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(GAMJI) The West is not only making aggressive recruitment and concessionary admission policy to address such disparity; they are also making concessions in dress codes to encourage Muslim womens’ participation. It is only in Nigeria Muslims are not allowed to speak out when there is genuine distortion in the government. Details
I am Biafran: A Reply to Sunny Unachukwu Chukwuemeka. By Francis Kizito Obeya (GAMJI) Sunny, when I think about your kind- self styled exiles- I chuckle with laughter. You stay in very comfortable lands where the economy is rich and all is well and fight your teacup battles from that safe perch. How many of you in “exile” are ready to come home, leaving behind your dollars and pound sterling and advance the cause which you fight? Details
The Politics of Life Chances in Nigeria. By Jide Ibitoye (GAMJI) Modern libraries need recurrent funds to keep them running and I doubt if there would be such funds if OBJ leaves office in the next couple of years. However, a specialist hospital would be generating revenue from at least the multitude of Nigerians who travel to the UK and USA every year for the least of “check-ups”. Details
Gateway Television: Name- Change And Politics Of Envy. By Tayo Agunbiade (GAMJI)
(GAMJI) Yes! Nigeria’s yearning for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council is mere mirage. The present effort to bring this dream to fruition is an exercise in futility. With all due respect to the eminent members of the General A. Abubakar Committee, the decision to set it up and the fanfare with which it was inaugurated by the Vice President is nothing but a ruse to divert attention from the failure of the present administration to grapple with its constitutional and ethical obligations to the nation. Details
The 419 Scourge And Obasanjo’s War On Corruption. By Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq. (GAMJI) 419 have made it impossible for the nation to grow its economy. It has made nonsense of our President’s effort to attract foreign investment to Nigeria. On a micro level, it is increasingly becoming impossible for Nigerian businessmen and women to do business overseas. Details
Obasanjo Must Go, Ghana Must Go Or Ali Must Go. By Umar Tanimu Umar (GAMJI) But if the PDP fail to overcome the impeachment moves and the honourables go on to debunk Ahmadu Ali’s audacious assertion and the moves become “a storm in the ocean” Nigerians will be relived, and certainly Ali must go. The President, who is now poised to reclaim the country’s dignity by upping the tempo in the fight against Nigeria’s hydra-headed corruption, will be discreet on the Ghana Must go option to finally shut up the Honourable. Whatever the case might be our fingers remain crossed. Details
When Biafra Comes to Be (1). By Sunday Damina Goshit (GAMJI) The dream for a second attempt for a nation called Biafra to secede from Nigeria is one of the numerous issues in the country today. Should people be allowed to dream? Yes!!! Because no one has a right to go into another man's sleep and determine wh at he sees, hears and wishes. But should a dreamer come out and declare his dream real? Again that is left for him to decide the sense in it. Not even the Biblical Joseph claimed that his dreams were true when he was narrating it to his parents and brothers. Details
(GAMJI) In Nigeria today, many have concluded that the fund raising jumboree was politically motivated to enable the presidency identify among the PDP members and other ministers whose loyality to the present regime is in question and do away with them to avoid a repeat of the history as in the case of the former Speaker of the House of Representative Alhaji Gali Na’abba in the last democratic dispensation. Details
Africa’s Poverty Crises And The Commission For Africa Report. By Uche Nworah (GAMJI) It is our collective failure as a people, and the failure of successive African governments to get their acts together, that has led Tony Blair and the other world leaders, to try from the West to solve the largely evident problems in Africa. On this note, praise should go to Mr Blair and his Commission for Africa team for the vision, and also for showing a willingness to back this vision with a political will. Details
In Search Of Image Crisis Free Politics. By Stephen C. Onuoha (GAMJI) Politicians are no professionals hence they are not tutored in the act of crisis management and image building which are the rudiment of liberal politicking. All they know is to heat up the polity and maneuver their ways to victory at all costs. Details
