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NLC and Obasanjo: This General Must attend Anger Management Class. By Kunle I Sowunmi (GAMJI) In the language of the most respected American President Bill Clinton when he was asked how he viewed his adversaries. He said and I quote. “Our critics are best friends. They help to bring out the best in us” and when asked if he forgave his enemies after he got out of the impeached imbroglio that almost consumed his presidency Bill Clinton said “for us to forgive others is to ask God to forgive us” meaning do not expect God to forgive you if you harbor unforgiving spirit in you. Details
The
Side Effects of Importing Polio Vaccines by
(GAMJI) Now, that the furore is almost over apart from Kano State, the Saminu Turaki’s Government in showing indication to join the band wagon of buying vaccines outside. I am deeply touched, because up to now no one has raised any objection neither showing support among The Northern Caucus Regular Columnists, Even The Son Of the Soil And Our Only Health Columnist did not said or raised objection concerning that stupidity being exhibited by Jigawa State Government . Details
To My Sister (Jigawa State) with Tears. By Kabiru Inuwa Tsakuwa (D\Kudu) (GAMJI) In
1991, you were a beautiful bride, waiting for prospective suitors to
come and take your hands in marriage. But suddenly you became a MIZWAJA
(a woman that marries frequently), your children are now scattered from
centre of commerce, to centre of learning, from centre
of unity to center of excellence, while some have even left
the shore of
Attahiru Bafarawa Deserves All Commendations. By Abba Anwar Governor
Bafarawa challenged that, mismanagement does
Inspirational
Thinkers, The Original Apple Man: Sir Isaac Newton. By (GAMJI) Centuries before Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak had made the apple more than just the name of a fruit when the pair developed the Apple Computer, the apple fruit had another association with an even more famous personality: the honour for the earlier association went to Sir Isaac Newton. But such is the towering genius of the great man, that in linking his name to that of an apple – or any other fruit for that matter – the honour is actually being done to the fruit. Details
A Resounding Ovation for Greece: The Conqueror of Europe! By Olatunde Afuwape (GAMJI) The
Greeks have done what nobody thought would ever happen again – conquer
The Most Religious Country in The World: A Praise or Mockery? By Okoh Emeka (GAMJI) If am to murder sentiment and draw conclusion from the facts, I will without fear or favour say that Nigerians are the greatest pretenders in History, we pretend to believe in what we in reality never believed or do we actually believe but have chosen to subdue any positive reflection that such believe can bring? Thereby, reducing ourselves to a mere object of mockery. Details
(GAMJI) Monday
July 5, 2004
, this week, marks the 50 days of the State of
Emergency (SOE) rule in
Babangida,
Ekwueme, Obasanjo and 2004: How Times Change in (GAMJI) I’ve forgotten who of the trio above started the ball rolling. I guess it was Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) who not long ago declared that he had nothing against convening Nigerians in any sort of roundtable to talk the ever-elusive talk about our nationhood. I believe some of the promoters of the call for a National Conference or Sovereign National Conference, depending on opinion, really had a field day, recording such an endorsement from no other person than General Babangida himself. But such are the signs of the times. Details
Buhari’s Principled Tenacity. By Peter Opara (GAMJI) It remains mind boggling to any with a modicum of decency that Obasanjo sits atop a stolen franchise, whence from he pontificates to Nigerians on sundry issues of morality and citizen responsibility. Just the other day, Obasanjo’s spokesperson that seem to have a diarrhea of the mouth spoke up after what seems an eternal silence, not only lambasting Buhari, but claiming that God gave them victory – meaning Obasanjo’s “victory”. Details
The Phenomenon of "Settlership" and the Fate of Nigeria. By Mike Ikhariale (GAMJI) There
is the overwhelming evidence that the idea of
A Resounding Ovation for Greece: The Conqueror of Europe! By Olatunde Afuwape (GAMJI) Let
us examine how the demolition job was carried out.
After dispatching the Portuguese, people thought the Spaniards
with their quality will expose the Greeks for what most people thought
they were – a nonentity in the international football.
But
Shari'ah
Implementation in Kano
(GAMJI) One
of the major tasks ahead of this Government therefore, is to satisfy the
yearning of the people of
Schooling
in the Night; A False Labour Market in I
read somewhere that the Ernest Shoneken, Former
The Instruments of Emasculation. By Franklyne Ogbunwezeh (GAMJI) Power
is like the scalpel. It could speak health for the people or it could be
deployed as an instrument of oppression and emasculation of a select
assemblage of people. It is in this light that we wish to x-ray the
instruments deployed in the emasculation of Ndigbo in Nigeria
.
