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Atiku’s Good Will Streak. By Abubakar Kachalla (GAMJI) Given the increasing desperation and seeming impatience with which presidential aspirants are voraciously eyeing 2007, it may not be out of character if some of those seeking to occupy the nation’s highest office resort to all dirty tactics. Rather than addressing issues, some of the contestants and their supporters have resorted to uncomplimentary attacks on Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, describing him as a novice, despite the contrary image his performance in office so far has projected. Details
(GAMJI) It is my considered opinion that most of the international benevolence on President Olusegun Obasanjo lie on his story: an ex- military Head of State who willingly returned his country back to democracy on an agreeable time, a former aspirant to the position of Secretary General of the United Nations, and how he escaped the prangs of death to become a democratically elected president of Africa’s most populous nation. Details
Is
This Democracy ? By
Without
much ado, one wishes to ask a question. Did we have democracy in
2007: A Need For Continuity. By Ade Adebayo (GAMJI) The 2007 presidential race has begun with the clamour by some pressure and political groups with the claim of the voice of their various geopolitical zones to occupy Aso Rock, come 2007. However characters like Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) and General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) have sounded the beagle for the support of all and sundry as their political machine clatters its way to Aso Rock in 2007. The present scenarios indicate seriousness on the parts of these early starters. But Nigerians should also take into cognisance the 2007 Presidential ambition of vice president Atiku Abubakar. Details El-Rufai, Down But Not Out. By Eugene Azuka Uzum Esq.(GAMJI) It
is unfortunate that the Senate took the issue personal.
The disposition of the Minister was a call to duty in my
perspective, but it is glaring that there are fools in the system.
The honourable Minister’s apology was most unfortunate; the
apology means an admission, apologizing means he has rested his case of
the Senate’s submission and that is an embarrassment to the entire
nation.
A
Lunatic Defending (GAMJI) Let
me put it this way: The Igbo MUST, from now on, be careful of what they
say or do even if their objective is to revive
007 Presidential Election: A Review of Top Candidates. Dr. Sylvester Omosun Fadal (GAMJI) Nigeria is fast becoming a circular system where the same sets of names are waived around as the best candidates to fill the top positions in the country come 2007. This is a very dangerous precedent recognizing that we have a nation of over 120 million people, made up of qualified candidates that are not being considered because they haven’t stolen from our coffers Details
Lessons
From (GAMJI) If newspaper editorials of “The Guardian”, “The Punch” and “ThisDay” to mention a few are to be believed and not considered selective in their attacks of Zamfara – it is easy to accept the levy of school fees on non indigenes is “d iscriminatory” and a “security threat” as some editorials have stated. This is hogwash!Details
Zamfara's Water Debacle. By Garba Abu Gusau (GAMJI) Zamfara
Health
Interactive with Dr Aminu Magashi
(GAMJI WRITER) Jigawa State is having maternal mortality rate of about 2000 per 100,000 live birth, it is not only among the worst in the country but the entire globe and annoyingly , all the factors attributing to this awesome figure are preventable by using a simple and cheap intervention of ensuring safe motherhood across the state. Details
Much
(GAMJI) As part of these reforms, the CBN announced to an incredulous bank executives and directors that the Capital base of Nigerian banks will shoot up from the current N1 Billion to N25 Billion. He told the bankers that all banks must comply with this rule on or before December 2005. In other words the banks have about Eighteen months to comply with the new directive or face extinction. Details
Selecting
Emirs And Obas In The North And South Of (GAMJI) It is a sad commentary on our country that we spend far too much money on avoidable litigation's. I used to think the Urhobos were the most guilty of that virus. Not any more. The virus has spread all over the country. If you know the number of Governors that are being arrested abroad or questioned for money laundering in the UK or some other European countries, as we speak, you will appreciate the enormity of this observation Details
Polygamy:
A Cancerous Issue in (GAMJI) This article is focused on the issue of polygamy among those who plan on running for high political offices and the relative compounded problems their personal chosen actions could have on the masses. Perhaps, we should make “being married to one woman” a political requirement. Details
Nigerian Women Should Stop Hiding Their GSM Inside Their Bra. By Engr. Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe (GAMJI) I read on the web pages some days ago that Nigerian women hide GSM phones inside their bra between their breasts away from thieves. It is a wrong and risky approach. Details
No! Senators, No! By Leonard Karshima Shilgba (GAMJI) Since
El-Rufai alleged that Senators Jonathan Zwingina and the deputy Senate
president demanded some bribe from him in order to clear him for
Ministerial appointment, he was marked for destruction and
“demolition” (in the words of Senator Idris Kuta who supported the
recent Senate strike). However well the Senate tries to deny this, it
sticks out like a sore thumb which refuses to heal. Besides, the fearless
El-Rufai has done so much in just one year to makes tons of enemies
through his patriotic work in cleaning up
Banana University of Nigeria; A Slippery University System By Prince Charles Dickson (GAMJI) A graduate comes out o the university after spending four regular years, two or more strike-induced years and he probably will not have the honor of having spoken, interacted or been taught by professors! Does it occur to those in authority the rot that is eating through the fabric of our educational system? Details
Politics Of National
Mosque Rehabilitation What
is the role of
Rumble
