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Politics of Fascism and Cultism in Obasanjo’s Nigeria. By Mahamman Adarawa (GAMJI) Politically both Obasanjo and Atiku crave for more powers and they can grab it at all cost. Both of them connived to rig the 2003 elections. The kingpin in the rigging process himself (Atiku) has confessed it. When Uba reminded Ngige that he rigged the elections for him in front of Obasanjo, the latter couldn’t take the embarrassment and had to tell them to get out of his sight, yet the decadent judiciary of our country threw out the case of rigging in the presidential elections! Details
Democracy Is Beyond Lip Service. By Olalekan Michael Adeoye (GAMJI) Despite Nigeria’s dubious claim to rejoining the family of democratic nations, after prolonged years of military dictatorship, democracy is still stifled in the country. In fact, the manner democracy is being throttled today brings back the sad memories of military rule. Details
Agriculture: The Panacea to Poverty. By From Baba Kabiru Isa (GAMJI) Nigeria is blessed with enormous human and natural resources no doubt, yet well over two-third of her 130 million inhabitants are wallowing in abject poverty. And if the present trends continue, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of 2015 will be a mirage and mere wishful thinking. Details
Niger State University / Kure Administration at a Glance. By Musa Dogo (GAMJI) Ordinarily, one should have congratulated Governor Kure for having the political-will to establish a State University, except for poor ideological base, policy somersault and outright sentiment in its location. Details
Shekarau's Rising Profile in Nigerian Politics. By Abdullahi Maigari (GAMJI) Kano and Lagos States remain the most strategic states in Nigeria largely because of the economic and demographic positions. Lagos is undoubtedly economically predominant. Kano is indeed politically the most influential. Details
(GAMJI) The military should not just dare it to use these crises as excuses to stage a come-back to power because Nigerians have had enough of them. They held the country to ransom for close to 4 decades, plundered our resources and left us with only one legacy, which is corruption. Detail
Katrina And Nigeria’s Image. By Uche Nworah (GAMJI) Nigeria is currently in the process of re-branding her image, the Nigerian government has given the Federal Ministry of Information the task of doing that, and have also empowered the ministry with an initial sum of N600 million ($4 million) to execute the project. Details
They Have Unleashed Another Pain! By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye (GAMJI) Now, look at it this way: You are a parent and a trader. Your family must expect a drastic reduction in the housekeeping allowance each time you record bumper sales! That is exactly what the Obasanjo government is telling us. Please, dear reader, if you have another definition of sadism, let me have it. Details
Dogonyaro Empowering Nigeria. By Usman, Sule Machika (GAMJI) Indeed in the face of long-time sufferings, Nigerians perceived NEEDS as another deception and not without justification, the poor performance of past development programme is an indelible experience. They therefore, with good reasons received NEEDS with great doubt. Details
In Defends Of Atiku Abubakar. By Zayyad I. Muhammad(GAMJI) We are what we repeatedly do; our opinions need not to contradict common sense, the FBI search at the home of the vice president; is clearly after the US senator Jefferson William, but is not an individual matter, as Atiku being a sitting vice president of Nigeria; the vice presidency is an institution, coming to Atiku’s assertion about the terminal date of the present administration, the man have reaffirm to Nigerians, that he is an unswerving and a dogged symbol of genuine democracy, we need to be with him or we are against the people and the constitution of Nigeria. Details
(GAMJI) The electoral body in Nigeria was and has never been so bastardized than the period of Abel Gboubadia. The old man was just placed there, to be there, he carried the electoral body as an addendum of the ruling party PDP. Dancing like zombie moving at the pace and drumbeat of Almighty Baba Sege with assistance from now persecuted Tafa Balogun. Details
Youth And The War Against Corruption In Africa: Roles And Policy Options. By Otive Igbuzor, Ph.D. (GAMJI) In the paper, we argue that the youth in Africa are being socialized into corruption by the social reality in which they are living. Meanwhile, over the years, universal strategies and policies are emerging that can be used to wage and win the war against corruption. Unfortunately, the war is not being won because these strategies are not being faithfully and comprehensively utilized and also because of the narrow focus of the war. Details