The Presidential Consensus
Candidate and the Northern, Replying
Dr. Abubakar A. Muhammad In
The Sakkwato Caliphate: Beyond A Jamboree. By Muttaqa Yushau (GAMJI) This paper intends to look at the legacy bequeathed by the Sakkwato caliphate, the challenges ahead of our contemporary society, particularly in the academic cycle, the dare need for documentation of the works of such eminent Islamic scholars for proper dissemination of their message, as well as reflecting in our contemporary life that is enmeshed in psychological holocaust, economic penury, moral erosion, political mischief, religious bigotry, intolerance and educational degradation. Details
Red Carpet For The Coup Plotters. By Hakeem Babalola (GAMJI) Leadership
in
The WHO and the Man-Made Theory of AIDS. By Alan Cantwell, M.D. (GAMJI) This is not the first time the WHO has been called on the carpet to explain their surreptitious use of antifertility vaccines. Millions of female Mexicans, Nicaraguans and Filipinos were duped into taking tetanus vaccines, some of which were laced with a female hormone that could cause miscarriage and sterilization. In 1995 a Catholic organization called Human Life International accused the WHO of promoting this Canadian-made tetanus vaccine covertly laced with a pregnancy hormone called human choriogonadotropic hormone (HCG). Details
A Short Commentary on Awolowo and his Critics. Mr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (GAMJI) Chief Obafemi Awolowo had his shortcomings. He was not a saint. However, his failings and missteps were far fewer and less injurious than those of his contemporaries. Within the context of Nigerian, and indeed within African politics, Awolowo had no equal. He towered above his contemporaries. Not only that -- all the leaders we have had since his exit from government and politics have been political dwarfs. Details
Is it Morally for Afrikaans Ceased Away as Muslims or Christians? Murtala Bala Habu (GAMJI) While democracy outrages occur in many instances, one notable is when the political-militiamen invaded Jato-Aka in Benue State, the Traditional Headquarters of the Tiv Nation and exhumed the remains of former Minister Paul Unongo’s parents and burnt them to ashes Details
(GAMJI) Nigeria
, which was one of the richest 50 countries in the early
1970s, has retrogressed to become one of the 25 poorest countries at the
threshold of the twenty first century. It
is ironic that
Policy Analysis in Nigeria: The Concept, the Problems, and the Prospects. By Nura Kakira (GAMJI) In
The Presidential Consensus Candidate and the Northern. By Dr. Abubakar A. Muhammad (GAMJI) What does the consensus presidential candidate mean to the North? From different interests one is bound to hear a number of definitions. For some of our governors a consensus candidate means for one of them to vie for the presidential ticket and rumor abounds already that three of the 19 governors from the Northern States have their eyes on the presidency. Incredible! Details
The
Set-Up for Imprisoning Innocent People. By
The
leaders or the ruling class in
(GAMJI) I am addressing in this article how the DejI’s office as an institution has changed in the last 100 years and how the institution is defined by its times and the individuals heading it at any given point in our history. Details
The Numan Carnage: Matters Arising. By Babayola Muhammadu Toungo (GAMJI) The gale of ethno-religious violence sweeping through the country since the re-emergence of Obasanjo on the Nigerian political scene in 1999 has been rather chilling. Chilling in the sense that there will either be no one left standing at the end of this cyclone or rather there won’t be a single Hausa, Fulani or Muslim man left standing at the rate things are going. Details
Another Nigeria is Possible. By Dr. Otive Igbuzor (GAMJI) There
is no doubt that the way HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Polio Spread: An Appeal to W.H.O and
(GAMJI WRITER) Recent
happenings and the bad news emanating from
Jigawa
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA Plateau Crisis: The Press as the No. 1 culprit (GAMJI WRITER) Last
week I argued on these pages that the recent ethnic and sectarian war
along the so-called indigene/settler divide in
Are You Serious About Needs, Mr. President? Open Letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo on the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy. By Yusufu Bala Usman, Ph.D. (CEDDERT) Mr President, are you serious about NEEDS? Are you serious about putting in place a National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy, which you will diligently pursue in the next three years to uplift our country’s economy? Or, are you just trying to use this NEEDS to bamboozle Nigerians, and dupe the rest of the world? Details
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA Plateau Crisis: The Fruit of Vengeance as Policy (GAMJI WRITER) The other day my good friend, Malam Lawal Batagarawa, the presidential aide on non-party affairs, was on the BBC defending President Obasanjo’s record on public safety and security. The popular notion that Nigerians have never felt more insecure in their lives, he said, was wrong because it was based more on image than substance. Because we are now a democracy (Are we, really?), he said, information on crime is readily available and so people imagine that there is more crime than is really the case. Batagarawa’s position is understandable. As minister of state, first for education and later for defence in Obasanjo’s first term, he lived a fairly cocooned life, protected day and night by armed police and soldiers. Even then not all cocooned public figures escaped criminal assault. Details
Never Electric Power Always "NEPA": The engineering, political and economic challenges facing the Nigerian Electricity Industry. By Ugbana Oyet CEng MIEE (GAMJI) The
current move to privatize the electricity generation, transmission and
distribution industry in
Settlership in Nigeria: A Litmus Issue. By Prince Charles Dickson (GAMJI) I experienced the pulse of true nationalists as it raced with excitement and belief that this ‘thing’ called Nigeria could work, and also those who at best could only be described as elements of non commercial value, people with “FOOLISHNESS” (many apologies) as their surnames. Details
A Season of Tears: An Open Letter to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. By Zulfikar Aliyu Adamu (GAMJI) Matter-of-factly, I was one of those who thought that your inspiring curriculum vitae could be dented by your venturing into a government suffering from chronic mediocrity complex and a simultaneous lack of direction and priorities. However, you probably posses more sense of patriotism than many of us who cannot truly justify our sojourn abroad, as a result of your simple act of serving the Nation. Details
The Gospel According To Bola Ajibola. By Banjo Odutola (GAMJI) Mr. Obasanjo – the president of our nation in eulogising his deceased friend – Mr. Sunday Afolabi, chose peculiar words centred on the same theme of Corruption, which arguably were inappropriate at a funeral but effective in the circumstance because of the prosecution that redefined the career of the deceased. Details
Understanding HIV/AIDS and Combative Ways
in Nigerian Society (Part 11). By Our
part one of this essay discussed the fears, facts and theories of origin
of HIV/AIDS. It also pointed out the main question mark of HIV/AIDS in
Desert Encroachment: Poor Response on Managing Disasters. By Yusuf Dingyadi (GAMJI) For
long I have been studying the plight of our people in the North West,
especially states like Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara over deserts
encroachment and soil erosion which has bedeviled all kind of socio
activities of our people from this part of Nigeria.