The Middle-Belt/South-South Alliance And The Spirit Of J.S. Tarkar. By Aonduna Tondu (GAMJI) Today, it would seem that the pro-Middle-Belt advocacy wants to be seen as playing a more dominant national role in the current dispensation. At least that is what the delegates to the first Middle-Belt/South-South Summit of April 22, 2005 would have us believe. Details
Marwa’s Declaration: Untold Facts. By Ibrahim Ka-Almasih (GAMJI) Marwa, ordinarily an amiable person, is unfortunately surrounded by people who hold grudges against Boni and Atiku for one political reason or the other and who, therefore naturally might have considered his political machinery as a solid platform on which they could stand firm to vengefully confront Atiku/Boni on the pretext of supporting his presidential ambition. Details
Marwa: Boni and Atiku’s Reality Check. By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo (GAMJI) The people of Adamawa State must have had a weekend of consternation at the sight of people trouping to Yola to witness the declaration of Marwa as a presidential candidate of the PDP come 2007. Those who were at the declaration that Saturday, in this small North-eastern state capital where the off-shore winds are as humid as the still Lagos air, with an average temperature of between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius, would have noticed two things very clearly: first is that the sandy roads fry the bare feet and second, that our governor has gone mad again Details
Marwa’s Non Declaration: The Show Of Shame In Yola. By Babayola Muhammadu Toungo (GAMJI) General Buba Marwa has worked more than any other presidential aspirant in the PDP to mobilize and contact as many people as possible to actualize his dream of becoming the President of Nigeria. He has toured all the nooks and crannies of this country in his effort to feel the pulse of the populace without making any pronouncement as to his aspirations, which are crystal clear to all by now – the Presidency of Nigeria. All is now set, it appears, for Marwa to publicly declare his ambition in his state. But Atiku’s farm hands in Yola believed the retired infantry General is about to throw a spanner in the works of the lord of the manor, which to them is unacceptable. It is the believe of these farm hands that nobody, just nobody could muster the courage to challenge their godfather.Details
Developing an Effective Anti-Money Laundering Strategy for Nigeria. By Ahmed R. Makele (GAMJI) However, much remains to be done if Nigeria is to be delisted from the list of NCCTs. The following are current weaknesses which Nigeria has to address. The first area of weakness is that there are still loopholes in financial regulations in Nigeria. There are inadequate regulations and supervision of financial institutions. Details
The Moral Coalition Against Self-Succession. By James Danjuma Cholom (GAMJI) If millions of Nigerians can say no to an agenda, a few self-seeking promoters of self-succession can never make the idea credible or acceptable. In fact, there is no issue in recent weeks, which has united Nigerians in common opposition like the self-succession agenda of President Obasanjo. Even politicians and retired Generals, who are known to be sympathizers or allies of President Obasanjo, are challenging the agenda of self-succession. Details
Where Will You Die? By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (GAMJI) Will death come when you are alone and lonely in a nursing home, at a hospice or in a hospital ward away from the love and gaze of your people? When death comes, will your children be around you or away tending to their own lives in far away places? As eerie as these questions might sound, it is a reality most Africans and indeed most Nigerians living in the United States have not come to grip with. This is especially true of Nigerians with foreign-born children who have no affinity with or a desire to return to their ancestral home. And even for children who were born in Nigeria, but raised in the US, America is likely the only country they will ever come to know. It is the only country they will come to love. Nigeria for them will be, or would have become a distant memory, an alien land, and a fuzzy recollection. Details
When Leaders Exemplify The Change In The World They Wish To See, They Win, And We All Win. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide (GAMJI) For how can one explain the frequent practice of so many of our Governors and political leaders stealing public money and smuggling them into foreign Banks in Europe and America, while they could be investing such funds in Nigeria to develop our economy and to establish industries and create jobs. It is an unfortunate development, and it has all arisen because most of our leaders lack the patriotism and commitment of men like Mahatma Gandhi, and some of the world leaders profiled in this article. Details