Before The N25bn Recapitalization Deadline Closes. By Bello Abdullahi (GAMJI) There has always been the argument of whether the Nigerian banking industry is “under-branched” or “under-banked”? The indiscriminate issuing of banking license in the 1990’s saw the proliferation of two-branch banks, which the Nigerian press ignorantly dubbed “New Generation Banks”. From a modest number of fifty four, or thereabout, the number of banks in the country increased to the present figure of ninety. Details
Why Nagarta Radio Must Not Capsize. By Bala Yahaya (GAMJI) One of the numerous disadvantages of Northern Nigeria within the geographical expression called Nigeria is the paucity of media i.e. both print and electronic. As a result of this, the region has suffered serious blackmail over the years especially from the thriving press axis of Lagos/Ibadan which literally controls the nation’s media industry. Details
A Memo to SEC on the NSE – CSCS Trade Alert. By Zainab Usman (GAMJI) How would you feel if your bank decides that for any cheque you issue no matter the amount, they would send you a text to confirm the cheque and you must pay N12,000 for this service every year? The bank is already collecting a commission on turnover from you and also makes money from the funds you leave in your account. Details
Violence Against Women And Reproductive Health. By Aisha Kolo Lawan(GAMJI) The attitudes of health workers toward violence are also largely shaped by prevailing cultural norms. Owing to this disinterest, women living in violent situations also rarely reveal their situation to health workers because of the lack of concern towards the victims. Details
Has the House Fallen? By Samuel Peter Aruwan (GAMJI) Chief Obasanjo’s globetrotting has not attracted foreign investors to Nigeria. For this, there is no point wasting our resources on the fruitless venture; he should concentrate on improving the security and stability of the nation, which could lure investors to the nation. Details
(GAMJI) It is indeed a blessing in disguise for Atiku, being publicly and indisputably sidelined by a woefully failed government that is believed to have invested heavily on wild witch-hunts and vendetta under various guises instead of pre-occupying itself with the development of the nation. Details
Presidential Oath, Loyalty and Ambition. By Anie Udoh (GAMJI) What is the worth of an oath in Nigeria anywhere? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!! This is one place where oath taken in public or private is of no consequence apart from the ritual of reciting it. Most public officers conveniently forget their Oath of office the very moment they recite the last word. Details
Once Upon A Vindictive Governor. By Aliyu Yahya (GAMJI) Of all the negative attributes that the Nigerian media has associated President Olusegun Obasanjo with, none has laid bare the ‘beast’ in the man than Sam Nda Isaiah’s revelation in the LEADERSHIP weekly newspaper on how the President had, not long ago, stooped so low in his passion for vengeance in order to take revenge on his son, Gbenga, who had crashed his (Obasanjo’s) car. Details
Anybody who has come close enough to the deposed Emir would readily agree that, just like the rest of us, he also has his own shortcomings, one of which is his much talked about temperament. That famed disposition, admittedly, sometimes resulted in him going a little bit over the top, as those who might recall his youthful days in the Nigerian Army would easily testify. Details
Godfatherism of Mandate and of Legacy. By Ikenna O. Ezenekwe (GAMJI) Recently the subject of democracy and the role of godfathers in Nigerian politics tossed its weight around at a night lounge where many political heads often gather to analyze the latest political undercurrents of Nigeria. Details
Pension: Nightmare in the Nigerian Society. By Nuhsodah Wanapia (GAMJI) The administration of pension and gratuity has become a teething problem in this country. What baffles me is that these identified and recurrent problems are not well tackled. Late Chief Bola Ige once described pension as "ticking time bomb" - because the bill is choking the country. Details
