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INTERACTIVE WITH DR. AMINU MAGASHI
GSM
Operators, Health and Development
(GAMJI
WRITER)
It will sound
repetitive , to say that a monthly earner in Nigeria commits between 5
to 10 % of his/her income monthly to service recharge cards alone , not
to talk of the problems one faces with bounced text messages , even
though the money is deducted , calls with out good
reception , difficulty in reaching out to other lines
and jumping from one GSM to another with the aim of finding
succor , but at the end of that exercise , one find out that , they are
the same . Details
Corruption:
Comparing America
With Nigeria.
By
Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
After
September 11, 2001, America and Europe were quick to freeze and embargo
monies and resources in their banks, that belonged to anyone suspected
of terrorism or anyone or even charities with Muslim names, these
freezing of accounts and placements of embargoes were carried out so
swiftly and perhaps, arguably, so arbitrarily, however, America and
Europe have not been similarly quick to assist Nigeria in Nigeria’s
efforts to recover public or taxpayer monies and resources stolen,
looted and kept in American and European banks Details
The
Agony Of A Dying Democracy. By Mustapha
Nuhu (FRC)
(GAMJI)
The
just concluded "wars of words" by our leadership , have thrown
this country into another phase of democratic failure and political
instability-cum uncertainty. This harsh combat, as born out
of Anambra squabbles, was to
many well meaning Nigerians and of course to media
commentators, another cog on the wheel of Nigerian
Nascent democracy. Details
Fighting
the Wrong Wars. By Toyin
Kinoshi
Even
in the current
US
war against terrorism, some say that the
US
is fighting the wrong war by invading
Iraq
, that Osama Bin Hiding and company is the right war!
But they claimed they are fighting both!
So, what is the right war and what is the wrong war?
Details
Hold
The Fort! That We May Survive.
By
Wale
Akin
(GAMJI)
I
keep wondering why we had not divided and each major ethnic group gone its
separate way, let the North hold on to the Groundnut pyramid, the East and
the Niger Delta to the Oil while the South hold on to the Sea, on a
jocular trend, we would all had suffered tremendous set backs because the
ethnic groups would not had being able to live separately, I stand to be
corrected Details
United
States
Society And The
Muslim World. By
Ibrahim
Ado-Kurawa
(GAMJI)
The
media is very influential in the
United States
. The state is not allowed to own any news organization
in the country hence even the Voice of America is not heard in the
US
. The press considers itself the watchdog of the
society but has it lived up to this ideal? Details
Blacks
Are Economic Slaves. By
Chika Onyeani
(GAMJI)
It
would be foolhardy to talk of creating another Microsoft, a General
Motors, an AT&T. The largest black bank - the Carver Bancorp Inc. -
had assets of $420 million; while its Caucasian counterpart, the Citigroup
had assets of $668 billion - that's $168 billion more than the combined
revenues of all Blacks in 1998. Yet, out of the $500 billion that Blacks
generated, the total assets of the largest 25 Black banks amounted to only
$4.5 billion. Details
Where are the President’s
men? By AbdulMumin
Yinka Ajia
(GAMJI)
The
situation in Plateau is no different from that of Anambra, both are a
direct result of “irresponsible leadership” at the state as well as
the federal levels of government. In Plateau, the state executive proved
to be ineffective and utterly corrupt. Lots of lives were lost due to a
bad crisis management. Details
Tribute
To Wada Nas And Sani M. Lungu. By
Isa Muhammad Inuwa
(GAMJI)
The
man has remained the up to date champion of human justice and advocate of
balanced power among the trio arms of government. He was terribly
disturbed by what he considered as utter domicility and inaction of the
legislature in its job of putting checks and keeping a tab on the excesses
of the executive. Details
The
Hubris Of A Born-Again President. By
Aonduna
Tondu
(GAMJI)
Today,
an enduring legacy of the anti-corruption crusade of Obasanjo's five and
a half-year old regime is the perception that members of the Abacha
family have become victims of the President's vendetta. This image of a
president incapacitated by his demoralizing vindictiveness is what has
remained ingrained in the consciousness of Nigerians. To a large extent,
the extra-judicial massacres of Odi and Zaki Biam are indicative of the
vindictive arbitrariness which continues to dominate the way President
Obasanjo deals with critical national issues. Details
Goodbye
Immunity to Steal, Welcome 2005! By
Victor
E. Dike
(GAMJI)
It
appears
Nigeria
does not want to
make use of what she has learned from the past. The military looted
Nigeria
through the barrel
of the gun but the politicians through the backdoor of democratic
immunity are now looting the nation. One wonders why the 1999
constitution was crafted like a cobweb very weak for the big politicians
committing grand thefts, but strong enough to catch the poor and
powerless involved in petty thefts. Details
RE-Igbo,
Biafra
and the Presidency. By Eso
Ugoeze
(GAMJI)
My
friend, Mohammed Haruna fail short of saying that Ndi-Igbo do not
believe in Nigeria. Oh what a distortion of history! Why are we so
selectively hyper myopic- ‘we perceive and draw lessons only from
convenient happenings in our history and from convenient sources of our
national chronicle’-Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu , Because I am involved. Details
Me,
My Culture and the British Council Experience: Illogically logical
Disguised Clash of Civilizations. By Salisu Ahmed Koki
(GAMJI)
he
widespread and upheld belief about the attitude of Northern Nigerian
youths is that, they hate books, they denounce hard work, hence are lazy
and negligent and not vigilant in the face of turbulent waters marred by
illiteracy and backwardness. But here is a vivid example of scapegotism
manifesting in government’s and Northern elite’s attitudes towards
youth’s education, employment and capacity building. Details
Political
Molue.