The Sokoto Caliphate and Nation-Building. By Yusufu Bala Usman, Ph.D. (CEDDERT) This
country,
Nigeria's Democracy: The Unfolding Developments. By Sani Tukur (GAMJI) Democracy! The very word makes me tremble, and with good reason. On the one hand, the term ‘democracy’ has become a rhetorical tag that promises social justice, fairness, fair hearing, speedy process of redress, freedom, human rights and so on. On the other hand, it epitomizes something to the contrary, for it allows people at the echelons of power and those close to them enjoy tremendous edge over the masses that voted them into offices Details
June 12: Another Perspective. By Max Gbanite (GAMJI) It is very disturbing to me and a great number of Nigerians that the issue of June 12 has become so ingrained in the minds of some nonchalant writers, to the extent that some of them, in an attempt to obfuscate the history of Nigeria to suit their personal egos, have even resorted to sensationalism and wicked interpretations and in most cases have even resorted to using serpentine venoms to describe their fellow human beings. Details
The Jihad and the Consolidation of Sudanic Intellectual Tradition. By Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa (GAMJI) There
are several versions of the exact time of the arrival of Islam in
Hausaland of which
Participant's Account of the Jihad in Kano. By Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa (GAMJI) Fear of the disappearance of the present generation and the information they have on the jihad might vanish with them. And then misinformation will occur in future which will result in controversies and misunderstanding of the life style of the earlier generation Details
Leadership by Intimidation: Need for a Better Approach. By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) This article highlights the combative and intimidating behavior that is prevalent in the present Chief Obasanjo regime. Instead of addressing the concern of the people he has resorted to insulting, bullying, and intimidating them. Details
Keep It Up Aminu Magashi: A Response to Adalat Yusuf By Ahmed Awaisu A (GAMJI) I would like to begin by a reminder that, public health is a societal effort to protect, promote, and restore the health of the public. It is a combination of sciences, skills, and beliefs that are directed to the maintenance and improvement of the health of the people through collective and social actions. Details
Credibility at Breaking Point. By Michael Okoye (GAMJI) Sometime in the second Republic, a prominent Kano politician came back from an official trip to India and was thoroughly invaded at the airport by the local press the way US marines invaded Iraq lately. They asked the man series of questions and one of which happened to be. Why India, a third world country; is fast developing and Nigeria another third world country living below expectation. The man simply told them that India was fast developing because they do not have a tribe called Yoruba in India. Details
(GAMJI) It
is becoming increasingly difficult to write anything about
Review
of Nigeria: Full Disclosure By Sam Nda-Isaiah, Free Press Limited 2004
(GAMJI) Since 1999 Sam has been laboring to inform Nigerians of the inequity of bad leaders. As time passed by, many independent observers became convinced that the country was moving towards dictatorship. Sam’s greatest contribution is perhaps his boldness in exposing the double standards of the anti-corruption campaigns of the Federal Government. Details
Rejoinder: Open Letter to General Ibrahim Babangida. By Abubakar Adamu Jimeta (GAMJI) If indeed you are as close to General Babangida as you would wish us to believe, your letter to him would have been delivered in private and not through a tabloid newspaper like The Sun. Details
In The Name Of Nigerian Poor Youths. By Hakeem Babalola (GAMJI) In fifty year’s time, it’s my assumption that many children born today, would still be uneducated, paving way for them to be ruled by the children of our so-called ruling class, who will have successfully acquired the best education “stolen” money could buy. Details
Review of Central Bank Guideline for Electronic Banking. By Femi Oyesanya (GAMJI) The
Central Bank of
Stigmatization of Children Orphaned Due to HIV/AIDS. By Dr. A.D. Dawud (GAMJI) Children who lose a parent to AIDS suffer grief and confusion, like any other children who experience the death of a parent. But there are special differences. Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI. My letter is not in any way challenging the legality or other wise of the strikes, neither to side with you or the government of the day, but how ever, my condemnation of all the strikes you led in the past has to do with attitude, conduct, ethics and decorum regarding the protests which were apparently lacking. Details
The Secrets of Respect. By Paul Mamza It is worthy to note here that I have always identified with the leadership qualities of General Buhari because of my belief in his zeal for national rebirth and redemption an had consistently fumed at Generals Obasanjo and Babangida’s leadership styles which I view as fundamentally destabilising Details
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA (GAMJI WRITER) The Church and the Mosque? Who does not know that the clerics have long been doing big and brisk business praying for the authorities to overcome all opposition and survive the justified anger of the masses? The traditional rulers? Have they, by and large, not always been for the government of the day? The media? Have the ethnic and sectarian prejudices of media-men not blinded them into hardly ever taking an objective stand anytime the authorities paint themselves into a corner? Human rights organizations? Is it not apparent that they have since considered their job done once they got the soldiers and the much-maligned so-called Hausa-Fulani feudalists out of the way? Details
IBB and His ‘Secret Agents’. By Paul Mamza (GAMJI WRITER) Mr. Asaph Zadok, the cerebral commissioner of Information, Adamawa State, himself a self-acclaimed ‘secret agent’ of IBB took a protest to the trenches by an open letter to General IBB published in the Sunday Sun of 6th June, 2004. In the said letter, Zadok was almost revealing a terrifying picture of an exhausted political relationship and vulnerability of sharply reclaimed extractive dire possibilities. According to him the relationship between IBB and his old friends are becoming strained, while new overtunes in the form fresh alliances are taking politics too far to an emblematic slaughter. Details
Is There Going to be a Day of Reckoning or is it Being Cancelled? By Nasiru Wada Khalil (GAMJI) For long our moral decadence is becoming evident; moral ethics and etiquette are diminishing day-by-day, godliness is gradually becoming a history of our past and being replaced by ungodly or satanic acts in almost every strata of the society we find ourselves in. We are going back to their pre-scripture era where jungle rule of "mighty is right" operates. Details
Jigawa
State–Too Much Too Soon? (GAMJI) As
one privy to know Executive at Arms length before
The Forces Against Shekarau. By Rabi Maitama Yusuf (GAMJI) Since
the time Ibrahim Shekarau assumed the leadership of
The
Venusian Conspirators.
By Peter Ibrahim (GAMJI) This is a short account of some sad and inglorious events, which occurred in a not too distant past. And like most tales, the characters might not be real, but the scenario closely approaches reality. It occurred on Venus, the closest planet to Earth, but it was so emblematic that it might as well have occurred on Earth. Details