Are Nigerians United Against Corruption Or Is It, You First? By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) Nigerian general public have become inured and immune to these outlandish and outrageous excuses and “defenses” The corrupt are being pursued because they are from the wrong ethnic, regional or religious grouping which Nigeria is comprised and composed. Which makes me want to ask, more questions, including; where is the outrage? How come nobody is shock at the revelations or public disclosures against the VP? How is it that the public seem to accept the obvious lies, feeble and nebulous defenses from the defenders of the VP? Details
Liberal Democratization; a Process of De-Islamization. By Abdul-Razaq Ibrahim Fagge (GAMJI) However, taking Democracy as rule by the majority in the interest of the majority, in a Muslim majority country like Nigeria (i.e. 50 percent as shown by the recent statistics as against the 40 percents of the Christians and 10 percents of the traditionalists), one may expect the Islamic legal system to prevail. But, when the Muslims started agitating for the implementation of “shari’a” (Islamic legal system) in Nigeria, the issue of protecting the interest of the minorities arose in the name of secularism Details
Recall Politics and Direct Democracy in Nigeria. By Victor E. Dike (GAMJI) Any keen observer of the somersault in Nigerian politics must have noted that the leaders are increasingly frustrating the people with the ineffective political institutions and their “incautious scramble for immediate wealth”. Details
Obasanjo’s Third Term Ambition is Treasonable Felony. By Kunle I Sowunmi (GAMJI) The ongoing imbroglio between Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo the President of Federal republic of Nigeria and his Vice President Abubakar Atiku calls for a thorough review in relation to the Constitution of Nigeria, the role of VP and loyalty and the rules as stipulated by the constitution. DetailsObasanjo And Corruption In Nigeria. By Dr. Abayomi Ferreira(GAMJI) The purpose of this letter is to demonstrate the very substance that gives cause to the frustration that you and all of us face in the ‘fight’ against corruption in Nigeria. We go further to show some new and creative approach to tackle the problem of corruption in our country. Details
Migration and Diaspora: Craze, Significance and Challenges (1). By Patrick Iroegbu (GAMJI) When some people, particularly those who are obviously less informed, come across a few successful immigrants return home, they think of migration as a goal in life. The opportunity to go abroad to turn their lives around, for such people, is a constant negotiation and prayers. More often than not, the phrase – checking out has become synonymous with going abroad and residing there for good. Unsure of their world at home, they think “migration” and “diaspora.” Details
Nuhu Ribadu; Lest You Forget. By Abdu Isa Kofarmata (GAMJI) In a country where virtually all public office holders whether elected or appointed are corrupt, especially the Nigerian Police Force, we are fortunate, a trained and courageous cop is discovered in the person of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the indefatigable chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. (EFCC) Details
ICT and Education in Africa. By Akpodigha Filatei (GAMJI) The fast growths of the technologies that process and disseminate information across the globe have made the world a village, by eliminating the limit of space and time on information. Details
Boni’s Biggest Blunders. By Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo (GAMJI) The above is not a title I for my part would have preferred. But boldly printed on the cd that some nameless Adamawa voter sent to me from Yola to fill me in on how Adamawa State governor, Boni Haruna is taking charge in my state were the words Boni’s Blunders and since the governor is fond of using the triple B I cast the one in-between. Details
Obasanjo, IBB, Atiku and the 2007 Battle Royale! By Olayinka James (GAMJI) It is been said that only death can stop IBB from emerging the president in 2007. I suspect that Obasanjo do not have the balls to stand in the way of his God father, (IBB), who is determined to "step back" into Aso rock where he merely "stepped aside" few years ago. Details
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IBB
secretly romance with the MASSOB leader who has occupied Biafran
agenda as discourage Igbo to strategize for power as Igbo will fooled
to chasing their dream interest while Cabal positioned themselves for
power, Asari Dokubo a IBB rented Niger Delta Militant and he sponsored
some Islamic extremists to confront and destabilize our Polity and
discourage investment and paint
Nigeria And The Expansion Of The P5 Of The Un Security Council. By Okoh Emeka (GAMJI) As time draws closer to the gathering of nations in New York, we will try to look on our chances (Nigerian Chances) of clinching on one of the seats reserved for Africa. What are the forces that will work in favour and or against us? Details