By
Wale
Akin
(GAMJI)
I
gave
those graphic details because a typical Mole plying the
Lagos
route
is like the present democratic setting in
Nigeria
,
the Mole driver is no other person than OBASANJO, the conductors (always
three) are ATIKU, WABARA, IWEALA and the passengers obviously are
NIGERIANS. Details
Wada
Nas – Tributes to a Great Communicator. By
Banjo Odutola, Esq.
(GAMJI)
If
I found in him a blind loyalty for his support of the Abacha family –
it is in that support that he taught me the true meaning of friendship
as I have always suspected. It is no gainsaying that in the life of the
then patriarch of the Abacha family – he was appointed a minister of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Through such patronage he proved
himself without doubt - a true friend. If lessons of true friendship are
to be learnt – for me, he was an embodiment of such lessons. He wrote
with guts and even to the point of being ridiculed – he defended the
Abachas. Details
A Week In The Bowels Of A
Celtic Tiger. By Farooq A. Kperogi
(GAMJI)
It
appears that our green passports evoke a nauseous feeling among airport
officers in international airports. In
Amsterdam
, all of us Nigerians were “detained”. Our offence was that we were
Nigerians. Being Nigerian, it seems, means that you’re a criminal
until you prove otherwise. Our passports were subjected to the severest
crucible I have ever seen. They were put through all kinds of imaginable
gadgets to confirm their authenticity. But
this was no racist condescension. Other Africans at the airport did not
go through this. Details
Joint Administration of
Bakassi the Only Lasting Solution
.
By
Elie Smith
(GAMJI)
What
observers forget to examine in the causes of the maritime/ territorial
dispute are the unruly conducts of Cameroonian security operatives on
Nigerian fishermen and women in general and business people in
particular. The frequent brutalities and humiliations meted upon
Nigerian fishermen and women including other businessmen was no longer
accepted in Nigeria. Above any other considerations and links, the other
causes of the border dispute between these two countries are found in
the special way that Cameroon especially the part that was a former
British protectorate was de-colonised.
Details
Show of Shame by Obj and PDP.
By
Usman Yerima
(GAMJI)
So
let me cut the crap. This is in reference to that often wide mouth
President Obasanjo that has a history of offensive outbursts which over
the years has really gotten out of control and gone unchecked. The
temperamental farmer from Otta, should have been allowed from day one to
remain on his chicken farm to take out his frustration on his poultry
employees caught stealing eggs and dairy products. Instead, the ignorant
Hausa-Fulani oligarchy went and fished him out, and installed him in Aso
Rock. Today, Obasanjo is not only a problem for other Nigerians but also
to the crooked Hausa-Fulani Kingmakers who sanctioned his leadership as
well. Details
The
Mythology Of Igbo Names. By
Uche Nwora
(GAMJI)
To
understand the strength and magnitude of such detestation, recall
Okonkwo’s character in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, How
Okonkwo drew his machete and cut off the head of Ikemefuna, a boy that
calls him father, this was despite the warnings of the oracle, Okonkwo
chose to disobey the gods and risk a life of exile, rather than be
called a weakling like Unoka, his father. Details
Reforming
the Public Service.
By Yushau Shuaib
(GAMJI)
Rightsizing
as against downsizing in the service is a welcome development if the
unutilized servants are retrained and reassigned to suitable roles where
their qualifications and experiences can be used for productivity. It is
non-deniable the fact that the service is over-bloated with redundant
and idle staff collecting salary monthly apart from tales of
remuneration for ghost workers. Details
So,
Obasanjo Knew. By
Adekunle
Ajisebutu
(GAMJI)
Did
the president know about the 2003 aborted coup in
Anambra
State
? When
AIG Raphael Ige said he was acting on orders from the top, was he
referring to the Presidency? How
could atrocity of that magnitude happen in this day and age?
How come nobody, except Raphael Ige, answer for that crime?