Nana Asma'u Tradtion: An Intellectual Movement and a Symbol of Women Rights in Islam During the 19th Century DanFodio’s Islamic Reform. By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u (GAMJI) The Muslim woman is given every opportunity in Islam. She is a mother, a guardian and an eye for the community. Those who claim that Islam discriminates against women are either ignorant of the Islamic provisions regarding women, or they are set to achieve certain objectives. Details
Road
to “State of (GAMJI) When Governor Joshua Dariye rode his Trojan ego on the road to the “state of emergency”, not many predicted where it would land him. Like a drunken sailor, Dariye threw caution to the winds. Details
DARIYE – A Feather In Obasanjo’s Cap? By Banjo Odutola (GAMJI) Mr. Joshua Dariye has become in our nation, a man synonymous with so much. For now, nothing seems good about what he represents. That categorisation is as bland and confusing as various opinions over declaration of emergency rule in Plateau State because of the infraction at two of the seventeen Local Authorities. Details
Argungu and the Revolution in NIPOST. By Emeka Oraetoka (GAMJI) With the advent of internet, many Nigerians including this writer, believed that it was only a matter of time before Nigerian postal services (NIPOST) packs up for good. The reason behind this thinking was not far fetched, with internet, electronic mail, known as e-mail was to effectively consigned the traditional postal mail service to the thrash can of history. Details
Medical Consequences of Bleaching (Toning). By Dr. Adamu Danladi Dawud (GAMJI) Bleaching or toning of the skin is now vogue in our society. This plague, cut across sex, age and religion backgrounds. As men, women and elderly people of various religion doctrines are already victims. Details
We Should Have Attended That Meeting. By Sunday Damina Goshit (GAMJI) I am of the opinion that our leaders should have attended the peace initiative in Kaduna under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto. I have found through my few years on earth that victory has been won through dialogue! Details
ASBESTOS: A Silent Killer in Nigeria. By Dele Igbinedion (GAMJI) Asbestos can cause lung cancer, mesothelioma (a cancer of the chest and abdominal linings), and asbestosis (irreversible lung scarring that can be fatal)....As the Western governments outlawed asbestos use in their countries, the evil companies manufacturing these fibres moved to Africa. In Nigeria in particular, it is being manufactured in many centrally located cities like Kano, Lagos and Sapele and promoted as an essential ingredient for building. Details
Marriages Fading with the Sunset among Nigerians in America. By Dr. Sylvester Omosun Fadal (GAMJI) What I found alarming especially in Texas, Illinois, California, and several other states is the frequency of Nigerian names on the divorce records. In some cases, I found the same names several times within the same state and the only way I could deduce if it was the same person was to apply a little statistics. Details
Campaigns Deadlier Than AIDS. By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye (GAMJI) Well, I know that AIDS activism has now become a very lucrative business. That is why everybody is now an AIDS “expert” or “activist” “spreading the message” at one concert, workshop, or the other. For you to remain and proper in this business, and ensure the dollars keep flowing towards you, you must continue to speak the language of your pay masters. Details
Nigeria: Apocalyptic Nuclear Of Self-Deception (Hyperbole?). By Hakeem Babalola (GAMJI) I am on my knees, and in supplication I beg every Nigerian female or male to close his or her eyes for some minutes, and meditate on Nigeria. Now open your eyes. What do you think? What do you see? Do you see one Nigeria? Do you see people united by fate or by coercion? And do you foresee us living in peace as brothers and sisters? Details
(GAMJI) So there you have it. Straight from the lips of the number one person tasked with reforming the Nigerian economy. What was Iweala alluding to? The critical nexus between culture and economic development? Of course, and if that is not cultural determinism, then I don't know what is. Iweala has no illusions about the foundation - "the super-structure, the skeleton", as she calls it – that will be critical to economic prosperity. Details
(GAMJI) Mr. Wumione I disagree with you in a more stronger terms when you said, "If Obasanjo wants every household to be made a local government in Kano or else where, he should be man enough to apply the same magic formula in the South is all I am saying in this submission. " Is like you are saying this out of ignorance. Details
ODUDUWA: A Rejoinder to Chukwu Eke. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) Since the beginning of the Yoruba-Bini ethnic origin imbroglio, there have been several vain attempts by some non-Yoruba and non-Bini individuals to cash in on the issue. Details
Little Practical Steps With We Wait. By Dr. Olufemi Adedeji Adebajo (GAMJI) It seems highly unlikely that an epidemic of selflessness and patriotism will suddenly break out in the ranks of our political and social elite class. This is partly because we have a culture of passive indifference on the part of the citizenry and a rapacious appetite for filthy lucre on the part of our politicians. Details
Democracy: Maybe a Little Expensive for Democracy? By Abdul Rasheed Muhammed (GAMJI) I wonder to my self, are we collectively as a country truly oblivious to the rule of law or are we using the cloak of democracy to perpetuate such barbarism. In all rationality, who are we to declare that another creator is to be killed in the name of religion or for selfish political gains, but then again apparently rationality is absent from our collective intellect. Details
World Environmental Day: HoHow Nigeria Celebrates it? By Lawal Yakubu Gada (GAMJI) Here in Nigeria, how is this unique day especially for the environmentalist being celebrated? In earnests, a-four-day Environmental stakeholder Forum organised by the Minister of Environment, (Rtd) Col. Bala Mande had already been held Port Harcourt between the 25th-28th of last month. Details
Obasanjo’s Statements and Actions are Far Better than the Ethnic Cleansing Incited by Dariye and the CAN in Plateau State. By Audu Zango (GAMJI) Sequel to the ethnic cleansing by the Tarok murderous militia in Plateau state, incited by the corrupt and evil government of Dariye, backed by diabolical clergy in Plateau state, Obasanjo declared a state of emergency and suspended the state government. Instead of sober reflections, reconciliation, reconstruction and rehabilitation, some individuals and groups engaged in emotional outbursts, threats, intimidation and wasteful arguments, which would not reverse the suspension nor help in peaceful resolution of the situation. Details
Why Politicians Must Accept Defeat In Good Faith. By Ekene Maduagwuna (GAMJI) Introspective political overview clearly unfolds the “Never give up” attitude usually associated with politicians to either retain their position or aspire with dire despiration to take hold of the political landscape. This attitude is not peculiar to Nigeria alone, as recent history has pointed indicting fingers on African countries, particularly the Eastern African and central African Republic. Details