In The In conclusion, Dr. Ngige's trajectory into the seat of power in Anambra State, and his looming fall from grace will provide political pundits with a classic case report in political chicanery,tomfoolery, opportunism, deception and greed. Details
Health Interactive With Dr Aminu Magashi Shekarau Lamentation, Health And Developmental Issues (GAMJI WRITER) It
was reported that the
Transparency
And Probity In (GAMJI WRITER)We
need to remain Muslims, but we must reject those who condemn citizenship
in the name of religion. We are citizens of
Malam Shekarau : Fish Them Out Please! By Abba Anwar (GAMJI) Almost all the political atrocities that are being meted out to the government of Kano State, under the able leadership of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, are not unexpected as far as coherent and correctly portrayed analysis of Kano politics is concerned. There is no gainsaying the fact that the reluctant approach of Shekarau to dicey political issues in the state and his magnanimous outlook are the most fundamental factors that encourage the blind and unorganized political enmity, which the perpetrators called opposition, against his government. Details
Uncivil Minister, Blundering Senate. By David Ihenacho (GAMJI) The truth is, if the Nigerian senators cannot carry themselves with dignity and respect; if they cannot rise up to their duty as the brain and moderator of our democracy, every Nigerian who values the right of free speech should be at liberty to openly describe them as fools. If the senators cannot use their brains in their legislative duties in our nation, what else can any sensible Nigerian truthfully say about them beside the fact that they are a Senate of fools? Details
Senate: El-Rufa'i Misfired! Reply to Mohammed Bala. By Usman Yerima (GAMJI) The Senate is not only dumb for demanding the resignation of El Rufai, but hopelessly irresponsible and childish. On what grounds do they call for his resignation? On the grounds that he made a comment to the effect that "silence is the best answer for a fool"? If insensitive commentary is all it takes to demand someone's resignation from office in Nigeria, then Obasanjo would have been long gone, along with the entire Senate, and Governors, especially that Lunatic from Zamfara, because they all lack communication skills. Details
Nigerian
Ambassador to (GAMJI) The
diplomat wasn’t nearly so diplomatic last Friday. After explaining what he
believed was holding Ndiigbo back in term of progress in the
The Budget: Myths, Illusions, and the Reality. By Otive Igbuzor Ph.D. (GAMJI) The budget is an important instrument of governance in any modern state. It has the potential of aiding planning and contributing to development. But it is shrouded in a lot of myths and illusions, which essentially excludes citizens from participation and promote secrecy, corruption and underdevelopment. Details
Benin-
Ife Connection: The Poverty Of Remi Oyeyemi’s Bolekaja Journalism.
By
(GAMJI) The
Yoruba’s are big, yet have not been able to elevate the majority of
their people over and above other non –Yoruba people of
My
Dream For (GAMJI) My
dream for
Senate: El-Rufa'i Misfired! By Mohammed Bala (GAMJI) I believe that El-Rufa'i has demonstrated humbleness by owning up to his unguarded utterances against the Senators, and especially for asking for forgiveness. It will not be out of place at all, if the distinguished Senators will review their stand on the matter, and kindly forgive his short comings. Details
An Open Letter To The New NTA DG, Dr. Tony Iredia. By Rev. Dr. Danjuma Byang (GAMJI) I
conclude by suggesting strongly that for the sake of political balance and
fairness to the Media industry in
Grave Choices Before Youngsters. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) In
When
the Rich Start Going to Hell; the Health Sector in (GAMJI) These days when I get a few knocks that ordinarily should see me visit the hospital, I heal myself…how you ask? I simply remind myself of the quality of the doctors our universities are producing and look I get well. Details
El-Rufai- A Wound Lion. By Zainab Faisal (GAMJI) Mallam El-Rufai should have stood by principles and said no thank you when offered the job of Minister and told OBJ that he cannot work for a government that forced itself on the average Nigerian. Details
Ali Baba And 100 Plus Something Thieves; The Case Of Mallam Nasir El- Rufai And The Nigerian “Distinguished” Senators. By Chidi P Eze (GAMJI) The senators are asking
Obasanjo to fire Mallam El Rufai, but I think the best thing for
Sovereign National Conference (with Honesty), 2004-2005. By Lamido Usman (GAMJI) The
former Deputy Governor of
Shrine
Cultism: (GAMJI) From
the nations
Urbanisation,
Malnutrition in (GAMJI) My contention would be that we probably have more malnourished children in urban centres than we have in the rural area. It may also be that we have more severely half-starved children in urban areas than we have rural areas. Details
Shekarau And Kwankwaso: A Critical Comparison (I). By Ahmad Mustapha Sharada(GAMJI) Kano like all other emerging democracies is an interesting place where people always aspire for change for the better. The succession of Kwankwaso by Shekarau is the longest civilian succession because Sabo Bakin Zuwo did not last long hence the opposition of the Rimi camp was brief. But the Kwankwaso camp’s opposition of Shekarau has remained tenacious in the last fifteen months. Details
The Senate and El-Rufai: Thumbs Down to the Dishonorable Senators. By Yusuf Danbaba Yariyok, Ph.D. (GAMJI) Enough of the witch-hunting of El-Rufai and other public officers that to do play to the corruption of the Senate. It is high time both the President and the Senate got back to doing the people’s business. I would say to El-Rufai, do not relent but be cautious and more diplomatic in your utterances knowing that you are under the watch of attack dogs. Details
Demonizing
Freedom Fighters In (GAMJI) I
am troubled that the Bush doctrine, when properly analyzed, is making
American policy look so hypocritical at this point, that the rest of the
world has every reason to suspect that
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA El-Rufai – Hung by His Own Mouth even
if the senators back away from their demand, as I believe they should.
