICON”. Details
A Crazy Cirlce Run-around. By Emmanuel Franklyne Ogbunwezeh
(GAMJI)
After two score and four years of political independence, we are still floundering directionlessly, begging to be marooned at the sandbanks of disintegration. Our problems seem to have defied every known solution in the books just like IBB conceded during his inglorious tenure as a dictatorial head of state. Details
Omo Omoruyi's Sermon to Arewa. By Aonduna Tondu
(GAMJI)
Omoruyi’s eccentric attack on the ACF and its chairman, Mr. Awoniyi, is as misguided as his pedestrian attempt to make Babangida look good by seeking to convey the erroneous impression that the ACF is a partisan vehicle for General Buhari’s purported presidential ambition. Worse still, Omoruyi’s spin casts Babangida in the mould of a “pragmatist” democrat who is a builder of bridges compared to ACF’s, and by extension, Buhari’s conservatism and alleged sectional politics. Details
Gov. Kalu in a den of ‘Lions”, witch hunting and flip-floppers. By Paul Mamza
(GAMJI WRITER)
In the letter, Kalu said his deputy, Dr. Chima Nwafor furnished him with Anenih’s threat and that “plans had been concluded to deal with me (Kalu) the way they dealt with Bola Ige”. In a country where responsible and responsive government is in power, an allegation such as this, coming from a serving Governor cannot be treated the way it was treated. Details
(GAMJI WRITER)
...all agents here must come clean – the Nigerian government, and not only Shell, but ChevronTexaco, MobilExxon, Agip, TotalFinaElf, BP, and other oil companies - about this particular re-categorization and possibly others, for the country to determine the true extent of its impact. No ands, ifs or buts, no hiding behind fingers, no denials before facts are in. Details
Nigeria: Another sentence to death by stoning under new Sharia penal law quashed on appeal
"The quashing, on appeal, of another conviction and sentence to death by stoning under the new Sharia penal legislation on the grounds that the trial was unfair, is a positive trend," Details
Is Polio Controversy Over in Nigeria (Part One)? By Dr. Aminu Magashi
(GAMJI WRITER)
From the angle of Kano state which maintain its stand about contamination, it has already reportedly expressed an opinion of purchasing its own vaccine from some countries in Asia for its own children and it is obvious even to the doubting thomases that , Kano is on its own on this fight Details
'Book
Antiqua' Nigeria: A Bemoaning Apostate
Military regimes came and went, manipulating the lever of sensitivities along varying dictatorial grips. Nigeria became holed up in a resonating apotheosis of some privileged clan with igniting institutional collapse and progressive diminution. Details
The People's Revolution: The Dawn of a New Age. By Ugbana Oyet
(GAMJI)
The Biafran war ended in January 1970 when Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo and his 3rd Marine Division captured the Biafran radio and broadcast a message asking the Biafran soldiers to lay down their arms. Details
One Year After The American Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
On Saturday March 20, 2004, there were anti-war protests in their millions, protesting the wrong-headed American policies of pre-emption, that culminated in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, these millions of peace-loving protesters, were replete in world major capitals, from Johannesburg to London, New York, Madrid and everywhere in-between! Mr. Bush and his warmonger hawks in the neoconservative American administration, are no longer at ease! Details
Two Nations of Nigeria. By Salman Yerima
(GAMJI)
In my opinion, there are two governments or authorities in Nigeria. There is the Northern Government, and there is the Nigerian Government. Representing the Northern government is that entertaining stooge, Wada Nas, who also doubles as the spokesman for the northern cause. In my opinion, the cabinet or ruling council of the Northern Government is the Arewa Consultative Forum ( ACF). This bunch of dominating entity is in my view the sole source of Nigeria's woes. Details
(GAMJI)
The truth is that we, the people of Anambra State know the candidates we campaigned and voted for. Mr. Emeka Oraetoka and his co-travelers in political banditry should not try to justify their actions in Anambra. A friend I met in London last week told me that he was informed that the Inspector General of Police has a list he uses to assign policemen to the state governors. And, in the said list, that one Chris Ubah was there as the person who receives security meant for the Anambra State governor. Wonders shall never end. Details
Malam Shekarau Sit Up My Governor Sit Up. Rejoinder To Abba Anwar. By Ado Bello
(GAMJI)
The former Governor once said Malam is joking, but to whom did he hand-over to? So if you call Muhammad Bello a joker and at the same time saying he is an IBB boy I don’t think IBB can make such a mistake of placing a joker to oversee a very important state like Kano, haba Malam Abba. Details
(GAMJI)