How come nothing has been said about that coup? Details
Two
Years Without Jika. By Bashir Sa’ad Abdullahi
(GAMJI)
Jika’s
death was a great loss to the academia in particular and humanity in
general. He was dedicated, respectable, intellectual, brilliant, orator,
academician and a prolific writer. Words can only give some description
about him, but can’t depict the exact picture of this great scholar
and writer. Details
Open
Letter To Anambra People. By
Miles Opara Details
Nigerian
National Honors Awards 2004 Revisited. By
Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
In
the future therefore, it would be elevating and uplifting, when it
becomes the practice that, everyday persons are nominated and awarded,
these very prestigious national awards, persons such as the everyday
police, or fire fighters, the messenger or clerk who refused to succumb
to avarice, other persons who shun greed or corruption, or Nigerian
soldiers who perform in peace keeping operations gallantly and honorably
and the diligent taxi driver who returns properties that were forgotten
in his car by passenger Details
National
Conference, Has Mr. President Succumbed To Pressure?
We
can only change the world by changing men
– Charles Wells. By Emeka
Oraetoka
(GAMJI)
Who
needs National Conference Now? How can anyone in his right senses be
talking of national conference when there is no gravitation towards
National agenda or focus? How can people be talking about dialogue when
there is no acceptable standard for persons aspiring to leadership
positions? Details
Now
that Buhari Has Won Round One. By Ibrahim
Dan-Halilu
(GAMJI)
It
is quite incisive that even Chief Christian Ubah, the
architect of the rigging project in
Anambra
State
, has realized that Nemesis will not spare anyone
desirous of using foul means to achieve a desirable end, and confessed
his role in the ignoble project. The lesson is that as one achieves the
end for which he employed all foul means, one may have to contend with
so may foul means that he might have to deploy to maintain the status
quo.
Details
Slug:
Transparency International (TI) Publishing the Result
of Obasanjo’s ‘Learning Process’.
By Buchy Enyinnaya
(GAMJI)
Barring unnecessary sentiments and facing objectivity courageously without
any moral bias, the recent proclamation of Nigeria, as the third most corrupt
nation in the world, by Transparency International (TI), is to say the least, a
fair judgement on a country that is characterized by insincerity in its dealings
and traumatized by endemic corruption. Details
Quo
Vadis
Nigeria
? By
Akpobibibo Onduku
(GAMJI)
The
dwindling future of Nigeria that is a colossus of the African continent
and the pride of the entire black race is quite worrisome.
Quo vadis simply means, which way forward or where do we
go from here? The statistics
show that one of every six Africans or one of every two West Africans is
a Nigerian. That simply
describes the nation’s significance globally. Details
Obasanjo-Ogbeh
Saga And The Politics Of Succession. By
Jibo Nura
(GAMJI)
President
Olusegun Obasanjo- the self acclaimed born-again, is a man that
Nigerians are yet to understand due
to his political intrigues and intricacies, which even his ‘close
friends’ find it very difficult to predict. Because of this general
pang of uncertainties inflicted by OBJ, certain people like IBB, who
played great role in OBJ’s first election and second selection bid,
wants to be sure about the “qud pro quo” deal of a sort that would
determine his ( IBB) fate as the 2007 presidential card carrying
villain. Details
Plateau Peace
Or Farce Conference? A Reply To S. A. Mohammed’s Bunch Of Falsehood;
Part 2. By
Joseph
D. Rinyom
(GAMJI)
Truck
loads of Muslim Hausas flocked to the haven of peace and hospitality in
the early 1980s following the Maitatsine Mayhem in
Kano
and Yola and
several other places. Why did they not go to Sokoto, Bauchi or other
Muslim Hausa cities but rushed to Jos? It was because they found
complete acceptance and treatment as homeborns. Details
Of Kings And
Fools: The Many Faces Of President Obasanjo. By Joseph Dangme Rinyom
(GAMJI)
Nigerians
find it very expedient to come to the defense of their Chiefs of State
even when they are obviously wrong. Of recent, national political
commentators have seized the opportunity to create a spurious wall of
falsehood to shield Obasanjo from his egomania. I believe that with the
surging number of people who have thrown in their gauntlet in defense of
Obasanjo, the indefatigable curse-merchant of the administration, Femi
Fani-Kayode, must be sweating in his boots in fear of losing his
“family-name-earned” appointment to other competing Goebbels. Details
Owners Of
Nigerian IX Alhaji Abubakar Atiku: The Face Of An Opportunist. By
Seyi Oduyela
(GAMJI)
Before
1992, Atiku was nobody in Nigerian politics. He remained an unknown
face. In fact it was not his intention to become Nigerian President but
a bargaining power for Yar’Adua. This showed off after the first round
of election at the SDP presidential elections in Jos. Yar’Adua
negotiated with Abiola and Atiku who left Customs in 1989 “stepped
down”. Details
Lessons
From Ogun. By Aonduna Tondu
(GAMJI)
Events in the last two weeks or so seem to
indicate that Nemesis may finally be catching up with those who organized
a most brazen rape of Nigerian democracy last year. As if to add salt to
injury, these buccaneers have further aggravated our national condition
with their blind allegiance to so-called reform policies that have
studiously avoided any talk of transparent governance. Details
Ojukwu:
Lessons from the SSS. By Tochukwu Ezukanma
(GAMJI)
It
is the policy of the Obasanjo government to relegate the Igbo to second
class citizenship in
Nigeria
.