Eziuche Ubani, Governor Orji Kalu And The Rot In Aba. By Uche Nworah (GAMJI) Sadly, Aba people have never been blessed with any reputable and hard working local government chairman, as far back as I can remember, we have always been saddled with journeymen, trespassers who only come into Aba town hall to raid and loot her treasury Details
The Nigerian Civil Service From The Liberal Perspective. By Ja’afar Salisu Ilallah (GAMJI) We must note that the civil service is not only an end but a means of governmental control in the state. It had to rely on the regime either democratic or military as the government of the day. My point of interest is how and for what purpose the civil service would direct its creative talent in such a political system of the day. Details Adamawa Governorship 2007; A Fuzzy Rumble, Steep Marathon! By Zayyad I. Muhammad People are so much focused on the PDP candidates, not that there are no other candidates from other political parties, but the opposition are in a lethargic state Details
Iraq: Who Are These Suicide Bombers After All? By Saad S. Khan (GAMJI) The remarkable vibrancy of terrorist networks in Iraq proper is mind-boggling. The analysts from around the world are joining heads but failing to decipher the contours of this insurgency. Who are these men? Who trains and finances them? Where are their sanctuaries? Where do they make their bombs? Who is supporting them? How can they get away each time and why their purported leaders are enigmatic? Details
Oh Really, to Mr. Paul Adujie’s “Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Resign Now!”? By Ndubueze Godson III (GAMJI) The problem I have with the author whose latest outing on Atiku I nonetheless support is, for long he has been hailing the Nigerian government of Obasanjo/Atiku as the savior of mankind. He saw the Nigerian government as Jesus the Christ himself. As a Johnny-come-lately, I welcome his scream about looters, particularly Atiku whom I have come to know as the most cupid of all Nigerians. Details
Letter to David Blunkett, from David Blunkett. By Dahiru Maishanu(GAMJI) Not to bother you so much about these little people, let me formally congratulate you on your recent election victory and your second coming into the cabinet of Tony Blair,..Honourable Minister, take a sip of water, juice or scotch whiskey and look around you in north and central London, you find our loot scattered all over the place. From Victoria to Kensington through the West-end, properties owned by ‘us’ are too numerous to count or valuate and they are on the increase continuously, thanks to your accommodating system. Details
Hisbah And Its Traducers. By Hassan S. Indabawa (GAMJI) Hisbah is on no account a terrorist group. Hisbah is a million poles away from terrorism and people suggesting anything to the contrary are makers of mischief and enemies of peace. They should be ignored. Former governor of Kano State and Chief antagonist of the Kano State Government, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Claimed at a press Conference early last month that Hisbah is a terrorist Organization. In his view, money spent to run the Hisbah Board should be used to do other “important” things. Details
The Gimmicks Of Fuel Price Increase. By Obioma Shedrack (GAMJI) On 31st August 2005, the government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in its egocentric manner, jerked up the pump price of fuel from its official price of N54 to N65. With this increment, it becomes the ninth time in six years that fuel prices are hiked. This increase of over 20% is not only surprising but amazing considering that this increment is coming at a time when poverty and hunger are ravishing Nigerians. Details
Soiled Nigerian Spirit of Patriotism. By Ikenna O. Ezenekwe (GAMJI) There is no denying the relationship between Nigeria and her citizens being well wrapped up in hell to the point it has resulted to a mass exodus of her people away from Nigeria and anything Nigerian. Details
(GAMJI) The question at this point is - Was the NPRC an unparallel success as claimed by government or monumental failure as alleged by its opponents? I will attempt to look at this question from three perspectives i.e. the governments, delegates and opponents. Details
(GAMJI) I can now fully understand why they were doing that. Even though Sir Adesoji Aderemi was alive and well, that did not stop Prince Sijuade from openly flaunting his birth right as a Prince, and his interest in one day becoming the Oni of Ife. Being born a prince in our own part of the world, is an elitist and aristocratic position that opens so many doors of opportunity just for the asking. Details
Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Resign Now! By Paul I. Adujie (GAMJI) Nigerians must be reminded of (inconsequential?) facts that the Constitution of Nigeria and the Code of Conduct Act for public officials, prohibits, in absolute terms, the possession, ownership and title to, foreign accounts in banks, financial institutions, including ownership of homes, even if through proxies or mistresses or absentee wife. Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s sumptuous living quarters in the United States, his unexplained affluence and opulent life style indicate breaches of provisions of Nigeria’s Constitution and Code of Conduct Act, Details
Weep Not for Atiku. By Aliyu Habeeb (GAMJI) For me, any form of pity for Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in his recent tango with his boss is misplaced. I think Atiku, as the architect of his own woes and as the progenitor of our present problems, got it coming. Details
Qualitative Education; The Role Of Government Take-Over Of Schools. By Lawrence O. Obibuaku (GAMJI) The purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of school take-over, within the context of the then East Central State where the effect of the war was most dramatic and where state school take-over started in Nigeria. Details
The Many Lies Of Prof. R. A. Boroffice, Director-General, National Space Research And Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja. By Nigerian SSTL-KHTT engineers Prof. Robert Ajayi Boroffice stands today in the belief that he is the one who has made and is making the Nigeria Space program happen. How we wish this were so. At least, it would have been good for our dear and beloved country: Nigeria. However, Boroffice is just busy deceiving Nigerians as his involvement in the space programme is for personal aggrandisement Details
Atiku Abubakar: The Chickens Coming Home To Roost. By Babayola M. Toungo (GAMJI) Now that Obasanjo has gone through the ranks of all notable PDM big-wigs with a sharp knife to their guts and with no other victim nearby, his attention is turned to Atiku. Unfortunately for the Turakin Adamawa, there is no one left standing to fight for his cause except for few old war horses like Lawal Kaita and Iro Dan Musa. Details
To IBB, With Love. By Najeeb A. A. Gambo (GAMJI) His Excellency with or with out their coercion, that is to say whenever you decide to join partisan politics, I want you to reconsider this few lines of advice from me, thus: At 64 what will remains for you is nothing better than to assemble some structures that will draw you closer to your lord, for instance to engages yourself in running orphanages schools, skills acquisition centers, scholarship just to mention but a few. Details
Why Obasanjo Deserves More Years. By Abdullahi Usman (GAMJI) Mr. President had chosen, out of his own free will, to spend the greater part of his two-term mandate some “40,000 feet above; where he has been living since 1999” and, in the process, conveniently forgot to tackle important domestic issues Details
Why Africans Go Home To Marry: A Reply To Sabella Abide. By Francis Kizito Obeya (GAMJI) Mr. Abidde, why, if I may ask do you always feel that Africans living in the diaspora are castrated by their wives’ achievements? In all your writings about the domestic life of the black people you seem to make reference to the fact that these United States seem to deprive the men the balls to be the heads of their own home. Details
Obasanjo - Atiku Saga: Presidential Succession in 2007. By Chibuzor Okechi Anyanwu (GAMJI) My thoughts are these: first, the shameful deal the North made with Obasanjo has become sour, and both parties to that infamous agreement should hang their heads in shame -shameful because, the hands of an executive president should not have been tied as in the set of preconditions from the North, which, Ekwueme allegedly refused to sign, but, which was signed by Obasanjo. Details
National Mourning. By Okeke Chinedu S. (GAMJI) Sometimes I don’t understand why our politicians go about disturbing people with the noise of the siren. Is it for the people to hail them for doing well or to hail them for embezzling their resources? Details