For, there can be no disputing the fact that as minister of the
Our Belief System and the Deity-Based Shrines. By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) The
discovery of human remains at the
Okija shrines in
The HIV/AIDS Scourge: The Third Alternative. By Mustafa Mas’ood (GAMJI) Our books, magazines, novels on stands or advertisements are all laced with at least a naked or half naked woman or man, or at least a paragraph describing an explicit sexual scene. Our brains and minds are clogged with sexual images and sounds; we are thinking sex, sex and sex all the time either consciously or sub-consciously. This is the diet that our children are being fed and growing up with. Why is it then a surprise that most of the people infected with HIV/AIDS are people of the ages between 17-35 years of age? Details
Nigeria
, (GAMJI) To
the reactionary, pro-amalgamation scholars it is a fallacy to talk of Odua
as sovereign state,
(GAMJI) The inability of State governments to deliver the minimum of what they are constitutionally mandated to deliver is resulting in a nationwide loss of social capital and collapse in social cohesion. Governments’ inability to create opportunities for all, especially the young, and the crass pursuit of material wealth as the ultimate measure of success led to a persistent erosion of the moral and ethical anchors of our communities. Details
El-Rufai: Before the Hammer Falls. By Osita Chidoka (GAMJI) The Senate should hearken to these voices of reason for reasons I will enumerate here. Last December, I wrote an article in response to Eziuche Ubani on El Rufai. The main thrust of my article then was that the media and civil society should rally round the likes of El Rufai, if we must reform Nigeria. The article, as expected, generated some angry rejoinders. When I wrote that article I had never met El Rufai on a one on one basis. Details
The Legislature as an Arm of Government: Powers, Duties and Responsibilities. By Jibrin Ibrahim Ph.D. (GAMJI) The moment has come for Nigerian legislators to clearly define their duties and responsibilities in favour of citizens and constituents as is assumed in democratic theory, rather than in terms of commitments to godfathers and party barons as is sometimes the case. Details
The Nigerian Recycled Olympians. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) And in the Track and Field, some of the athletes attributed their poor performances to the nation’s “lack of interest in the welfare of athletes”. What welfare? It’s only a Nigerian athlete who could make up such a ridiculous excuse. Details
Social, Economical and Political concern in the Modern Nigeria. By Dr. Johnson Odesola (GAMJI) If Nigeria is to overcome the present crisis in economy, communal clashes, corruption, political instability and other stuff, Christians, Muslims of all ethnic, major and minor groups, must become active leaders in social and economic life of the nation. Details
Nigerian Senators and El Rufai. By James Adekeye (GAMJI) To El Rufai, be diplomatic even as you try to give your best to this nation. You can achieve a lot through humility with honesty and execution of your responsibilities with love. Please continue in your good works to the glory of our great nation. May the senate not demolish you because of this controversy Details
No! Senators, No! By Leonard Karshima Shilgba (GAMJI) In Nigeria today, the upright becomes a target by the evil and unjust. The Senate has rather confirmed the oblique characterization by El-Rufai. El-Rufai called no man a fool; he definitely did not call all Senators “fools”; he simply quoted a cliché after alleging he had not received any letter from the Senate broaching issues that were being reported in the papers about him by the Senate. Instead of joining issues with the entire Senate, he quoted the famous line. Details
An Embarrassing Reality. By F. E. A. Uzum, esq. (GAMJI) Intellectuals following the trend of events in Nigeria feel amused to hear that the North is Nigeria’s problem, the North is not Nigeria’s fundamental problem, neither is it the East, West or South. The problem of Nigeria is Nigerians. Details
Who's A True African-American? By Chika Onyeani (GAMJI) The type of divisive discussion now going on within the black community will heighten in the next few years as black immigrants, especially Africans, decide to make their homes in America rather having one foot in America and the other foot in Africa. It will heighten especially with the new entrepreneurial class of Africans who are bent on following the same foot steps that other immigrants have followed in climbing out of the doldrums of the economic poverty ladder. Details
On the Labour Act. By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu(GAMJI) I’m sorry for the digression. But the import of it is to demonstrate that NLC leadership has lacked the vision to see through the smokescreen of Mr. President in allowing dissenting voices to have their say in the first term. Today, the comrade Oshiomole is cap in hand asking Nigerians to come out and participate in what he denied them the other time. Details
Fighting CYBERCRIME in Nigeria. By Jide Awe (GAMJI) The Internet creates unlimited opportunities for commercial, social and educational activities. But as we can see with cybercrime the net introduces its own peculiar risks. What is the menace cybercrime poses to society? Details
Solidarity With The Osemawe Of Ondo. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide (GAMJI) The issue in Ondo town today is not exactly the same with the stalemate in Akure with regard to the embattled selection of the Deji of Akure. But there are similarities that are significant and potent, if not lethal. First of all, the selection of both the Osemawe and the Deji was predicated on the contentious 1958 Chieftaincy Declaration in the old West, and the subsequent revisions of that edict by the succeeding Ondo State Military Government of Navy Captain Olukoya which appears to have tempered some of the provisions of the 1958 Western Nigerian Chieftaincy Declarations, as it affected the Osemawe and the Deji's title. Details