Olusegun Obasanjo was the commander
of the 3rd Marine Commando Division that overran the last vestiges of
Biafra
. He
accepted the unconditional surrender of
Biafra
, and
beheld the Igbo at their weakest and most vulnerable state. He must have
hoped that the Igbo nation remain indefinitely broken and prostrate. Details
A Response to
Senator Sunday Olawale Fajinmi.
By Sam
C. Okudah
(GAMJI)
Senator,
how did you come to know where Uba and Ngige were on election night and
what happened at collation centers, when you should have been monitoring
the election returns at Osun State, particularly at your very own Osun
West senatorial district, on the same election night?
You claimed that you knew what happened on the election night,
particularly at the collation centers in Anambra State, but did not have
the guts to tell us how AD was sent packing from Iwo (your town), Osun
West senatorial zone (which you represented), and all the states in the
Southwest, except Lagos Details
The
Judiciary – The Greatest Threat To Democracy In
Nigeria. By
Suleiman
Muhammad Kaura
(GAMJI)
I
write to you this letter with a heavy heart after seeing the outcome of
the verdict of the Kaduna Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling on the
petition regarding the last 2003 Presidential Election by Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari and the All Nigeria Peoples Party. The verdict had clearly shown
that the Judiciary in
Nigeria
is the greatest threat to our Democracy. Details
An
Open Letter To Al-Mustapha Sani Abacha (Abacha's Sibling). By
Usman Yerima
(GAMJI)
I
do not think you help the Abacha offprings by lying to them about their
father's statemanship and stewardship. Abacha's kids need to know the
truth about the legacy of their criminal and dictatorial father. Abacha is
very responsible for multiple atrocities that occurred in
Nigeria
during his administration, and he should take responsibility for his
actions, and so should all those with him. You do not steal $5 billion
from your country and remain a good man. I do not care if you create
paradise on earth afterwards. In his case, he created absolutely nothing,
and therefore he deserves nothing but scorn. Details
Towards
Nigeria’s Permanent Seat on United Nations Security Council.
By Adebimpe
Abraham Onifade, Ph.D.
(GAMJI)
In
summary,
Nigeria
’s chance of ascending to permanent seat on the
United Nations Security Council is more realistic than ever. Appropriate
global and country-specific strategies, lobbying and networking with
particular emphasis on the current P 5’s, the
United States
especially, and cooperative negotiation with other
reliable contenders are necessary. Details
Open Letter To
President
Obasanjo. By
Chukwunweike
Nwosu D.Sc.
(GAMJI)
However,
I am a Nigerian born American deeply aggrieved by the rapidly
deteriorating state of
Nigeria
under your watch.
Nigerians
have been subjected to several high crimes including murder of innocent
citizens in a manner that makes any rational human being conclude the
murders are state sponsored since the Police has either refused to
investigate or deliberately done sloppy and unprofessional job.
Details
Nigeria
: The Will and The Mandate. By
Osa
Iyinbo
(GAMJI)
Within
the last few months, I have watched from the sidelines, based on a
self-imposed curfew or hiatus, the tirade and intricate developments that
have continued to entangle my beloved country, Nigeria.
What good this abstinence did me, I cannot really tell because, the
harder I pulled away, the harder I got sucked in. Details
The
Anambra Debacle: What Lies Beneath. By
Thomas Dappa
(GAMJI)
I
have watched with dismay but not surprise the continued distasteful state
of the political climate in
Anambra
State
, often gnashing my
teeth in disgust and revulsion at the level to which the whole saga has
degenerated. The “War Of the Chrises” has indeed assumed a new
dimension with the destruction of public property built by
taxpayers’ money. Details
Nigeria
: Review of
Proposal for the Management of
Nigeria
’s ccTLD (.ng).
By Femi Oyesanya
(GAMJI)
The
.ng domain currently has less than 2000 active registered domains, and
having been plagued by incompetent attention in the past, the proposal
submitted by the .ng ccTLD Working Group necessitates careful review.
The review has the following objectives in mind Details
Kwankwaso's
White Paper: What Justification?
By
Abba Anwar
(GAMJI)
I
was highly disappointed that before the issuance of the White Paper,
somebody whom I respect much came out on air, in the Radio Freedom, to
be precise, telling the public that even if the White was out it will
not affect Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso. He emphatically challenged that
Kwankwaso’s name does not appear, even once. The man is an ally of
Kwankwaso. People regard him as an Islamically learned person. He even
swore with the Almighty God that what he was saying was not a mere say. Details
Audu
Ogbeh: Perhaps Not A Saint. By
Dr.