On Behalf of Whom Is Akiolu Speaking? For His Edo and Ekaladerhan/Oduduwa Ancestry of Course, Otunba Akinfolarin. By Ewaen Edoghimioya (GAMJI) The world Oduduwa founded was an Ife world and not an Ondo world. This hard fact of history has long been established by the late Prof Ade Obayemi that what happened in Ife was an exclusive Ife experience and was not universal to what became known as Yorubaland and the rest of the world. Learn to differentiate between a myth and an ideology Details
And Africa: The Quest for Balanced Reporting. By Salisu Ahmed Koki (GAMJI) In
conclusion, the Western media appears to be another civilization without
utilization. If we can view the breath and comprehensiveness of their coverage
of the rest of the continents, we can easily conclude that they are not doing
justice to
State of Emergency and Foreign Investment Nemesis. By Dr. Chidi Uzoma (GAMJI) I refuse to fall into the trap of a supposed Christian Moslem confrontation in a country, where the late former Senate president Chuba Okadigbo spent the better part of his Vice-presidential quest defending the allegations of a religious bigot levelled against his party’s presidential candidate, General Buhari Details
Plenty Nonsense: The Plague of Indigeneship in Nigeria. By Prince Charles Dickson (GAMJI) Hear an American ''I am an American, I live in Chicago, and I am of Scottish decent''. Then hear his Nigerian colleague '' I am from Okenne in Kogi State in Nigeria. The truth is that every nation has it's own peculiar ethnic issue but how have we as Nigerians made an effort to manage our Diversity. Details
So, Obasanjo Can Sack a Governor? By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye (GAMJI) The emergency rule declared in Plateau State is certainly an over-kill. If the intention was really to solve the crises, why not beef up security in the affected areas which is just about 12% of the entire state? Details
Kano ’s Turn By Turn Probes: Kwankwaso Today, Shekarau Tomorrow. By Salisu Adamu Maigoro Adakawa (GAMJI) All the LG PDP Kwankwaso point men confirm they have received the N2 million a piece. Some of them go on to explain why and what they were given the money for. Others dither around the why and wheretofores. Details
Let Obasanjo Stay Away from the Kitchen, If He Cannot Take the Heat. By Wumione (GAMJI) It is fast becoming the rule and not the exception for President Obasanjo to quickly lose his temper before television cameras, and he couldn’t care less what kind of irreparable damage that may be doing to his reputation as a leader of one of the most powerful nations in Black Africa, as well as the corporate image of negritude Nigeria around the world. Details
We Don’t Need Any Strikes. By Abba Abubakar (GAMJI) If Mr. President is really interested in serving then he must know that it is up to him to know how to first make those four refineries work and build many more in our dear country. He must know that for Nigeria and Nigerians to have a steady flow of petroleum products he must produce enough to export to Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin Republic and perhaps Ghana. Details
Politics of Force Deployment and Nigeria’s National Security. By Priye S. Torulagha (GAMJI) In politics, perceptions and symbolism are as important as physical action. Therefore, for purpose of effective leadership, political leaders must pay serious attention to the three elements. In Nigeria, political, military, and police leaders often ignore the three elements. Details
On Behalf of Whom Is Akiolu Speaking? By Otunba Morakinyo Akinfolarin (GAMJI) The question that I can assume to be going on in the minds of readers now, is why would OmoN'oba Erediauwa be in quest for an identity? This question is very apt. The answer is presented by OmoN'oba Erediauwa himself in the chapter of The Benin-Ife Connection Details
Religion and Hypocrisy in a Decadent Society: A Case Study of Nigeria. By Dr. Nura H. Alkali (GAMJI) Nigerians have claimed to be among the most religious people in the world. In a recent survey conducted by the British Broadcasting Cooperation, Nigeria topped the list of ten countries by having the highest percentage of people who believe in God, compared to 46% in the UK and only 28% in South Korea. Yet, the 2004 report of Transparency International, the Berlin-based global corruption watchdog, showed that Nigeria has still maintained its permanent position as the second most corrupt country in the world, after Bangladesh. Meanwhile, episodes of religious violence engulfed the nation once again, resulting in the destruction of property and the deaths of hundreds of innocent victims in Plateau and Kano states. Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Rivalry among Health Professionals: The Polio Experience (GAMJI WRITER) Now that the heat is off about the Polio saga in Nigeria with only 2 issues barely remain, for one, is the need to resume Polio Eradication Programme In Kano and I believe stakeholders within and without are putting heads together and working round the clock toward the final push and condemning polio to history book. Details
A Celebration of Statesmanship: Remembering General Sani Abacha (1943-1998). By Paul Mamza (GAMJI
WRITER)
Since
independence when the colonial masters ceased to have control over the
territorial entity called Nigeria, to be precise on 1st October
1960, the nation has had an array of leadership characterised by a catalogue of
sharp experience of misery, misfortune, misappropriation of public funds and
general insecurity of lives and properties.
Amnesty International welcomes this week’s ruling of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Special Court) which states that Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, has no immunity from prosecution for crimes against humanity and war crimes which reinforces the need to ensure that he faces the serious charges against him. Details
North: Beyond the 2007 Clarion Call. By Paul Mamza (GAMJI) The IBB group on the other hand are unrelenting at trying to win OBJ’s heart through the popularisation of Atiku anti-sentiment. Details
Encounter with Malam Liman. By Mahmud Jega (GAMJI) Malam Liman supported the Abacha tazarce. For over an hour, the barber had to stand by, his equipment poised, while Malam Liman explained at considerable length why he supported tazarce. The bottom line was, he felt the North would be in trouble if it lost power at that stage, given all its other disadvantages. Details
Jigawa at Five: Still an Egregious Purgatory. By Jibo Nura Certainly, the issue is: what can Jigawa state people show and boast to Nigerians and world over, five years after investing her vast wealth in Malaysia, China, Singapore and Brazil? Details
On Polio Discourse, Dr Magashi"s Heroic Failure. By My Adalat Yusuf I want to believe that it is only Dr Magashi that believe on his space journey and day dreaming about the genesis of polio controversy in Nigeria , the whole country believe the issue is to do with suspicion of contamination, even his State, The Supreme Council Of Sharia and JNI had agreed on that, by insinuating that the problem is to do with apparent neglect of other childhood immunisable diseases, he is only trying to create another controversy and who knows where that will lead us. Details
Search for an Alternative Economic System. By Abdullahi U. Bello (GAMJI) Nigerian economy can recover and bounce back to being a strong economy if those entrusted with managing it pause and ponder and change their perception of what the economic problem is. They should look inward and come up with a better economic system that is consistent with our values and culture. Details