Yes!, We Are Ripe For The Arrows: Us Coat Of Arms. By Ihas Idriess (GAMJI) Recently it was reported by some Nigerian dailies that the former US ambassador to Nigeria Dr. Princeton Lyman has said that Al-Qaida has now shifted base to Nigeria. And already so much theory have been advanced by different writers and public commentators in the country as to why America is targeting Nigeria and what we the citizens in the country should do in order to let America know that we have no terrorist bases in the country and by extension avert the possible storming of Nigeria by the Americans marines. Details
Cyber Crime Syndrome. By Samuel Uwhejevwe-Togbolo (GAMJI) It is becoming synonymous with Nigerians on Internet most especially with our foreign counterparts; they see us in this part of the word as cyber crime infected. However, cyber crime is not limited to Nigerians alone, it is eventually everywhere as it cut across the length and breathe of the globe, that as it may, it is pertinent to note that, within the Internet users they see Nigerians as the LORDS and CHIEFTAINS of cyber crime in the world. Details
Politics Of Religion In The North – Where Do We Stand! By Jazuli Lawal (GAMJI) I see Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as a mentor, his article on Islam, Christianity and Nigerian politics, a tribute to Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809) has re-awakened my urge and the quest to fight injustice and corrupt behaviour of our northern elite and their military politicians who ruled this great country for many years and left nothing than bad legacy to our children and our goodselves. Details
Nigeria Does Not Deserve UN Security Council Seat. By Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe (GAMJI) If indeed the US administration has threatened to block Nigeria’s current so-called “bid” for a permanent seat on a possibly enlarged UN Security Council if it continues to keep Taylor away from facing justice, as some press reports indicate, Washington has done very well. Details
The Igbo Demand. From Homeland Foundation (GAMJI) The Hausa/ Fulani/Yoruba Federal Government soldiers and police have wiped out the inhabitants of whole communities, towns and villages in southern Igbo, Ibibio, Ijaw, Efik, Ekoi and Anang. The Nigerian army and police of occupation brutalize and kill Ndigbo at will. The Igbo will henceforth provide their own security. In case of external threat the Igbo will contribute her own forces to the general pool to confront the external threat. Details By J.Iyobhebhe (GAMJI) Some critics in Nigeria and the US have argued that apart from the war crimes committed by Taylor in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Taylor has been meddling in Liberia’s internal affairs from Nigeria in breach of his asylum condition and has direct and dangerous links with Alqueda and Bin Laden. The Nigeria Union of Journalist is particular keen to get Taylor out as they accuse him of ordering the deaths of two of their colleagues during the Liberian conflict. Details
The Blair/Brown Partnership: A Lesson For Nigerian Politicians. By Danlami Alhassan Giwa (GAMJI) Nothing strengthens an administration in the face of challenges better than the unity of its political leaders. The warm partnership between Tony Blair and his perceived rival, Gordon Brown, had thrown a spanner into the works of the Conservative Party, especially when it was making anaemic struggle to recapture power in 2005 after it was “comprehensively defeated” in 1997 (to borrow the words of former Tory Prime Minister Mr. John Major). Details
Why Do We Privatise? – Part II. By Olatunde Kabiru Afuwape (GAMJI) We will undertake a short analytical review of the three promulgations that have guided the privatisation programme implementation in Nigeria. Some of the reasons for the evolution of the privatised laws are evident in the functions of the privatisation agencies as espoused in the statutes. Details
Religion, Politics and Governor Jolly Nyame’s 49th Birthday Party. By Murtala Bala Habu (GAMJI) If a monarch, oligarch, or “whatever-arch” uses the catching phrase(s) of religion, the control of ‘populace is almost a given’ (Editorial, The Black Press, April 9, 2005). This possibly lie behind why Governor Jolly Nyame attended ‘Theological Seminary School’ for future endeavors in Nigeria politics, as such visionary tactics paying-off by creating illegal wealth, more so, creating a poor vacuum and equally leaving Taraba state at large.