Sylvester Omosun Fadal
(GAMJI)
Ogbeh
should have appraised the potential impact of his action before adopting
it. If he wanted to obtain his
desired results, he should have taken a more meaningful but yet private
approach to presenting his concerns, regardless of the severity.
He chose to avoid an approach that breeds a willingness to embrace
and resorted to a prima facie battle introspection that was viewed by OBJ
as does. Ogbeh in my opinion,
failed again in his position. Details
Between
Shekarau And El-Rufai.
By
Chiroma
Othman Muhammad
(GAMJI)
In
one rare exceptional circumstance, the President of the Nigerian
Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) publicly admitted that
his Institute had recommended the re-certification and re-issuance of
Certificates of Occupancy had given similar advice to preceding FCT
minister but only El-Rufai had the courage to implement it. Was that not
sufficient reason to rally round the man and assist him execute the
scheme through. Yet the professional associations watched in
guilt-ridden silence as El-Rufai went through media and public bashing
for righting the wrongs of urbanisation.
Details
My
Toro Kobo. By Ade Ipaye
(GAMJI)
Nigeria
will become a highly litigious state like
USA
in couples of years to come because we tend to write and say things
in public that should be said only in the privacy of our homes, but
that is one of the dividends of a democratic system. Nearly all the social
commentators insult our intelligence with non-factual cacophonies dressed
in intellectual garbs. Details
State
Of
Emergency
: Our Stand (Vol. III).
By
Baba Magaji
(GAMJI)
The
PLATEAU PATRIOTS would wish to salute the peace-loving people of Plateau
State for their perseverance and good conduct in the past five and half
months under the most humbling and abhorrent parody of constitutionalism.
Not many people in
Nigeria
or, indeed, other
parts of the civilized world would have tolerated the truncating of their
democratic rights through an unconstitutional declaration of a state of
emergency. Details
30
Minutes With A.B.U.T.H. Resident-
Dr. S.H Idris Over The Current Federal Government/ Resident Doctors
Face-Off. By
Jibo Nura
(GAMJI)
The
strike action embarked upon by Resident Doctors has now entered its 3rd
week but seemingly there are no signs of compromise between the feuding
parties. As a result, Dr. Suleman Idris Hadejia, one of the Chief
Residents of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital,
Zaria
,
Nigeria
, who is also a specialist in Community Medicine, bares
his mind in this interview Details
Buhari:
A Tribute To A Great General At 62. By
Mohammed
Lawal Shuaibu
(GAMJI)
He
is the only liberator in view for the poor masses in
Nigeria
.
A
man of integrity with a principle of morality; and a track record of
transparency and accountability. He is a crusader of justice. And he is
hell bent on fighting for the emancipation of the poor masses (the
wretched of the earth) from their enslavement by this kleptomaniac ruling
class. Details
Iraq:
Dateline Falluja. By
Garba A.
Isa
(GAMJI)
Obviously
angered and humiliated by their two previous failed attempts to take
control of the Iraqi resistant
stronghold City of Falluja, to the west of Baghdad, American occupation
Soldiers launched an even bigger offensive
on November 8, 2004...Before
America
invaded, Falluja was known as “a city of mosques”. But five weeks
since the offensive began, majority of them “lies in ruins”. Details
Reinventing
Slavery through Privatizations in
Nigeria. By
Murtala Bala Habu
(GAMJI)
Now
that Virgin Airline replaced Nigerian Airways, how Nigerian government
could replace or privatized Nigeria Airways with the
name ‘Virgin Nigeria?’ Assuming British Airways wants to privatize
it airlines and
Nigeria
government has the luxuries to be an institutional
investor, will the name ‘British
Airways’ changed to ‘Nigerian Airways,’ or better can the name
Nigeria
Airways stand in
Great Britain
as replacement
for British Airways? Details
Nigeria
I care, how can I make a difference: A Tale of the Pastor and The Imam
Healing Conflicts in
Nigeria. By Omoba Oladele Osinuga
(GAMJI)
The
walls of hatred started to crumble when Imam Ashafa and other Muslim
community leaders went to visit the ailing mother of the Christian church
leader to inquire about her health. This
simple gesture ushered in a new era of friendship and mutual cooperation. Details
Let
Middle Belt Identity Blossom. By
Ubanese Nwanganga
(GAMJI)
In
spite of the high moral ground Islamic adherents claim to possess the
worst form of looting in Nigeria has therefore taken place under three
Muslim heads of state, namely, IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Interestingly, Christians of northern extraction participated with vigour.
Do we need to mention Jerry Useni, David mark, Tunde Ogbeha, Lawrence
Onoja, Mark Inienger, the Langtang generals, etc? Details
Issues
in Shekarau's Leadership. By Garba A. Isa
(GAMJI)
But
truth be told, a year and a half after assuming the leadership of
Kano
,
the reality is, Shekarau must move decisively to remove those obstacles
preventing his people-oriented policies
from reaching their intended targets.