Let
Shrines
in (GAMJI) The
Olympic Games is over. I imagine that it was born out
idolatry and turn into the heritage of mankind. In this Olympics, our
country made a flop. The football team that made it high in
Athens 2004: Whitehr Nigeria's "Success". By Umar Tanimu Umar (GAMJI) The dismal performance of Team Nigeria in Athens is a microcosm of the general situation of things in Nigeria: Nothing good is done right, only the wrong things like corruption and high-handedness, are rightly done. Details
The Okija Shrine Conundrum: Barbarism, Cannibalism and Complicity. By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu (GAMJI) The discovery of the Okija Shrine by the Nigeria Police is the joke of the millennium. It is a huge joke in the real sense of the word because nothing could be further from the truth. The Shrine as some of us came to know was a registered cultural association since 2002. Under Nigeria’s Company and Allied Matters Registration Decree (1989), before the Corporate Affairs Commission registers any organization, a public announcement is published on Nigerian press inviting counter responses from the public or institutions. Details
Igbo-Okija Oracles and Shrines, Development and Cultural Justice. By Patrick Iroegbu (GAMJI) Generally, Igbo think that the world order can be manipulated to suit desires. This illustrates their sense of change that essentially fosters a far more pressing partnership with the spirit world, shrines and oraculation. In other words, the world is not only a place in which people strive for equality; it is one in which change is constantly expected. Details
Reflections on the Okija Shrine Fetish Services. By Audu Zango (GAMJI) The yearning for implementation of Islamic Sharia by masses in two third of the Northern states was vindicated. The Okija shrine service has shown that their perseverance and insistence on the Sharia was a right step in the right direction at the right time. It would at least save them from spiritual decadence and can serve as a spring board for reversing the socio economic and political decadence afflicting their societies if implemented with full sincerity. Details
Some Nigerian Diets May Help to Prevent Cancer. By Adebimpe Onifade (GAMJI) An unconfirmed data indicate that some 20,000 Nigerians die of cancer each year. Going by international trends, women, especially through breast and ovarian cancer suffer disproportionately from most deaths due to cancer. Ovarian cancer is particularly difficult because it is not readily detectable at early stages unlike breast cancer. Details
My
Dream For (GAMJI) My
dream for
Senate: El-Rufa'i Misfired! By Mohammed Bala (GAMJI) I believe that El-Rufa'i has demonstrated humbleness by owning up to his unguarded utterances against the Senators, and especially for asking for forgiveness. It will not be out of place at all, if the distinguished Senators will review their stand on the matter, and kindly forgive his short comings. Details
An Open Letter To The New NTA DG, Dr. Tony Iredia. By Rev. Dr. Danjuma Byang (GAMJI) I
conclude by suggesting strongly that for the sake of political balance and
fairness to the Media industry in
Grave Choices Before Youngsters. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) In
When
the Rich Start Going to Hell; the Health Sector in (GAMJI) These days when I get a few knocks that ordinarily should see me visit the hospital, I heal myself…how you ask? I simply remind myself of the quality of the doctors our universities are producing and look I get well. Details
El-Rufai- A Wound Lion. By Zainab Faisal (GAMJI) Mallam El-Rufai should have stood by principles and said no thank you when offered the job of Minister and told OBJ that he cannot work for a government that forced itself on the average Nigerian. Details
Ali Baba And 100 Plus Something Thieves; The Case Of Mallam Nasir El- Rufai And The Nigerian “Distinguished” Senators. By Chidi P Eze (GAMJI) The senators are asking
Obasanjo to fire Mallam El Rufai, but I think the best thing for
Sovereign National Conference (with Honesty), 2004-2005. By Lamido Usman (GAMJI) The
former Deputy Governor of
Shrine
Cultism: (GAMJI) From
the nations
Urbanisation,
Malnutrition in (GAMJI) My contention would be that we probably have more malnourished children in urban centres than we have in the rural area. It may also be that we have more severely half-starved children in urban areas than we have rural areas. Details
Shekarau And Kwankwaso: A Critical Comparison (I). By Ahmad Mustapha Sharada(GAMJI) Kano like all other emerging democracies is an interesting place where people always aspire for change for the better. The succession of Kwankwaso by Shekarau is the longest civilian succession because Sabo Bakin Zuwo did not last long hence the opposition of the Rimi camp was brief. But the Kwankwaso camp’s opposition of Shekarau has remained tenacious in the last fifteen months. Details
The Senate and El-Rufai: Thumbs Down to the Dishonorable Senators. By Yusuf Danbaba Yariyok, Ph.D. (GAMJI) Enough of the witch-hunting of El-Rufai and other public officers that to do play to the corruption of the Senate. It is high time both the President and the Senate got back to doing the people’s business. I would say to El-Rufai, do not relent but be cautious and more diplomatic in your utterances knowing that you are under the watch of attack dogs. Details
Demonizing
Freedom Fighters In (GAMJI) I
am troubled that the Bush doctrine, when properly analyzed, is making
American policy look so hypocritical at this point, that the rest of the
world has every reason to suspect that
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA El-Rufai – Hung by His Own Mouth even
if the senators back away from their demand, as I believe they should.