Nigerians in the diaspora have that proclivity to paint a gloom picture of the Nigerian situation and lure innocent Nigerians (especially our youths) who have never been abroad into thinking that the US, Europe, Japan, China, etc, are all lands flowing with milk and honey. Well, I am ashamed to assert that your piece on Canada titled "On the case of 25 Nigerians Begging President Obasanjo for Repatriation from Canada to Nigeria" epitomised that naive and baseless view of the so-called First World countries. Details
The Old North or the New Arewa Remains 'A Broken Mirror': A Rejoinder to Mr. Isa Abu Yusuf. By Professor Omo Omoruyi
(GAMJI)
I want to further elaborate on my assertion that the ‘north is a broken mirror’ that no one including Chief SN Awoniyi and the disparate group he heads should try to put together or reinvent. It appears this was where Mr. Yusuf thought otherwise. Details
Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Crooks at Work. By Kennedy Emetulu
(GAMJI)
Needless to say, NIDO was dead on arrival. Nigerians abroad heralded it with what it duly merits - a total disregard. After all, if you only want to hear your own voice, have a coterie of sycophantic poodles sing your praise and pretend that you're at work, Nigerians are very good at granting you the space to do that; so, they did. Details
(GAMJI)
Since the President has evidently got this right, I feel like letting the whole world know that all critics of the President are not just criticizing him for the fun of it either because we hate him or just because we want to see him fail. The majority of us are criticizing him because we seriously want him to succeed and because we have come to expect too much from him, and what he has been able to give back in return is, often, too little too late. Details
“Obasanjo Orders Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) to Slash Interest Rates". By Ikeogu Sylvester Okoro
(GAMJI)
When I read the news report titled “Obasanjo orders CBN to slash interest rates,” in the Nigerian Daily Independent Online by one Gbenga Abidoun, instantly I wondered how independent is the operation of the Central Bank of Nigeria. It also made me to wonder if Nigeria is still under military government whereby “orders” are chunked out frequently without peoples’ mandate.Details
OPV: What People Did Not Know. By Sani Ibrahim
(GAMJI)
Even to the most casual observer, aside the past Pfizer/Trovan controversy and a few sundry others, the most dangerous of health related controversy that recently engulfed the nation state and more especially the North part of Nigeria is the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) controversy. The controversy in itself has a lot of repercussions – the danger it will pose to the nation in the long run is unquantifiable considering that the issues involved are bordering on life and death and is hanging on the future of our children. Details
I Told You So. Professor Omoruyi is Crazy for IBB. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide
(GAMJI)
Professor Omoruyi is an enigma of sorts but also a bundle of contradiction. I admire him for his amazing talents, but I am also scared of him that he could look Nigerians straight in the face, and tell us, ten years later, he could think of no better Nigerian to lead us our nation after 2007 than the self acclaimed evil genius who I believe, and I am convinced, had done our country more harm than good in the nine years he had been privileged to lead our nation. Details
(GAMJI)
How many Nigeria have good jobs in Canada? Tell me, most Nigeria are not doing well, and they are better off in Nigeria than Canada. Where are the jobs? Details
Re:
This Police IG is Ignorant
(GAMJI)
I
agree with your idea of decommissioning the Federal police, and instituting
state police forces instead. For one, having a National Police is a huge
financial drain on the Federal Govt. States, local governments, community
governments, etc all look up for allocation from the Federal government. Details
No, Please, Not Gen. Babangida Again. By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
(GAMJI)
Nigerians must determine to hold IBB to his initial words and keep away from power forever. Certainly, no well meaning person wants IBB back. All those collecting slices of his monumental loot to campaign for him are enemies of Nigeria. Details
Impeachment Move Against Obasanjo: Zwingina’s Reaction Irresponsible. By Bello Umar Farouk Jega
(GAMJI)
Zwingina’s reaction is, however, not surprising considering his dubious background. He is, for instance, deeply involved in the N54 million bribe scandal involving Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i that was blatantly buried through Obasanjo’s intervention. It is also an open secret that Zwingina did not win the 2003 election along with Senators Ibrahim Mantu, Professor Jibril Aminu and many other PDP members of the National Assembly Details
Industry Minister's Show of Shame on the BBC. By Sadi Zawiya
(GAMJI)
Going
by what the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Alhaji Magaji Muhammad said on BBC
Hausa service programme last Wednesday evening it was clear the minister did not
understand the myriad of problems facing Industries in Nigeria.