As mentioned time and again, the Central themes of Shekarau
Government’s mandate were, the faithful
implementation of the Shari’a and delivering the physical
infrastructural dividends of democracy. Details
Nigerian
Cyber-crime: A Performance Review of EFCC and The Nigerian Cyber-Crime
Working Group. By Femi Oyesanya
(GAMJI)
It
is rather ironical, that while International Cybercrime prevention bodies,
such as the FBI, are trying to assist the EFCC with becoming a more
efficient Cybercrime fighting body by
forming exclusive relationships with the EFCC, the Nigerian
Government appears determined to undermine it’s own
efforts by creating
the NCWG as a parallel duplicated organization. Details
Shekarau's
Polio Shame. By
Kabiru
Muhammad
(GAMJI)
As
the State ANPP Chairman under whose leadership the Shekarau Government was
voted into office the quarrels over polio were one thing I was never, for
once ashamed of associating with the Government over. Just like initially,
I was never ashamed to associate with the sense in mass record-breaking
import of 100,000 tonnes of fertilizer planned by Shekarau at take-off of
his government. Details
Response
To Dr Abubakar Mohammed’s “General Muhammadu Buhari Is My Choice To Be
The President Of Nigeria” . By
Abbas Liman
(GAMJI)
The
issue of religious bigotry was used against Buhari in the run up to 2003
election. I have a friend from the south who is a Phd holder like Dr
Mohammed who although believes that
Nigeria
between December 1983 and August 1985 under Buhari experienced one of her
best times in history since independence yet did not vote for him because
of the campaign of religious bigotry against the man. Details
My
Country, Our President. By Emma Sunday
Ozoemena
(GAMJI)
I
guess Obasanjo could not condemn Uba because he ( Uba) arranged
all the PDP "victories" in Anambra. And probably this is
why Uba will never face the criminal justice system. This guy may not have
organised all the riggings in the last election, but he knows how
every PDP victory was won. Details
One
More Thing, Please, General Gowon! By Ibrahim
Dan-Halilu
(GAMJI)
Like
I said in a previous article General Yakubu Gowon, former head of state
would have been the most suitable for the role of brokering peace between
the Christians and Muslims of northern Nigeria who have been at daggers
drawn with one another for the past two decades or so but for his strange
and more than modest interest in religion with the launching of Nigeria
Prays project. I am happy that at least the northern governors,
including Chief Joshua Dariye and Ahmed Sani Yarima seemed to have
recognized his leadership in brokering the peace as the recently concluded
northern peace conference held in
Kaduna
indicated. Details
Anambra
Crises and Matters Arising. By Ibrahim
Dan-Halilu
(GAMJI)
At
last Nigerians have receiving a shocking true confession of the 2003
electoral rigging project from the principal actors of that diabolical
act. They are hearing from no less personality than the President, the
national Chairman of the ruling PDP, Chief Audu Ogbeh and two other
beneficiaries of the rigging project – Governors Ngige and Dariye, the
corroboration of what was severally denied by all top notchers of the
ruling party, including Ogbeh himself. Details
Who
Is Heating Up The Polity?
By
James Njoku Uzuor
(GAMJI)
Many
Nigerians remain puzzled why an inoffensive, politely-worded and
well-meaning letter by PDP National Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh to the
President, could justify the cantankerous and scurrilous response from
General Obasanjo. Throwing diplomacy and dignity to the dogs, the
President literally called Audu Ogbeh a coup monger and an enemy of
democracy! Details
Open
Letter to Christian Ubah. By
Victor Onyiliagha
(GAMJI)
How
are you Sir? We hope fine? How is business? Hope fine too? Greetings to
the family. We would have written you earlier but were waiting to
ascertain whether the dust you and your thugs raised in Anambra state has
settled or is it like the dust of the Bellfry which never quite settles. Details
Anambra
State Fermented Crises; President Obasanjo’s Dilemmas.
By
Paul I. Adujie
(GAMJI)
As
the crises in Anambra State ferments and festers, many things have changed
as many of the same things remain the same. And the key questions to be
asked and answered are, whether Nigerians have sufficient patience for the
often enervating and arduous processes that are true democracy’s
demands? Details
Audu
Ogbeh As A Catalyst? By Aonduna
Tondu
(GAMJI)
Far from blunting the impact of Chief
Ogbeh’s letter to President Obasanjo, the official response by the
presidency will only deepen the cynicism Nigerians have come to harbour
regarding their government and the political class in general. If the
president and his acolytes were hoping to calm frail nerves by reassuring
compatriots that the ship of state is being ably and valiantly captained,
I’m afraid, they have failed miserably. Details
The
Importance of Ideology. By Odi Maduneke
(GAMJI)
I
am at a loss where to begin because the thesis of his article is based on
wrong premise, or rather incorrect definition or confused definition of
capitalism, collectives and socialism and the fact that he is advocating
an evil political system of Communism for
Nigeria
. Details
Kojo
Annan's Indiscretion May Have Hurt His Father, But His Generation
Think And Behave The Same Way, I Might Add. By Dr.