When Servant Beats Master: Obj & Atiku, A Case Of Adultery. By Prince Charles (GAMJI) Atiku, the servant, I am not necessarily an admirer of the man, but I have my soft spots for him, in the light of the metrics of 2007. No matter the sins of the servant, he is still human and deserves by virtue of human dignity – human treatment. Atiku Abubakar like any other Nigerian has the right and deservedly too – to contest the 2007 election. Details Hearkening to the Buhari Gospel. By Ikechukwu Amaechi (GAMJI) Only time will tell, but what the present controversy in the Asian country signals is that where the people are vigilant, the sanctity of the ballot box can hardly be violated. In Nigeria, the political elite treat the electorate with utter contempt because they know that the people can never bark not to talk of biting those rogues who steal their mandate and desecrate the land. Details
As The Rule Of Law Retreats. By Ikechukwu Amaechi (GAMJI) Those who argue that Nigeria is not a lawless society have a truckload of statistics to back their claim. They would, for instance assert that in every minute or so they claim, about ten women are raped in South Africa. Before you could counter that, they reel out more statistics of the crime rate in New York and other American cities. Details
That We May Live: Historical and Political Panorama of Nigeria. By Dr. P. O Nwaogu (GAMJI) Nigeria is Nigeria only when a northerner is the president of Nigeria but that thinking has to change if we consider/regard ourselves as citizens of this country. In reality, are we equal citizens in Nigeria? Please pause and think!! Can the people of the Niger Delta and indeed other people from the south settle in Zamfara, Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto states etc without being visited with riots occasioned by religious Details
Atiku In The Eye Of The Storm. By Umar Tanimu Umar (GAMJI) Some might wonder how Obasanjo has not removed his Number Two, as he did anyone that crosses his path. Looking back to how Obasanjo appointed Atiku as his running mate for the 1999 elections, when the Turaki have already won the Adamawa State gubernatorial elections, and the role played by Atiku in both the 1999 and 2003 elections, one can be apt to say that Obasanjo, despite Atiku’s disloyalty, owes a lot to the Vice President Details
Borno's Strange Politics. By Hadiza G. Amin (GAMJI) The disappointment comes from the fact that, standard is so low and focus lost in our universities to the extent that a whole scholar would manipulate an M.Sc.. student in a whimsical derive to dubiously elevate Mrs. Maryam Ciroma to the strange status of an area of research. Details
Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry? By Sabella Abidde (GAMJI) Why do African men go home to marry the “unknowns” instead of marrying the proven and the reliable here in the US? Well, it is because (1) they can; (2) most men are under the illusion that the women they knew back home are innocent, un-spoilt and virginal Details
2003 Elections : Justice in or Outside of Court - My Assessment. By Abba Anwar (GAMJI) I want to conclude my assessment by saying that Nigerians, either in or outside Nigeria must strive hard and make sure that genuine democracy is in practice in the country. The struggle is not for the members of the opposition parties, it is a task that all of us must give our helping hands. Details
Iraq: The Making Of Federalist, Pacifist Constitution. By Nduka Uzuakpundu (GAMJI) At the just ended constitutional conference, in Baghdad, there were diverse names ranging from “The Islamic Republic of Iraq,” “The Federal Republic of Iraq,” and “People’s Republic of Iraq,” suggested by the various contending interests, within the National Assembly, as the country tries to chart a new political and constitutional path. Details
Gaza Pullout: Sharon Says Shalom To Palestinians. By Nduka Uzuakpundu (GAMJI) The Gaza pullout has been tagged a form of renaissance within Israel – in recognititon of the fact Israel – as a state – cannot enjoy durable peace and purposive human development when it’s at war with an industrious race with which it ought to be in a harmonious and symbiotic co-existence. Details
President Charles Taylor of Nigeria. By Kevin Etta Jr. (GAMJI) Despite all of the foregoing and the existence of open and as yet undisputed allegations of Charles Taylor’s compromising of Nigeria’s security forces and local and state officials overseeing his detention through open bribes and private payroll (all of which have been amply availed to the United Nations et al) Nigeria’s president continues to insist that he will not hand over Charles Taylor to the Special Court in Sierra Leone to answer to charges of war crimes proffered against him. Details
The Sudan: A Joyous Prophecy for Peace. By Nduka Uzuakpundu (GAMJI) If self-effacing Professor Bolaji Akinyemi was hailed for being an unrepentant accessory to the decolonisation of Southern Africa, it seems quite persuasive that so shall Ogwu – in her current role towards ensuring that Nigeria clinches one of the two permanent seats reserved for Africa at the United Nations Security Council. Details