As such, we are nowhere near solutions.
As
Time Goes By, They Killed Our Enthusiasm And Optimism!
We
still find, that six years after our new freedoms, Nigerians are not feeling
better about tomorrow, (never mind today!) there is still chronic unemployment,
the national currency is still a free-fall of devaluation, there is complete
breakdown of law and order, there is pervasive insecurity nationwide, as the
government is unable to protect lives and properties, or carry out, a basic
function of any "good government" by providing for the safety and
security of citizens.
Fellow Nigerians, ---By Paul Mamza
(GAMJI)
Fellow Nigerians, it's my pleasure to state with pride that transparency has been the hall mark of this administration. If anybody is talking about transparency, I think we have something to teach the world.....Details
(GAMJI)
I am definitely sure that Mr. President knows Dangiwa Umar very well for his criticism on national issues that he feels are handled against the cause of justice and fairness. Baba is a living witness or rather, a beneficiary of Dangiwa’s renowned struggle for justice when he (Dangiwa) sticked his neck out to say all sort of things about the injustice meted on you by the Abacha Administration. Even though you were in prison then, but I am sure you must have seen and heard the wars he was waging on the pages of newspapers with the regime, not only urging the administration to be just and fair but condemning the whole act of your imprisonment. In fact, understand that when you came out of prison, you sent him a thank you letter for the invaluable efforts he made towards regaining your freedom. Details
This Police IG is Ignorant. By Kunle I Sowunmi
(GAMJI)
Nigeria Federal Police we must agree and be strong enough to say is a bundle of failure. Mr. Tafa Balogun and other apostles of one police system should understand that failure in local police system in the past does not mean we cannot learn from our mistake. Details
Freedom of Assassination. By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo
(GAMJI)
If
no Nigerian has noticed yet, the Nigerian air is now very stale. Every
morning the newspapers flash stories of death. Big death! Deaths of
colourful politicians making their way to important meetings are quickly
followed-up by deaths of colourless ones on a mere pilgrimage to Abuja.
Ordinarily deaths would not be news in
No
Longer At Ease With Governments In Nigeria
(GAMJI)
This is a very mournful moment for me, I am completely and totally disenchanted with the governments that we have in Nigeria, nothing is working! It is a very sad state of affairs, to come to the realization, that public infrastructures are, crumbling, getting more abandoned, more decayed and neglected, instead of the long-awaited repairs or rehabilitation, and in one word, they are in a state of recrudescence, all our infrastructures! Details
IBB Might Rule Nigeria Again: A Babangidologist Perspective (Part I). By Adebimpe Onifade
(GAMJI)
This article does not have an illusion that IBB remains the best loved and most hated former Nigerian Head of State, by wide spectrum of the citizenry. The first assumption is that IBB prepared himself for presidency. He had a clear ambition, which he nurtured until it materialized. He had a vision of what he wanted to do when he was in government. His frequent mentioning of “visionary leadership” confirmed the presumption. Details
On
The Case Of 25 Nigerians Begging President Obasanjo For Repatriation From
Canada To Nigeria. By
Ike
(GAMJI)
For
benefit of doubt,
Malam Shekarau: Sit Up My Governor Sit Up. By Abba Anwar
(GAMJI)
I am therefore calling the attention of my able governor, to please start looking inwardly. I am also asking one straightforward question, which might either be philosophical to some and hypothetical to others, under whose errand boy can ANPP in Kano be saved from all sorts of embarrassment and defeat? Is it under IBB's errand boy, Mohammed Bello or Deputy Governor's errand boy, Kabiru Gwangwazo? Details
International Women Day – For Feminists Only. By Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe
(GAMJI)
Many women are suffering injustice in Nigeria today because feminist liberalism has destroyed all traditional values that have to do with sex in the name of progress. It is appalling that in Lagos, on African soil, a woman will give birth to a child and throw him into a dustbin in a society that has expanded family structure. Details
Biafra
in Retrospect: Still Counting the Losses (1).