Lessons From the British Elections. By Anthony A. Akinola (GAMJI) Another lesson is the peacefulness of the conduct of electioneering campaigns and the election itself. The whole process took place within weeks, and there was not a single death recorded in relation to it. A visit to some polling stations may astonish many Nigerians that the ones directing the procedures were mainly pensioners, old men and women, killing boredom by doing voluntary work of national importance. Details
Lamido: Between a Rationalist and Ethnic Bigot Scholar. By Yakubu Musa (GAMJI) Today, Lamido is more than vindicated, as the Sharia in Nigeria has not gone beyond the level of means of achieving political relevance. Lack of sincerity by its adaptors and implementers has been its bane. Certainly it would have been a monumental tragedy if Safiya were executed. It would have been disastrous if we had supported selective injustice against the woman while millions have been and still committing worse offences with impunity. Details
(GAMJI) Tiny Britain which used to rule the waves as they say, may no longer rule the waves today, but it surely rule the whole world on how Democracy ought to be practiced every where around the world. Why am I saying this? I am saying it, because there are now too many versions of Democracy we observe around the world led by political leaders of different backgrounds and values like Vladmir Putin in Russia, like Obasanjo in Nigeria, like Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and even George W. Bush to mention just a few. Details
The Changing Landscape of Journalism Practice in Nigeria. By Uche Nworah (GAMJI) It can be argued that in a way, the internet has led to a decrease in the revenue of some of the media organisations in Nigeria, while at the same time increasing their costs, as money would have to be invested into setting up such web sites, and also paying the staff that would constantly maintain them, however if we are to go by global trends which foretell an increase in internet advertising usage and revenues, then any incidental costs will eventually be offset by the expected advertising revenues, hopefully. Details
Is Nigeria a Cruel Society? By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) However, is Nigeria really a cruel society? This question, which has since been resonating, prompted this writer to reflect again on the cruel acts of the political leaders. As a nation, Nigeria is not a cruel society, but the cruel behavior of the leaders and their insensitivity to the plights of the citizens, makes the society appear to be so. Detais
Deji of Akure – Part 8. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide (GAMJI) Out of the 44 Dejis that have so far reigned in Akure, starting with Asodeboyede himself, the Ondo State Government in an attempt to appease a small faction of the Asodeboyede descendants in Akure, has gone ahead to create a new Ruling House named Osupa/Odundun which many newly minted princes in Akure now claim to be their linkage to Royalty in Akure, Details
(GAMJI) The period of service for NYSC should be increased from one calendar year to three years. The (first) commencement year should be devoted strictly to military training and exercise only; so as to expose the Youth corpers to weapon handling and other such curriculum as may be prescribed for the training of recruits at Military Depot School in Zaria. Details
Nigeria: A Complicated System - Part One. By Dr. Sylvester Omosun Fadal (GAMJI) I caution that we allow for mistakes. However, OBJ must not nickel & dime his efforts to fight corruption by failing to moderate the actions of the truly most corrupt individuals right underneath his nose. He can’t change the actions of Nigerians if the grass-level situations in the country remain the same. OBJ must start with the governors, top-officials, and his close-knit cabinet members among others. Details
World War II: Sixty Years and the Untold African Story. By Francis Kizito (GAMJI) In WWII, African soldiers fought, killed, were killed and received decorations for bravery, valor and other honorable conducts on the field of battle. One might ask, “Where did these soldiers come from?” How was the white man able to mobilize troops from among a people whom centuries earlier he had called “apes” “savages” and even “pagans”? The answers can be found with our traditional rulers. Details
Nigerian Men And Their Foreign Wives: A Rejoinder. By Aaron Ben (GAMJI) Finally, please be honest about life in the U.S. The rate of divorce among those Africans who married their fellow Africans are as high as those of the others. The African wife applies the American culture when it suites her, like asking for equality, not respecting her husband, and calling the police at the slightest opportunity she gets. It is a big insult to say that the men who married white women "feel lucky and grateful and mightily blessed". Details