For, there can be no disputing the fact that as minister of the
Our Belief System and the Deity-Based Shrines. By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) The
discovery of human remains at the
Okija shrines in
The HIV/AIDS Scourge: The Third Alternative. By Mustafa Mas’ood (GAMJI) Our books, magazines, novels on stands or advertisements are all laced with at least a naked or half naked woman or man, or at least a paragraph describing an explicit sexual scene. Our brains and minds are clogged with sexual images and sounds; we are thinking sex, sex and sex all the time either consciously or sub-consciously. This is the diet that our children are being fed and growing up with. Why is it then a surprise that most of the people infected with HIV/AIDS are people of the ages between 17-35 years of age? Details
Nigeria
, (GAMJI) To
the reactionary, pro-amalgamation scholars it is a fallacy to talk of Odua
as sovereign state,
(GAMJI) The inability of State governments to deliver the minimum of what they are constitutionally mandated to deliver is resulting in a nationwide loss of social capital and collapse in social cohesion. Governments’ inability to create opportunities for all, especially the young, and the crass pursuit of material wealth as the ultimate measure of success led to a persistent erosion of the moral and ethical anchors of our communities. Details
El-Rufai: Before the Hammer Falls. By Osita Chidoka (GAMJI) The Senate should hearken to these voices of reason for reasons I will enumerate here. Last December, I wrote an article in response to Eziuche Ubani on El Rufai. The main thrust of my article then was that the media and civil society should rally round the likes of El Rufai, if we must reform Nigeria. The article, as expected, generated some angry rejoinders. When I wrote that article I had never met El Rufai on a one on one basis. Details
The Legislature as an Arm of Government: Powers, Duties and Responsibilities. By Jibrin Ibrahim Ph.D. (GAMJI) The moment has come for Nigerian legislators to clearly define their duties and responsibilities in favour of citizens and constituents as is assumed in democratic theory, rather than in terms of commitments to godfathers and party barons as is sometimes the case. Details
The Nigerian Recycled Olympians. By Femi Olawole (GAMJI) And in the Track and Field, some of the athletes attributed their poor performances to the nation’s “lack of interest in the welfare of athletes”. What welfare? It’s only a Nigerian athlete who could make up such a ridiculous excuse. Details
Social, Economical and Political concern in the Modern Nigeria. By Dr. Johnson Odesola (GAMJI) If Nigeria is to overcome the present crisis in economy, communal clashes, corruption, political instability and other stuff, Christians, Muslims of all ethnic, major and minor groups, must become active leaders in social and economic life of the nation. Details
Nigerian Senators and El Rufai. By James Adekeye (GAMJI) To El Rufai, be diplomatic even as you try to give your best to this nation. You can achieve a lot through humility with honesty and execution of your responsibilities with love. Please continue in your good works to the glory of our great nation. May the senate not demolish you because of this controversy Details
No! Senators, No! By Leonard Karshima Shilgba (GAMJI) In Nigeria today, the upright becomes a target by the evil and unjust. The Senate has rather confirmed the oblique characterization by El-Rufai. El-Rufai called no man a fool; he definitely did not call all Senators “fools”; he simply quoted a cliché after alleging he had not received any letter from the Senate broaching issues that were being reported in the papers about him by the Senate. Instead of joining issues with the entire Senate, he quoted the famous line. Details
An Embarrassing Reality. By F. E. A. Uzum, esq. (GAMJI) Intellectuals following the trend of events in Nigeria feel amused to hear that the North is Nigeria’s problem, the North is not Nigeria’s fundamental problem, neither is it the East, West or South. The problem of Nigeria is Nigerians. Details
Who's A True African-American? By Chika Onyeani (GAMJI) The type of divisive discussion now going on within the black community will heighten in the next few years as black immigrants, especially Africans, decide to make their homes in America rather having one foot in America and the other foot in Africa. It will heighten especially with the new entrepreneurial class of Africans who are bent on following the same foot steps that other immigrants have followed in climbing out of the doldrums of the economic poverty ladder. Details
On the Labour Act. By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu(GAMJI) I’m sorry for the digression. But the import of it is to demonstrate that NLC leadership has lacked the vision to see through the smokescreen of Mr. President in allowing dissenting voices to have their say in the first term. Today, the comrade Oshiomole is cap in hand asking Nigerians to come out and participate in what he denied them the other time. Details
Fighting CYBERCRIME in Nigeria. By Jide Awe (GAMJI) The Internet creates unlimited opportunities for commercial, social and educational activities. But as we can see with cybercrime the net introduces its own peculiar risks. What is the menace cybercrime poses to society? Details