Nigerian Rulers: Shall We Forgive Them? (A Satire). By Hakeem Babalola Nigerian politicians have yet to realize that, in the eyes of the gods he who rises the highest is also the lowest. No, our rulers like to feel big. They are pompous and ostentatious. They are above the law. They run the country only to full their mouth and stomach. They derive maximum enjoyment from oppressing those they’re supposed to protect. Details
Nigerian Democracy Day; Monkey No Fine. By Prince Charles Dickson As we celebrate the day. What exactly is the position today. Biafra or Bia whatever is being declared in the eastern part of the country. There is a state of emergency in someplace called Plateau State which is regarded a miniature Nigeria. Indomie, a brand of noodles consumed by many Nigerians has turned into 'killer noodles' yet no one has given a credible explanation. Details
Informed Commentary Or Journalistic Hooliganism? Tuongo’s Tirades. By Joseph Dangme Rinyom All that the administrator, Gen. Alli, can think of is a death penalty on imaginary cattle rustlers. And all that the Tuongos can cook up is perceived journalistic hooliganism. What happens if the sacked villagers regroup and attack? Tell me about commentary hooliganism. Detail
Shekarau's One-Year Anniversary. By Balarabe Maikaba What is really surprising about Malam Shekarau is that while other state governments are complaining about lack of funds to execute meaningful projects for their people, he has been stating that Kano state has sufficient funds to execute all the projects it earmarked for itself. Details
Why Are the Drums Silent? Emergency Rule on the Plateau. By Joseph Dangme Rinyom Simply put, a state of emergency, like the one imposed on the plateau by Obasanjo, is to bring sanity to an otherwise lawless society. It is a coercive, fire-brigade approach that seeks to strike terror into the hearts of the society by the threat of an all-out military invasion and massacre if order is not restored in the society. Details
Oxymoronically
Gifted Critics? (GAMJI) Some
critics of President Obasanjo’s policies, by extension, critics of the
federal government of Nigeria, are certainly oxymoronically gifted! How
else would anyone explain the inherent sharp contradictions and
inconsistencies in their assertions, to the effect, that the president
acted with too much speed and alacrity in declaring a state of emergency
in Plateau State? Details
Emergency on the Plateau: Scapegoatism
or Lessons Those who want to rewrite history and claim Jos as a part of Bauchi are gone with history. I was shocked to see a report in Daily Trust quoting an 89 year old Imam as claiming that they FOUNDED Jos; just as Mango Park DISCOVERED the Niger. Are these reasonable things we should really be contesting today? Unfortunately no Berom or Anaguta is claiming Sarkin Arab, Gangare, etc. Details
The
Misuse of Constitutional Powers (GAMJI) Our political leaders should get serious about shaping the future of Nigeria with progressive social policies. If they have not been busy playing ‘dirty’ and ‘selfish politics’ they could have been able to tackle the complex problems facing the nation today in their infancy. Details
Emergency Rule in Plateau State-- A Postmortem. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) The recent declaration of an emergency rule in plateau State has already become a fait accompli. For those few, influential individuals who instigated the ethnic/religious mayhem, it’s all over but the shouting. And for the other ethnic champions, religious fanatics and the professional anarchists who readily sponsor similar violent clashes in other parts of the nation, they are better advised to look for different pastimes. Details
The
Nigerian Patriot ACT is Coming: Compliments of NITDA (GAMJI) In
conclusion, and knowing that the Law is still a
Fundamental Principles Versus Political Expediencies The Bad Examples Of The Commonwealth. By Paul I. Adujie(GAMJI) Clearly,
western democracies make certain, that we notice, their embrace of
tyrants and dictators, so long as, such tyrants and dictators oblige
America, Britain and Australia, with whatever they demand, especially,
even when such demands are inconsistent with the desires and aspirations
of a given local population, say, in this example, the local population
in Pakistan.
Informed Commentary Or Journalistic Hooliganism? By Babayola Toungo (GAMJI) Reading through some comments in the Nigerian papers leaves one sadder than before reading. At least it is assumed the killers are ignorant; but our so called ‘informed’ commentators cause more damage to our collective psyche than the brigands rampaging villages killing, maiming and raping with abandon. Details
Dem No Wan Take Am: State of Emergency in Plateau. By Prince Charles Dickson (GAMJI) For a long time the man Obasanjo has been accused of being weakling and an armchair ruler and now he seems to have won new fellowership and support from a new fan base Details
The State of Emergency: Who Is In Control? By Sunday Goshit (GAMJI) I
will appeal to the people of Plateau State to be calm in the face of this
seeming injustice again. We do not want to loose any more. We should learn
our lessons. There is wisdom in calmness and prayer. The truth is that
If A Nation Could Speak. By Hakeem Babalola (GAMJI) Time waits for no man or nation is what Nigeria would say if she could speak. Please, let us make her proud among the comity of nations. It can certainly be done. Details
Review of Draft Nigerian Cybercrime Act. By Femi Oyesanya (GAMJI) The Presidential Committee on Cybercrime needs to research various models underlying the creation of an Independent Cybercrime Agency. The focus of the research should be on efficiency and effectiveness. Details
Nigeria joined the OIC in 1986 to the consternation of the Christian elites, who thought that Nigeria’s admission into the OIC was going to turn the country into an Islamic republic. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was formed as a direct consequence of that event to rally Nigerian Christians in protest against what they called the Islamization of Nigeria. Details
Nigeria’s Intelligence (Spy/Security) Agencies. By Mr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (GAMJI) Does the Nigerian intelligence community have the ability to stop foreign intelligence organizations from gathering sensitive information from our policy and decision-makers? In other words: are we capable of preventing opposing security organizations from eavesdropping on our ministers, governors and on Aso Rock Details
Consequential Thinking: Thinking Big Versus Thinking Small. By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) Nigerians who usurp their positions of public trust, for their personal benefits, betray themselves and all of us, invariably and inevitably, they betray the common-good of our country; Imagine, what would happen, if all the public policies in Nigeria were faithfully and thoroughly implemented to their logical conclusions and brought to fruition? Details
MIDWEEK
ESSAY: From May 1962 to May 1963: State of (GAMJI
WRITER) The best legal minds in the country – from Chief FRA Williams, to Professors Nwabueze and Itse Sagay, as well as the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun and the fiery Gani Fawehinmi – conceding that the president could invoke emergency powers, have condemned the dismissal moves as unconstitutional, particularly when it (and the new powers that the president seeks) was based on a “spent”, “omitted” Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Health and Development: As Shekarau Marks One Year (GAMJI WRITER) One area that is highly innovative is the creation of an Advisory Office on NGOs to His Excellency, The Executive Governor Of Kano, the State stand to benefit a lot from a genuine and sincere relationship with NGOs, civil societies and IDAs in terms of attracting foreign and local aid and grants and investment in the State Details