By
War is an ill wind, which blows no one any good. Both the aggressor, the victim, the victor and the vanquished – all get a substantial share of the ill-fortune and bitter taste and ravages of war. Details
Recent Fires In Nigeria And The Ineffectual Governments. By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
There have been a spiraling convergence of government failures versus recent national misfortunes in Nigeria, this is particularly so, in connection with the inability to extinguish fires, fires that raged for hours, in the Federal Secretariat Ikoyi, fires in Kaduna, Oyo, Oshun, and Lagos states, during the past five years Details
Of
Tokunbo Ministers, Dollar Salaries And Expensive
'Sacrifice'
I think this nation can do without the great sacrifice of these two super ministers. To say that some ‘experts’ are receiving jumbo, dollar denominated salaries for being in a government whose only achievement so far is punishing Nigerians with severe hardship amounts to unqualified provocation. Details
The North: A time to Change. By Zainab Usman
(GAMJI)
It is about time that the people and elected officers of the North realise that they are in a position to change their lives for the better and that it is their responsibility not that of the FGN nor that of some foreign donor. Details
(GAMJI)
Chief Awoniyi wants to unite the northern leaders against the south; he wants to settle the assumed quarrel between Generals Buhari and Babangida on the one hand and settle the quarrel between the two Generals and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku one the other. Chief Awoniyi is oblivious to the fact that the difference between Buhari and Babangida has since 1983 been a matter of their contrasting vision for Nigeria. Details
It Would Have Been a Glorious Start. By Patrick Iria Uanseru
(GAMJI)
Who Killed Dele Giwa? That is a millenial question which answer we are still dancing around. Nigerians were shocked to the bones when a letter bomb scattered this fine writer and his brand of investigative journalism to blisters of flesh one dark morning in 1986. The family of Alfred Rewane, a 79-year-old opposition supporter murdered in 1995 are still asking, why? Details
Dora Akunyili And The Killer Drugs Cabal. By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
(GAMJI)
We must make it clear to Obasanjo that he cannot afford to be careless about Akunyili’s life. She must be given bullet-proof cars and adequate security. The police can deter her hunters by demonstrating their ability to fish out those who have attacked her so far.Details
Kudos or Should I say Prayers. By Omar Omar
(GAMJI)
Kudos to some new Governors. An example is Governor Saraki of Kwara state, focused more on been a good administrator regardless of his Dad and others’ position. Thanks to him and other Governors alike. Details
True Crime Fighters In Nigeria? Or Are Public Officials Just Hiding Behind Bullet Proof Vests And Bullet Proof Cars? By Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
The security and safety of Nigeria's many public officials is of paramount importance, this is because, their public offices, confer on them, extraordinary worth, of national security magnitude, essentially, because, they are our representatives and our symbols of self-government and democracy and nation… Details
The Polio Vaccine and Ignorance in Northern Nigeria. By Dr. Nura H. Alkali
(GAMJI)
The
bond of contention is whether the United States and other western countries are
using the vaccine as a vehicle to implement a campaign of
reducing the population of Nigerian Muslims. These allegations are
that: 1) the polio vaccine is not a vaccine but a disguised way of
causing polio, 2) the vaccine is deliberately
contaminated with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, and 3) the
vaccine is adulterated with anti-fertility drugs that will later
prevent conception in adulthood.
Okonjo-Iweala-Adeniji Saga: What is the President Up To? Dr. Wunmi Akintide
(GAMJI)
I am sure that President Obasanjo, in his own mind, probably believed he was doing something praiseworthy and proper by his decision to offer Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the job of Federal Minister of Finance on the terms and conditions that are totally out of sync with our country's crumbling financial status and circumstance. Details
PEOPLE & POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA
If, as Nigeria’s ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) often likes to boast, it is the biggest party in Africa, it may also be argued that it also doubles as the most crisis-prone ruling party in Africa, if not the world. Since its first convention in Jos in 1998, a convention which threw up General Olusegun Obasanjo as the party’s presidential candidate in what has been widely acknowledged as the freest and most well organised party primaries in the country, the PDP has barely managed to avoid breaking into pieces. Details