Solidarity With The Osemawe Of Ondo. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide (GAMJI) The issue in Ondo town today is not exactly the same with the stalemate in Akure with regard to the embattled selection of the Deji of Akure. But there are similarities that are significant and potent, if not lethal. First of all, the selection of both the Osemawe and the Deji was predicated on the contentious 1958 Chieftaincy Declaration in the old West, and the subsequent revisions of that edict by the succeeding Ondo State Military Government of Navy Captain Olukoya which appears to have tempered some of the provisions of the 1958 Western Nigerian Chieftaincy Declarations, as it affected the Osemawe and the Deji's title. Details
Let
Shrines
in (GAMJI) The
Olympic Games is over. I imagine that it was born out
idolatry and turn into the heritage of mankind. In this Olympics, our
country made a flop. The football team that made it high in
Athens 2004: Whitehr Nigeria's "Success". By Umar Tanimu Umar (GAMJI) The dismal performance of Team Nigeria in Athens is a microcosm of the general situation of things in Nigeria: Nothing good is done right, only the wrong things like corruption and high-handedness, are rightly done. Details
The Okija Shrine Conundrum: Barbarism, Cannibalism and Complicity. By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu (GAMJI) The discovery of the Okija Shrine by the Nigeria Police is the joke of the millennium. It is a huge joke in the real sense of the word because nothing could be further from the truth. The Shrine as some of us came to know was a registered cultural association since 2002. Under Nigeria’s Company and Allied Matters Registration Decree (1989), before the Corporate Affairs Commission registers any organization, a public announcement is published on Nigerian press inviting counter responses from the public or institutions. Details
Igbo-Okija Oracles and Shrines, Development and Cultural Justice. By Patrick Iroegbu (GAMJI) Generally, Igbo think that the world order can be manipulated to suit desires. This illustrates their sense of change that essentially fosters a far more pressing partnership with the spirit world, shrines and oraculation. In other words, the world is not only a place in which people strive for equality; it is one in which change is constantly expected. Details
Reflections on the Okija Shrine Fetish Services. By Audu Zango (GAMJI) The yearning for implementation of Islamic Sharia by masses in two third of the Northern states was vindicated. The Okija shrine service has shown that their perseverance and insistence on the Sharia was a right step in the right direction at the right time. It would at least save them from spiritual decadence and can serve as a spring board for reversing the socio economic and political decadence afflicting their societies if implemented with full sincerity. Details
Some Nigerian Diets May Help to Prevent Cancer. By Adebimpe Onifade (GAMJI) An unconfirmed data indicate that some 20,000 Nigerians die of cancer each year. Going by international trends, women, especially through breast and ovarian cancer suffer disproportionately from most deaths due to cancer. Ovarian cancer is particularly difficult because it is not readily detectable at early stages unlike breast cancer. Details
Fighting Corruption, With Sunshine! A la Freedom of Information Law. By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) Currently, Nigeria have established more laws and agencies to fight corruption, than we had, say, twenty five years ago, it is debatable, whether we have accordingly, successfully chipped-away the scourge of corruption, more so, when compared with efforts and results of the past, it is the case, that some Nigerians have actually been insisting, corruption, in their view, have become more pervasive, if not endemic. Details
Oath Taking, Partisan Politics And Nigerian Democracy. By Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D. (GAMJI) Nigerian democracy shall remain stunted if the evolution of national political parties at grassroots level is left in the hands of godfathers and their unorthodox ways of using wealth and personality cultism to ensure the loyalty of mostly uninformed and impoverished partisan followers. Fundamental change in the status quo shall require an ideological reorientation in Nigerian political discourse and practice. Details
Team Nigeria: The Parallel Of A Failed Nation. By Joe Anwana (GAMJI) Indeed, the Athens 2004 Olympic games will go down as a bitter flop for Nigeria, the worst of it in recent times. Even while the Olympic flame was still burning and many nations were counting their medal hauls, Mr. Patrick Ekeji, Director of Sports in the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development quickly attributed the apparent failure of the Nigerian Contingents to “inadequate funding and other logistics”. Details
CBN’s 25 Billion Naira :Common Sense Approach. By Peter Elofusim (GAMJI) The 25 billion naira minimum capitalization base as decreed by CBN has taken the front burner of public discourse with so many sides putting forward their argument in diverse means. While people like Peterside of IBTC fame has decided to cast aspersion on the integrity of all the regulatory agencies in the financial sector, some bank executives are scaring us with job loss. Details