Still on the Emergency Issue. By Wada Nas My position is that although a state of emergency of this nature represents the collapse of decency in politics and an aberration, this one should be seen within the context of what happened which consequently led to the declaration. The growth of ethnic nationalism, of late, as represented by the call for ethnic sovereign conference, the failure of security and leadership of our general political conduct and the decline in economic fortunes have in one way or the other affected our attitude as a people and nation, and consequently, the nature of our social relations Details
MIDWEEK
ESSAY: From May 1962 to May 1963: State of (GAMJI
WRITER) The best legal minds in the country – from Chief FRA Williams, to Professors Nwabueze and Itse Sagay, as well as the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun and the fiery Gani Fawehinmi – conceding that the president could invoke emergency powers, have condemned the dismissal moves as unconstitutional, particularly when it (and the new powers that the president seeks) was based on a “spent”, “omitted” Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Health and Development: As Shekarau Marks One Year (GAMJI WRITER) One area that is highly innovative is the creation of an Advisory Office on NGOs to His Excellency, The Executive Governor Of Kano, the State stand to benefit a lot from a genuine and sincere relationship with NGOs, civil societies and IDAs in terms of attracting foreign and local aid and grants and investment in the State Details
Still on the Emergency Issue. By Wada Nas My position is that although a state of emergency of this nature represents the collapse of decency in politics and an aberration, this one should be seen within the context of what happened which consequently led to the declaration. The growth of ethnic nationalism, of late, as represented by the call for ethnic sovereign conference, the failure of security and leadership of our general political conduct and the decline in economic fortunes have in one way or the other affected our attitude as a people and nation, and consequently, the nature of our social relations Details
Obasanjo's Saving Grace. By Mohammed Bala (GAMJI) In Plateau State of Nigeria life has become unbearably harsh and difficult to other Nigerians living in that state all their lives for centuries, due to the unfortunate stand of the natives that the Plateau remains an exclusive enclave for them alone. This has been the case ever since Mr. Joshua Chibi Dariye was sworn in as Governor in may 1999. Details
Why Do We Privatise? Part I. By Olatunde Kabiru Afuwape (GAMJI) What this piece attempted was a snapshot of privatisation and some of the reasons why privatisation is embraced as form of reform. The common definitions of privatisation was examined, so also evolution of privatisation as a means of reform. Details
Why I left Nigeria. By Dele Igbinedion, Solicitor (GAMJI) In Nigeria, it is a curse if your land is rich in oil or is fertile for agricultural use. The government will forcibly dispossess you and hand the land over with title deeds to the foreign company that offers it the fattest envelope. Details
Media
Trust Versus Governor Dariye: A Case of Executive Irresponsibility Constitutionally, chapter 3 section 25, subsection 1, subsection ‘a’ of 1999 constitution stated clearly how one is qualified to be called a citizen not to even talk of just an indigene of a particular place. Thus “every person born in Nigeria before the date of 1st October 1960, either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents belongs or belonged to a community indigenous to Nigeria”, is an automatic citizen by birth (emphasis mine). Details
Season of Lamentations! Cry, My Beloved Plateau, Cry! By Joseph Dangme Rinyom It is a season of lamentations. Cry, my beloved Plateau, cry! An orphan lies at the mercy of the parented, a hungry man is at the mercy of the rich, a weak man falls victim to the strong! Cry, my beloved Plateau, cry! Details
President Obasanjo's Gratuitous Insult on Christians. By Baba Magaji As widely reported in both the national and foreign media, the President publicly lost his temper and openly insulted the Plateau State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Yakubu Pam, for daring to suggest that the President’s handling of the Plateau crisis hinted of bias, during the meeting he conveyed for Plateau State leaders at the beginning of his visit. Details
Nigerian Citizenship Should Be Redefined. By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) The root of most of Nigeria’s regional, ethnic, religious and state/local crises are in the seeming preference of state of origin to national citizenship, or put differently, the “superiority” of indigenes, to “settler” too many things are hinged on the improper definition of what constitute a Nigerian citizen, whether by birth, residence or naturalization, naturalization is perhaps clear enough, but the indigene and settler definitions are fuzzy at best and utterly ridiculous at worst. Details
When the Oil Runs Out. By Ameena Indimi (GAMJI) Even though all the doubts have not been entirely erased, even the harshest Obj critic has to concede a minor victory to this administration, as Nigerians are beginning to invest in the economy, even if with trepidation. Most Nigerians have never had confidence in the economic investment climate, even less in the Naira (Obj’s Nigerians in diaspora have even less faith in the Naira than us, it would seem) but we seem to be making a fruitous turn about, but one has to wonder will that be enough to turn around the economy. Details
Mr. President: Thumps Up. By Suleyman bin Muhammad Odapu (GAMJI) Ever since the
General changed his name to chief to lead Nigeria for the second time
but this time around as a
civilian head I have never seen something worthy to praise his
government.
Obasanjo's
New Friend (GAMJI) I have always seen Alhaji Wada Nas as someone who stands for a cause be it right or wrong. Of all of those who were close to the late Sani Abacha, he has remained steadfast and consistent in his loyalty to the former leader. He has refused to flirt for political reasons and has always maintained his dignity even though his sixth sense must have reminded him of the horrors of the military dictator....But Wada Nas's outright support for the dissolution of the democratic structure in Plateau State is absolutely bereft of national sense and communal existence. Details
I believe Nigerians are tired of listening to the woes of Nigeria as a nation in the sense that there is nothing new to be said. What is perhaps worth mentioning is the changing focus of the possibility of redemption. Unfortunately and up till now-44 years after independence - our politics have been dominated by the desire for light and water, food and housing, road and safety , basic rights and freedoms, and provision of primary healthcare. Details
Plateau
Mayhem: Was CAN Chairman Wrong? (GAMJI) The
central issue I would like to address here, however, was the
much-publicized face-off between the Plateau State chairman of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Yakubu Pam and President
Obasanjo over his (Yakubu Pam) utterances on the crisis in the state.