President Aliko Dangote: A Rejoinder to Yusha’u Shuaibu. By Abdu Isa Kofarmata (GAMJI) If you don’t know, Aliko Dangote is a card carrying member of the PDP, in fact his membership supercede that of Chief Chris Ubah and the present PDP chairman Col. Amadu Ali. Aliko Dangote made the highest individual and corporate donation to the PDP presidential election campaign in 2003. For your information and anybody who cares to know, Aliko enjoyed presidential waiver of billions of naira immediately after the 419 election. Is this not corruption? Details
Sanusi L. Sanusi And Shaikh Ja'afar : The Scale Of Comparison. By Mansoor Isa Yelwa (GAMJI) I am not a writer, nor do I bear the hobby of being one. As a mere student, I don’t possess a free time for regurgitating discourses in the media. I rather prefer concentrating on my studies. But having seen what ‘mallam’ Sanusi wrote on April 27, I see it a sine-qua-non to clarify to readers, especially those that are wooed by Sanusi and his like, who is Sheikh Ja'afar and what is Sanusi. Details
I Am Biafran: Response To Obeya’s Preposterous Postulations. By Sunny-Unachukwu Chukwuemeka (GAMJI) It really baffles me that Nigerians do not get it, the writer of the article I mentioned above expressed his ‘surprise’ that somebody in his chat room declared without fear that he was Biafran. I was with a Nigerian Lady in Johannesburg currently and she introduced me to her Namibian friend as ‘also Nigerian’. I was very quick to let her friend know that I wasn’t Nigerian but Biafran. Details
Periscoping Gbenga Obasanjo. By Ihas Idriess, A. (GAMJI) if we believe you that Gbenga and Obasanjo do not have a single guest house in Abuja or Gbenga can not afford to pay for hotel for a couple of nights then we all need to have our heads examined, or who among the Ministers, Directors and Perm. Sec, will hesitate to give Gbenga any of the Federal guest houses that are littered all over the Federal Capital….. Details
Obasanjo’s ‘goodness’ Attracts Evil. By Odesola Johnson (GAMJI) President Obasanjo is currently at ground zero. And this is why he sheepishly went under after his Cabinet restructure failed to fly. Even one of the academician who was suppose to be educating our children is a professor of corruption, it will be shame for any University in the world to allow him near their campus because he is an agent of contamination. In my view, therefore, we should stop pounding the poor fellow as he deserves a commercial break. Details
Soludo’s First Mistake. By Madaki O. Ameh (GAMJI) With all due respect to the CBN Governor, the reasons he has given fall far short of what one would expect from a reform-minded and ebullient Professor of Economics of Soludo’s standing. This writer believes that, it is exactly for the reasons advanced by Prof. Soludo that the banks should not be bailed out, as he has acknowledged the fact that those debts were accumulated largely due to insider dealings and mismanagement, which should land most of the owners and directors of such banks in the net of the EFCC and ICPC. Details
(GAMJI) It is both funny and sad that our leaders always find money to embark on planning and re-planning population headcounts but no money for the execution and/or the continuous execution and functioning of the outcome of the headcounts. The utilization and benefits of the past headcounts in Nigeria, from the first post-independent headcount of 1963 to the 1991 census are, to say the least, doubtful. Details
New Face of Voice of America (VOA). By Yusuf Dauda (GAMJI) No sooner was the young pragmatic, cosmopolitan, Christian and a renowned journalist saddled with the responsibility of charting a modern and inclusive course for the Hausa service of the VOA since 2001 resumed than the well known career religious and ethnic alarmists of Northern Nigeria let loose hell once again. They made wild and whirl allegations, kept ranting, tried to instigate the people, peddled rumors, blackmailed and eventually embarked on media campaign – all with the aim of mobilizing the Northern Muslim population and his employers against Mr. Dare and (later) the two Christian stringers. Details
Maliki Law: The Predominant Muslim Law in Nigeria. By Barr. Abdullahi Ghazali (GAMJI) Islam is adopted by a vast majority of the Nigerian population (1). Regardless of their geographical locations, Muslims are expected to be governed by Islamic law (2). Under the Nigerian legal system, Islamic law is one of the primary sources of law (3). Details