Ahmadu
Adamu Mu’azu: My Choice For President. By
(GAMJI) Mu’azu,
by the way, is not my first choice of a president. Gen. Buhari has taken
that position and will remain so. He has most of the attribute I expect to
see in a leader. He is humble, disciplined and honest. But Buhari has so
many odds against him and because democracy (which I have reservation
about) is a game of number my vote would not count for anything if
majority of people on the other side of the
The 2004 Umuahia Address To Ohaneze On Education Summit By Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu And Prof. Fabian Osuji. By Chidi P Eze (GAMJI) In his address at the occasion, Minister for Education, Professor Fabian Osuji, said the task of revitalising education among the Igbos require recreating the likes of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe whom he said is a good example of what education can do for the people. Details
Sovereign
National Conference (with Honesty), 2004-2005 (GAMJI) The basis of a successful Sovereign National Conference (SNC) is the ratification and diplomatic recognition of the sovereignty of each of the different nations presently suffering in Nigeria—recognition of each nation as an Independent country of its own. Details
NLNG:
The Trains Of Gas Flares And Revenue Flares The Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), a subsidiary of
NNPC, although
older and more of a creditor company (NEPA alone owed them
When Emotion Defeats Reason. By Bilyaminu Kankia (GAMJI) One of the virtues of democracy is that of freedom of expression. However, freedom, like power, is subject to abuse. The article on your website of August 18th 2004, entitled “ATIKU NOT LIKE TAFT,” written by Mahmoud Mahmoud, was disgustingly in bad taste. Details
Every
Good Thing Is Already In PDP! (GAMJI) Finally, nobody frustrated Alex Ekwueme, Sunday Awoniyi or Adamu Ciroma out of PDP. Democracy was at play and they served the party very well. However in everything you do you must play save like the president said the other day on NTA Presidential chart; if he support General Babangida now for PDP ticket for 2007 election everybody including Tony Annenih will try to bring down both IBB and Obasanjo. Details
A Story About a Leper (IBB/Obasanjo) and His People. By Ndubueze Godson III (GAMJI) And Obasanjo and IBB think they are so loved by the hangers-on that presently surround them with some even crashing the door to be noticed? This guy is more twisted than I thought if he believes that Omo Omoruyi loves him. As for Obasanjo, the same level of love the Iraqi people had for Saddam Hussein when he like you ‘won’ one hundred percent of the votes cast is what the subdued peasants of Nigeria living in bondage in a land that flows with milk and honey have for Obasanjo. Details
(GAMJI) Odumegwu-Ojukwu, it was, that under 30-months of siege in Biafra, constituted the brain, the skill, the know-how that ensured in Biafra that mail was delivered, oil was refined, bombs were built to defend Biafra and Biafrans against Nigeria’s borrowed war machine – war machines from Britain and communist Russia. The “brave” Obasanjo who according to Tunde Adenodi received the “instruments of surrender” from Biafra, only 6 years later suggested that the way to rid apartheid in South Africa was to fight the Boers with Voodoo. Details
The Choice of Ibrahim Babangida As President. By Banjo Odutola (GAMJI) Sometime ago, I published an article titled: ‘An Exhausting Ibrahim Babangida’ – in it, I argued that the former military president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was best served to offer his services to humanity globally – as a statesman, if he could be so considered. In essence, my attempt was to dissuade him from running for the coveted office of the president of Nigeria. Details
A Dangerous Man Or A Dangerous Omen. By Muhammad Jibril Yabagi (GAMJI) It is pathetic, absolutely blasphemous, and ridiculing to see how our media industries allow themselves to be used by some selfish Nigerians to cause disaffection between Nigerians to nurture their political gains, that is tantamount to regional unrest. Am making specific reference to the publication in the current edition of “Insider weekly” magazine. Otherwise I see no reason why a person of General Babangida’s status will be postured in front cover of this ethnocentric magazine with Dracula teeth. Details
Nigeria's New Currency. By Funke Majekodunmi (GAMJI) In less than 11 months from now, the Nigerian government plans to introduce a new currency. The currency which will be administered by the headquarters of the Central Bank of West Africa that is in Ghana, will also be used by countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, etc. The Nigerian government says that it is aware of the fact that the new currency which will initially have the same value as the Naira, will depreciate rapidly. This is because most of the west African countries do not have an economy that could back a strong currency. In Ghana for example, $1 equals 10, 000 Ghanian Cedis. Some financial experts have predicted a value of 1, 860 Eco to $1. (Eco is the name of the new currency.) Details