RE: Cultural Wars and National Identity: The Tragic Valedictory of Bolaji Aluko the Failed Oduduwan Expansionist. By Ewaen Edoghimioya (GAMJI) A reading of Prof. Bolaji Aluko’s essay titled “Cultural Wars and National Identity:the Saga of Yoruba and the Bini-Edo” gives the wrong impression of a detribalized Nigerian Nigerian patriot and democrat. It also gives the impression of one who is only just making his initial and objective contribution to the raging controversy over Benin and Ife Kingship connections especially as it relates to the ancestry and humanity of Oduduwa. Details
Do Not Go To Sleep: The Silent Killer "HIV/AIDS" is Evident in Our Nation. By J 'Funso Odesola (GAMJI) [ZAMBIA] The future of Nigeria is in our hands; whatever we can do it should be NOW. Together we can help build a better place for those who come after us. We are too late to prevent a disaster, but not too late to prevent an even bigger one. Details
Is Joshua Chibi Dariye, the Suspended Governor of Plateau State, An 'idiot'? By Abubakar Adamu, MSc, MILT. (GAMJI) If Joshua Chibi Dariye want to misappropriate the State money that is up to him but not on other people's blood. Either the people will find out he was deceiving them all along or he will be caught by his own nemesis. Details
Have Nigerians Accepted Inferior Statuses? By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) I have heard it all, by way of adulterated Nigerian accents! Some Nigerians living in New York, are more Americans than the Americans themselves, sometimes, especially, when these educated, middleclass Nigerians resort to imitating low class slang of the streets and it can be overbearing! Details
Nigeria: The Most Religious Country in the World. By Ahmad Kollere (GAMJI) According to the recently conducted research by the BBC entitled “what the world thinks of God” featured on 08/05/04. Nigeria as a whole, despite the diversity of its people appears to be the only country in the world, as it now exists, with the highest percentage rate (98%), which acknowledges the existence of God, as for the rest of the world the percentage rating goes down, the least being the researchers host country Great Britain. Details
Leadership at the State Level and the Call for Women Governors. By Dr. Sylvester Omosun Fadal (GAMJI) I have long posited that OBJ may not be the best choice to lead a nation that was left “injury-prone”, by our past leaders recognizing the critical factors needed to initiates development that filters from the top to the lowest common users, the Nigerian people. Details
Review of Draft Nigerian Cybercrime Act. By Femi Oyesanya (GAMJI) Now, we have the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at a recently concluded World Economic Forum saying she is angry at 419 email and the negative impact it has on Nigeria[2]. Whilst any patriotic Nigerian should be disturbed about the International 419 image, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, owes Nigerians a national duty to ensure that the Presidential Committee on Cybercrime, does not squander upon Nigerians the creation of an Independent Cybercrime Commission, that is not based on feasible economic impact analysis. Details
Discourse on Modernity, An Intellectual Triviality. By Ibraheem A. Waziri (GAMJI) If it is technology, why is it that Muslims have to adjust and change their interpretation of the Qur’an just for the simple reason that a new machine has been invented thereby subjecting divine rules regarding social behaviour, business and political life to the service of a newly invented technological device? Details
HOW SHEKARAU SAVED KANO By Sule Ya’u Sule (GAMJI) Recent events in Kano have even confirmed my belief that falsehood may have strong tabloid appeal but lasts for as long as it takes for the truth to catch up with it. The recent Kano riots gave mischief makers a platform to sow and water the seed of falsehood which they expect to stick around the person of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Governor of Kano State. Details
SAM NDA-ISAIAH: FULL DISCLOSURE By Babayola M. Toungo (Kaduna) (GAMJI) Sam Nda-Isiaih. How and where do you start? Need I introduce him? Anyway, to readers of the Daily Trust, I don’t think there is any need for introduction. To those who don’t know the man or the column, Sam is the man who thought he would cheat nature by choosing to be a Pharmacist rather than a writer. At the end of the day, nature overcame that stubborn streak in him that made him run away from the course charted for him by mother nature. The loss by the pharmacy profession is the gain by the Nigerian nation. Details
DARIYE’S
SUSPENSION,THE UNTOLD STORY (Saudi Arabia) (GAMJI) Governor Joshua Dariye is the first Governor to be suspended in a presidential democracy in Nigeria. His suspension came apparently in the wake of the pogrom that took place in Yelwa and his rather lackadaisical and nonchalant attitude towards the issue. This may not be the only reason why the president has invoked the maximum wrath of the constitution on the governor but also that of the shoddy financial dealings he is embroiled with abroad. Details
“You are an idiot” in a democracy? Where then is accountability?
By (GAMJI) President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent outburst in Plateau state and his subsequent justification of his actions in a letter to the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), gives a clear insight into his perceptions of a democratic government, the rights of citizens and his duty of accountability to the citizenry. Details
Col.
Umar Versus Obasanjo: Where Uba Sani went wrong. (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.) (GAMJI) Going through the entire contents of Paul’s letter and Uba Sani’s disjointed essay titled “ How Paul Mamza goofed”, (Saturday Sun, May 1, 2004), I feel forced to reflect on some of the “matters at issue”, with the hope that people will judge for themselves, the actual points raised by Mamza that Mallam Uba and his boss found offensive. Details
RE-YORUBA ORIGIN CONTROVERSY: PROF ADE-AJAYI’S VIEW IS POLITICISED, ETHNICISED AND AHSTISTORICAL By Ewaen Edoghimioya (GAMJI) The interview granted your paper by the Emeritus Prof J.F.Ade-Ajayi of the University of Ibadan on the Yoruba origin controversy and his views are most disappointing and most unbecoming of an emeritus professor of his calibre. To say the least, it lacked the objectivity, professionalism and decorum which you expected him to bring to the issue. He allowed his ethnic bias and accompanying anger to take the better part of him and it could be seen that he only just managed to restrain himself from resorting to insults and abuse. But the harsh tone of his language were suggestive enough of his disrespect for the Omo n’ Oba n’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa who is his elder and a royal father. Details
The Declaration of State of Emergency: Responding to Paul Adujie
By (Oklahoma, USA) (GAMJI) It was Dwight D. Eisenhower who once said, “You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that's assault, not leadership." And that is precisely what President Olusegun Obasanjo has done by his declaration of state of emergency in Plateau state. He was impetuous. He was imperious. He was uneven-handed. He abused his constitutional power. Over all, this president is courting disaster. Details
The Declaration Of State Of Emergency In Plateau State By Paul I. Adujie (New York, United States) (GAMJI) Those who perpetrated violence in plateau state acted in extreme depravity and volcanic capriciousness, despite these, President Obasanjo’s reaction and solution was nothing melodramatic, but instead, the president have reacted with exquisite restraint, he was thoughtful, modest and even graceful, in the face of the governor’s inability to contain the violence that had reigned for far too long. Details
From My Mail Box: A Reply to My Respondents. By Paul Mamza (GAMJI WRITER) If I may ask you sir, when were things so beautiful in Nigeria ?...Under Buhari? I must have slept and just woke up. I was in USA and still is, when he overthrew a Democratically Elected President. When Nigeria was been called a pariah State. Are we talking about the same Man..Buhari? Please, I'm lost !!!! Julius Abey. Details
Federal Ministry for Fuel Price Increase. By Wada Nas Recently, I was to discover to my utter surprise that we have quite a few political children who follow political developments with keen interest. This was when I came across a group of five of them, one was playing the role of a teacher and the rest pupils. Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR. AMINU MAGASHI Critical Look at 2003's HIV Prevalence (GAMJI WRITER) Between 1986 and June, 2001, 52, 962 AIDS cases were reported in Nigeria, although that is far from being the actual figure due to under reporting, fear of stigma, under diagnosis and poor service utilization. Current UNAIDS estimate , indicate that 3.5 million Nigerians may be living with AIDS. Details
HEALTH INTERACTIVE WITH DR AMINU MAGASHI Importation of Polio Vaccine by Kano: Pros and Cons While I am not saying that other diseases should receive equal funding and attention like polio, but how ever at least let there be human face in tackling them, let us see WHO, UNICEF and other IDAs and Federal and States and local governments begin to respect Cape Down Declaration On Measles and many more declarations. Details
Media Briefing Amnesty International Report 2004 Statistics Covering January to December 2003
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