Wunmi Akintide
(GAMJI)
The
overzealous Senator from Minnesota should have demanded the entire
resignation of the Security Council which includes the United States for
their failure in closely supervising the Food for Oil program, and putting
in the necessary check and balances to ensure that a Dictator, but a
legitimate Head of Government like Saddam Hussein, at the time did not
find his way around it siphoning all the money into his private pocket. Details
Debt
Forgiveness.
By
Mutiu
Animashawun
(GAMJI)
Which
of the creditors would let us off, knowing that together a few rogues' foreign
accounts dwarf the national reserve and petroleum is still our foreign exchange
earner in this sellers' market? The debt forgiveness campaign may be a trial
balloon to invoke sympathy. But the creditors are not going to take us serious
since we are parading rogues as leaders in cartes blanches. Details
The
Witch Hunt Against Kofi Anan.
By Chika Onyeani
(GAMJI)
For
reasons best known to him, nobody has been more vociferous in their attempt to
oust Kofi Annan from the world's number one post than William Safire of the New
York Times. His personal animosity against Kofi Annan is beyond reason and
comparison. Next to Michael Moore, Kofi Annan seems to come to the closest of
people he hates. Safire has written more than 20 negative articles on Kofi Annan,
and I don't believe he is yet satisfied, short of seeing to it that the
Secretary-General is ousted from office. Details
Northern Peace Conference
Beyond The Orchestrated Hysteria. By
Jibo Nura
(GAMJI)
First,
we should understand that the trouble with Northerners lies mainly in Identity
crises, i.e. who belong to who in terms of faith/ belief, tradition/ customs and
language. These have posited a lot of threat and serious misunderstanding more
than tribalism and ethnicity. Details
Obasanjo
Admits to Fraud. By
Usman
Yerima
(GAMJI)
Obasanjo
has made terrible choices in every matter that has faced him, no matter how
simple, and his poor choices has deeply damaged the country. His silence over
his knowledge of that election fraud has had greater implication than
anticipated. However, his complicity in the matter is responsible for the chaos
we witness today in the Anambra crisis. Details
Nigerian Media And Socio-
Political Responsibilities. By
Jibo Nura
(GAMJI)
During
the colonial period, most Nigerian journalists were very good in their quest for
true nationalism. They sincerely pursued the Nigerian independence through their
writings. The then Nigerian media recorded a remarkable achievement. Thereafter,
however, the Nigerian media transformed into avenues for advocating
misinformation, propaganda and above all promoting sectarian interests in their
responsibility. Details
Governor
Abdulkadir Kure, His Sycophants And
Niger
State.
By Adamu N Baba-Kutigi
(GAMJI)
Today,
sycophants and a coalition of corrupt, good-for-nothing rabble-rousers and
praise singers surround Governor Kure. With the result that those so called
advisers to Mr. Governor are only there for selfish interest not public
interest. The miscreants surrounding governor
Kure
are not different from praise singers who continue their praises even though
they know he is not taking the right decision. Details
The Heat In The UN And
Kofi Annan: Matters Arising. By Dr. Lawal M. Marafa
(GAMJI)
The
current conspiracy theory surrounding the push by a few individuals to
oust the UN Secretary-General before his term of office is over must be
seen as an attempt to blackmail and discredit a worthy and acclaimed
global civil servant who has worked and earned his name any day
anywhere. His mistakes, however, can be seen as not playing in tune with
the powers that be, and possibly as an African who deserves to be
treated as his predecessor Boutrous Boutorus Gali. Details
The
Nigerian Youth And The Survival Game! By Nnaemeka
Oruh
(GAMJI)
This
article is animated by the belief that the position of Bigger Thomas is
the position of the Nigerian youths. Like the blacks in racist
America
, most Nigerian youths face deprivation occasioned by poor economic
backgrounds. During their pre- adolescence years, most Nigerian youths
harbour lofty dreams of a country that needs them, and excitedly itch to
contribute their quota to the development of their beloved country. Details
Does
The North Really Need Our Representatives? By
Babayola Toungo
(GAMJI)
Today
all the hydro electric generating stations are located in the north and
they all require urgent overhaul but instead of doing that, the federal
government is building new power plants, all concentrated in the
southwest. The environmental
devastation caused by the construction of the three power dams in the
north is at par with the Niger Delta in terms of dislocation of human
lives and livelihood. Details
Culture
Conflicts in Genital Cleansing, Body and Sexuality in Africa.
By
Patrick
Iroegbu
(GAMJI)
Over
the years, particularly since the feminist movements had become stronger
and louder beginning in the 1970s, the notion of circumcision in
Africa
has changed to other
meanings. Increased migration in times and places across the world has
brought into focus the concept of globalization into the phenomenon of
genital cleansing or purification. Details
The
Return Of Dariye, Jos Peace Conference, And The Final Roadmap To Peace. By
Sani Garba
(GAMJI)
It
is very unfortunate that the person who masterminds the killing of Muslims
and other innocent souls in
Plateau
State
was return back as a governor despite the protest against his coming back.