(GAMJI) The argument put forward by Hamza Balarabe that Kwankwaso was the most performing governor in the history of the state is shallow and empty. All the elephant urban road projects executed by Kwankwaso were aimed at siphoning the state’s resources. The roads lack quality by every standard. Details
(GAMJI) By their own admission in the placards and official letter they carried to the Governor, they admitted their Family's right to the Deji's throne had been denied them since 1845, roughly 160 years ago, because the Adesidas have edged them out at every opportunity. They refuse, however, to acknowledge that they have been offered a chance to nominate a winning candidate this time around and they blew it. Details
Breaking Up is Not the Solution to Nigeria’s Problems. By Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe (GAMJI) Breaking up Nigeria into different republics is not the solution to our problems, the solutions to our problems begins from the observation and compliance with basic civil rights. Details
An Exhilarating Twist. By Tochukwu Ezukanma (GAMJI) My disgust with Nigerian politics stems from the spooky and shady characters that populate the Nigerian political scene. It is a scene replete with men and women who desire to practice the profession of stealing and killing, under the guise of a more respectable name, politics. Details
Forgive Me For I Knew Not What I Was Doing! By Bemigho Reno (GAMJI) It was only last week that I saw a bold headline in which Vice President Atiku called for leaders to learn to accept criticism. I was relieved to hear that from the number two man in the country because it is a fact of leadership that leaders must accept criticism and be tolerant of it and not take it personal. Details
(GAMJI) The significance of 12th to 19th September 2005 to keen followers of African issues, is certainly lost to most in Africa. It may not be a mountain moving interactive and certainly palls into insignificance when compared with the now famous 9/11 in America but it brings back into focus some kind of desperation the likes of which nursed the harbingers of 9/11. Details
Where Then Shall We Run To? By Ugochukwu Einkeonye (GAMJI) Obasanjo has countless ministers and aid, but many of them are assigned overlapping function, just to keep them there. Some just idle way there answering Special Advisers of Special Assistants, going home with fat salaries and incredibly huge estacodes from countless, frivolous travels. Details
Celebrating in Chains: Dancing Debtors and Their Masters. By AbdulKareem Olayiwola (GAMJI) Now, I don’t want to sound like just another critic who knows the price of every compromise but knows the value of none. So I hasten to say: it’s not that Nigeria’s overall debt situation wouldn’t get better after this has been done. It would. Or rather, it should. I only point out that the lack of transparency, the denial of the true costs, the obfuscation of the alternatives forgone, the euphoria, the celebrations, the propaganda and all the photo-ops over the recent ‘debt forgiveness’ must rank as a sad failure of national leadership, a display of want of courage by the country’s political elite, and most sadly for me, a failure of imagination by Nigeria’s intellectual class. Details
(GAMJI) Many had though that administratively/ constitutionally, only the INEC chairman has the final authority to announce the final outcome of elections, but what many saw was a situation where some commissioner[s] elected to arrogate the power[s] of INEC chairman to themselves. Details
Political Godfatherism: Caging Lamidi Adedibu. By Wale Akin (GAMJI) Olusola Saraki sees himself as the Czar of Kwara politics and he proved this over 2 years ago when he brought to bear his political wizardry by making sure his son Bukola Saraki secured the gubernatorial seat of the state in a landslide victory, now who does not know that the father is the real governor while the so-called son remain a political stooge with no obvious mandate. Details
(GAMJI) President Olusegun Obasanjo may be the “most distinguished Egba son in the 20th century.” Dr. Reuben Abati may be right about that. I wouldn’t know. I am not an Egba man. I am an Ijaw man from Agbere and Odi deep in the grooves of the Niger Delta. But as a Nigerian, I know one thing about him: he is an average president of a nation that is well endowed and whose human and natural resources he has helped to waste and plunder. Details
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