Needed Urgently-- One Mahatma Only. By Tope Fasua (GAMJI) I cannot seem to decode what the Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) means that our debts are unsustainable and that we should remain shackled to the ill-informed dictates of these world bodies, when by my calculations we should, borrowing from Craig David, ‘walk away from the troubles in our life’. Details
Ojo @ 60: Dancing to the Rhythm of His Soul. By Osita Chidoka (GAMJI) How do people use their Bicycles in the unsafe motorized environment like Lagos and other cities? Build Bicycle lanes. How do we Build or get the relevant agencies to build the lanes? Get the Government to make it mandatory on all major intra city roads. Details
Hyperbolic Exaggerations And Our Pretences: Hurting the Efforts At Fighting Corruption. By Dr. Wunmi Akintide (GAMJI) While it is true that sensationalism, exaggerations and silly distortions of facts may be helping to sell newspapers and magazines reporting Corruption, and putting corrupt officials on the spot in our country, it is equally damaging. in my view, to our collective resolve to fight Corruption. Details
(GAMJI) I thought I stopped living in the real world, when I perused a piece by a Sanusi Lamido, where he asserted that Igbo were the first people to engage in ethnic cleansing in the British cage - Nigeria. Sanusi Lamido! This is for another time. Details
The Selective Justice of President Obasanjo. By Abdu Isa Kofarmata (GAMJI) Tafa Balogun the former IGP was caught stealing over N13 billion and was RETIRED with full benefit but Professor Fabian Osuji and Professor Njoku who were only facilitators in the bribery scandal of N55 million were DISMISSED. Details
Obasanjo’s War Kite – Igbo on the Brink. By Peter Opara (GAMJI) I recalled that the man who now leads this British cage - Nigeria, Aremu himself had in fact sworn to ensure that the Igbo does not rise again in Nigeria – as the rise of the Igbo meant in his mind a threat to the British cage he now bestrides. Details
For a better Nation, Encourage and motivate the Youths. By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) There is no short cut to real success! The nation should invest in the youths; any amount of money spent on the education of the youth is a wise investment. It is only through good quality education that a society can be well governed because good quality education is the foundation for growth and prosperity in any society. Details
Towards Productivity Nigerian Workers Must Be Paid By Hours. By Kunle I. Sowunmi (GAMJI) Nigerians are by far one of the most resourceful races in the world with little to show for it due to the system of remuneration the country is presently adopting. This article will focus of workers compensation as an effective management tool in a fast developing economy such as Nigeria and will look into various ways of dealing the shortcomings of the nations employers inability to compensate workers efficiently in a very diverse economy which should the main focus of development in the whole of Africa. Details
Is the European Union Another Empire of Evil? By Elie Smith (GAMJI) What is happening in Europe currently is a unitary process being carried out in stages and in a peaceful manner. That is why as already mentioned above, nobody can deny this continent its complete metamorphoses from its evils of the 18, and 19 and early 20 centuries.
With reference to your recent claims both in the U.S.A. and at home, that Christians and Muslims constitute 50:50%, we respectfully wish to refer you to: a. The 1963 National Census figures which showed that Muslims account for at least 60% of the Nigerian Population; b. The Cambridge Fact Finder, an internationally acclaimed reference book, puts the Muslim population at 50% and that of the Christians, at 34%; c. The Financial Times World Desk Reference Book, puts the Muslim-Christian ratio at 50:40 respectively; while d. The World Today, (a reference book which presents, in its ownwords, “essential facts in an ever changing world”) gives Muslims 48% and Christians 34%. Your Excellency, may wish to confirm, from historians and sociologists, the fact that there is no country in the whole world that is more polygamous than Nigerian; and no Muslim Community all over the globe are more polygamous than Nigerian Muslims. International average annual population growth rates are simply not in tune with the reality of the Nigerian situation. One wonders, therefore where Mr. President obtained his figures of 50:50 Muslim-Christian Population! Details
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