Corruption and the Freedom of Information Bill. By Dr. Jibo Ibrahim (GAMJI) The survival and deepening of democracy in Nigeria will depend to a large extent on the capacity of stakeholders in the polity to combat the ravages of corruption. The effects of corruption on the Nigerian state and society are so devastating that political structures have significantly lost their capacity to perform their functions. Details
Nigerian Companies Seeking Investments, From Nigerians Abroad. By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) Nigeria still needs the infusion of investment and monies from outside the shores of Nigeria, but there are urgent needs for companies in Nigeria, to seek funding and investment from Nigerians abroad. Just as there are urgent needs by Nigerians abroad to assiduously invest in Nigeria Details
Venezuela: Where the Poor Also Laugh. By Prof Mike Ikhariale (GAMJI) We are interested in the Venezuelan story today because, in many respects, the country’s misadventure is just like that of Nigeria even if it is not exactly as hopeless as that of Nigeria. Like Nigeria, she is an oil exporting country, in fact, a founding member of OPEC. Again, like Nigeria, she still remains poor in spite of the billions of petrol-dollars earned over the years. Details
(GAMJI) My grouse against Okeke’s comments are on his assertions that the Ibo, the Yoruba and Arabic names for God are inferior to those of the Christian God. In other words, our ancestors did not know God before the coming of Judeo-Christian faith. Details
President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Fruitless W.A.I. (WAR Against Igbos). By Chidi P. Eze (GAMJI) Soon after he was selected by the northern military which was then going by the name Nigerian army, he decided to device new tactics. First, he sought for and got some marginal igbos who would help condone his W.A.I. in exchange for the spoils of office. Details
Ndigbo Should Watch It: It Is 2007 Or Perhaps Who Knows When! By Dr. Chidi Uzoma (GAMJI) Since “we” are all agreed that the whole 2007 zoning episode as it is currently being debated is an entirely one-party affair, it is therefore not supposed to give any headache to the 29 other political parties and the generality of Nigerians. This was an idea conceived, drawn-up and is being discussed by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Details
Ask Professor Omo Omoruyi What Will IBB Do for the Poor and Not Personal Anology for June 12? By Usman Yerima (GAMJI) As a Nigerian, I do not expect anything in form of an apology from IBB. He served for 8 years in office. In a democratic dispensation 8 years is two terms in office. If a military leader with all governing powers vested in him cannot effect positive changes and implement sound initiatives in 8 years of leadership, then such a person is totally useless and clueless. Details
Nigeria’s Polygamous Faith. By John M.O. Igbokwe (GAMJI) Polygamous faith! This was one of the Ikemba’s random themes in his 1989 book, “Because I am Involved”. In a largely glowing tribute to General Olusegun Obasanjo later repudiated in 2003, Ojukwu had expressed shock at the counsel of Obasanjo that juju be employed in seeking an end to Apartheid. We would come back to this later. Details
Okija
and Obasanjoesque (GAMJI) Let’s establish the fundamentals succinctly right from the outset: there is no nation or national cultural group in contemporary Nigeria that is in the position to offer the Igbo people any moral or ethical lessons on social existence – definitely not the Yoruba nor the Edo from whence squalid commentators writing particularly in clusters of media outlets in the Lagos-Ibadan region and elsewhere on the internet, have engaged relentlessly in virulently wild and venomous invective against the Igbo over Okija since the beginning of August. Details
Rejoinder to MOU with Zimbabwean Farmers. By Hameed Jibril (GAMJI) Zimbabwean
Farmers: What is
(GAMJI) In
Sovereign National
Conference (with Honesty), 2004-2005. By What keeps Nigeria one today, if “one” you can call it, is mutual hatred, fear, suspicion, malice, demonization, pretense, hypocrisy, arrogance and exploitation, held together by lethal force and the unscrupulous opportunism of a haughty few who can wring wealth and power from this pathologic state of affairs. Details
Okija, Not A Show Of Shame. By Ben Osita (GAMJI) The truth is that Igbo mercantilism; trade and industry developed on the strong ethic of the numerous ogwugwu shrines. Those shrines provided the necessary legal framework for settling the disputes arising from commercial interaction, an essential ingredient of a market economy. The advent of Euro Christian ethos forcefully imposed on the Igbo society by civilizing missionaries only changed the form of worship without a corresponding transformation of the content. Details
Ask For What Will IBB Do For The ‘Poor’ And Not ‘Personal Apology’ For June 12. By Professor Omo Omoruyi (GAMJI) My
wish for the General is that this should be a day when he should resolve
never again would he be dragged into responding to the question of June
12. You took personal
responsibility many times since 1998 not for a personal failure but for a
system failure; that is enough.
Nigerians had the opportunity to take on the system in the past but
failed. The Nigerian
people are now interested in who would address the chronic poverty in
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