Kano - A Tragedy That Was Waiting To Happen

IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD IN KANO’S AIR DISASTER MAY 4, 2002INTRODUCTIONFirst a plane crash with hundreds of fatalities, then an aborted plane flight (w...

A Stubborn INEC, Looking for Trouble

1.       IntroductionIt is very clear that we have a very stubborn Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headed by Dr. ...

These “BoldFace” Committees’ Explanations…!

Full Text of President Obasanjo's Abuja Second-Term Speech

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, ON ANNOUNCING HIS DECISION TO SEEK SECOND TERM, THROUGH PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN NIGERIAThursda...

Jerry's Testament and the Case of Brown Envelopes

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS Some “foreign”  reporters have been in  Nigeria, seing its  “nakedness” -  and have been repo...

The Need for Change and the Survival of Democracy in Nigeria

National Chairman of the Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ), Suite 103 - 6, Banex Plaza, Plot 750 Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II,  Abuja.Bein...

An Update to Essay on Local Council Polls and INEC

In a recent essay,  I made the following suggestions about the ongoing imbroglio over May 18 or no May 18 Council polls in Nigeria: http://www.ga...

How A Self-Succession Bid has Turned Nigeria into “Animal Farm”

It is “déjà vu”  all over again!If you have read  the George Orwell’s  book “Animal Farm”, then you will understand why I h...

Open Letter To Governor Lucky Igbinedion – by Air Iyare

His Excellency,Chief Nosakhare Igbinedion, The Executive Governor,Edo State.                   ...

The Sorry Situation of the Governors and their Deputies

Contents:Introduction: “Can You Please Come With Us?”Problem 1:  Enforced PartnershipsProblem 2:  Undefined Constitutional RolesProblem ...