Nigerians Under Siege: Re-thinking Exit Strategy. By Murtala S. Sagagi Ph.D. At present, Nigerian politicians are preoccupied with 2007 election quagmire. The irony is that the current political debate is focused on where the next president would emerge from and which of the ex- rulers would be recycled. It is also evident that the current leadership is reluctant to let go power.Details
The Blabber, The Bunglers And The Undertakers. By Kennedy Emetulu Was it reasonable for Gbenga to assume that the information he was giving freely was being given off-record without him making a formal request that this be so before the conversation or at any time during same? Details
Why The Aspirants Are Shy. By Garba Abdul-Majid Surely, Gen. Obasanjo’s third term ambition has thrown Nigeria at the crossroads, thereby shooting the country’s political temperature to one of its most frightening levels in our political history. Details
Hajj Pitfalls: The Adamawa Case. By Zayyad I. Muhammad The general consensus among Nigerians is, the recent stranding of pilgrims throughout the country’s Airports and Hajj camps is due to shoddy preparations and official negligence at both the national and state levels. Details
Obasanjo has neither said nor reputed that he has 3rd term agenda. But indicators like the constitutional amendment, fury over the Honourable Speaker’s pronouncement that there will be no extension of political tenure beyond 2007, North-South divisive tactics and others, have raised 3rd term agenda to the point of harnessing resistance from progressive groups to the unholy agenda. Incidentally sir, you are becoming the rallying centre for northern standpoint. Details
Citizens As Journalists. By Uche Nworah Gbenga Obasanjo in the said interview remarked thus; ‘One day, I was at Abeokuta with the Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniels; these press guys came in and started asking hard questions. The moment they were served with food, they left their scrap papers and rushed the food. Of course the next day, their reports were very shiny. That’s the way it goes over here. The press boys are a hungry bunch’. Details
In the meantime, in a country called Nigeria, at no time did her trained accountants question the credibility of Parish Club, question its financial balance-sheets when its financial records are comparatively placed side-by-side with those of Nigerian financial balance sheet[s]. Conversely, some financial think-tanks and critics against this arrangement believe that Nigeria has long paid off its debt believed owed Paris Club and as such a remittance of additional nickel to this entity is deemed as account irresponsibility by default. Details
There Could Be Some Method to Obasanjo's Ways of Doing Thing. By Dr. Wunmi AkintideIn my last article on Obasanjo, I concluded there is a chance the enigma of a uniter could end up a divider of our country and an embarrassment to his Yoruba base. I still hold that prediction to be self-evident, but I am having a rethinking on some of what the President has done. Details
Don’t Give Corruption A Good Name Emulate The People Of Anambra. By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa This fight against corruption is now taking a new turn that must be guided against before we throw out the baby with the bath water. The people of Anambra have demonstrated to us that they can tell the difference between goats and sheep. Most Nigerians are very decent people even though we are sometimes misled by the unscrupulous leaders. Details
A Celebration of the Trivial and the Third Rate. By Mr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde A celebration of the third-rate. A celebration of the treacherous and the iniquitous. A celebration of mediocrity and the unintelligent; of thievery and thuggery. A celebration of lawlessness and the trivial. A celebration of Ubanism and Adedibuism. These have been the order of politics since the advent of the current republic. Details Nigeria's democracy has become one man’s industry with Obasanjo as the only managing director, who has created Bill Gate of Nigeria in the names of Mike Adenuga and Alhaji Dangote.Details
DSP Yari: Whither The Rule Of Law? By Kabiru Mailafiya Despite its limitations from one polity to another, democracy still remains the most fashionable system of government around the world. Its beauty lies not only in the freedom to choose our own leaders, but also because it holds leaders accountable through the rule of law and accords respect to the basic rights of citizens, including men in uniform. Ironically, however, despite our celebrated return to democracy in 1999, the jungle order still seems to dominate the practice of democracy in our every day life. The rule of law means we are all equal before the law, including our leaders who are entrusted with our mandate to enforce the law. Details
Removing Immunity Clause from the Constitution will undermine Executive Capacity. By Kayode Oladele Prosecution of a sitting president or Governor prior to impeachment would create serious practical difficulties and interruption in political administration. The reason is simple, if the constitution is amended and the immunity clause is removed, the question then becomes at what point will the executive be impeached? Is it while the criminal proceedings are going on against him or after his trial and conviction? Details |