Details
National
Conference Of States Legislatures And The Pro-National Conference Strides
.
By
Yakubu
Maitalata Kwassam
(GAMJI)
As
if reacting to these challenges, Alhaji
Ahmed
Mohammed Makarfi, the Governor of Kaduna State made a startling disclosure
during the inauguration ceremony of members of the Board of Trustees and
the National Executive Council of ACF.
He said President Olusegun Obasanjo has set up secretly a political
reform agenda committee to prepare a position paper that will be subject
to national discourse and dialogue. Details
Alhaji,
Alhaja what is that?
By
Ndubueze Godson III
(GAMJI)
What
folks should understand is that my people have gone beyond hell in that
concoction they call
Nigeria
. They have
suffered enough contusion that one would think intelligent people
regardless of their ethnicity would speak up against it. I just don’t
like a situation where it looked a bribe might be needed before one’s
essay is posted. Details
Another
Memo To Umrah Returnees. By Tanimu Umar
(GAMJI)
As
the number of Nigerians taking the sojourn to the Holy Land for the lesser
hajj of Umrah increases arithmetically by the year while poverty in
Nigeria increases geometrically, I wish to take a lead from my sagacious
brother, Adamu Adamu whose treatise Memo to Umrah Returnees published a couple of years ago (which was
revealing and thought-provoking), to welcomed back our pilgrims from the
Holy Land. Details
The
Kind of Leaders we have in
Nigeria. By
Shindi James
(GAMJI)
That
meeting was amongst other things, meant to serve as stage for healing and
forgiveness. So for the speaker to properly acknowledge the Muslim
representative in person of the much respected Sultan of Sokoto, and then
just "in passing" mention "..and the other Rev.
Father..." was a criminal thing. For heaven's sake, you are the
speaker of the House! But the worse was yet to come... the speaker
was struggling to read a speech he obviously did not even look through
before he got there. At a point he stopped and said he had forgotten
his reading glasses and had to borrow the ones he was using. How
more complacent can someone be? The speaker of the house is coming
to such a significant meeting as to find answers to the many problems of
the north and he forgot his reading glasses. However, he did not
forget to carry along his army of aides, excess cars and of course enough
money to through around while in
Kaduna
. Details
The
Colossus of Anambra. By Victor E. Dike
(GAMJI)
It
is beyond comprehension that the barbarism and irrationality in Anambra has been allowed to continue. Governor Chris Ngige has reportedly escaped two ‘assassination attempts,’
yet nobody is responsible for the heinous acts. This has now turned the
state into a place where barbarism and crude physical strength are prized
more than intelligence, wisdom, and decency. Details
Obasanjo
Is Igbophobia “Positive” By Chidi P Eze
(GAMJI)
Since
the selection of Obasanjo as the president of
Nigeria
in 1999, there was no doubt he was implementing Awolowo’s or Yoruba
agenda against ndigbo, using federal government machinery to implement the
agenda. Details
The
Expulsion Of Bbc From
Borno
State
Nigeria
. By
Alh.
Baba Mohammed
(GAMJI)
The
frank and piecing reportage of the BBC and its enormous outreach capacity
has always been a source of discomfort for autocrats and dictators the
world over. Residents of the state know that what led to the latest
collision between the BBC and the
Borno
State
government was the
media report on the activities of the so-called Taliban group in the
state. Details
Suffering
in the Land: A View from Below. By
Victor E. Dike
(GAMJI)
The
dust raised by Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo with his recent re-definition (or standardization?) of
‘abject poverty’ will hardly settle. Does it really mean that Mr.
President is ignorant of the fact that there exists unbearable suffering
in the land? Nobody could define the construct better than the people
would, because he who wears the shoe, as often said, knows where it hurts.
Details
Ndi
Igbo And 2007 Presidency: Another Time Of Advertisement?
By Nnaemeka
Oruh
(GAMJI)
One
of the greatest cliches of the Nigerian political scene is "Igbo
presidency". This quest by Ndi Igbo to produce the country's
president I dare say has been stretched ad nauseam. Everywhere,
this clamour becomes so deafening that one sometimes wonders if the
solution to the country's problems lies on production of presidents from
particular ethnis groups. Details
The
Importance Of Ideology. By Odi Maduneke
(GAMJI)
Obasanjo,
as the President of Nigeria is usually blamed for anything that goes wrong
in the country. Sometimes his
critics do so in a self serving manner to absolve themselves from any
responsibility for the direction the country is going. It is well and good
to complain about Obasanjo or other Nigerian government officials and to
blame them for the poor quality of life in
Nigeria
, but are the critics
thinking differently from them? Details
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