Similarities & Lessons from June 12 (Nigeria) & June 12 (Iran)
CHINEDU VINCENT AKUTA, Leicester, UK - Nigeria and Iran have come to have one thing in common and that is, both countries have held controversial presidential election on the same date June 12. Am sure a closer examination of these two countries will bring out more similarities. An example is that both countries have Moslems in large numbers etc. For the purpose of this article I will look into the two presidential elections held on the particular date of the month of June (June 12). ....more>>>
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Saboteurs of Our Economy
IMOHIMI UDUIGWOME AIRENEVBOISE, New Nigerian Politics - During the era of the cold war the Russian government had what was known as “sleepers” or moles planted in western nations like the United States of America. These were Russian agents or spies who were sent or recruited in America with the aim of working in a clandestine manner for the Russian government. The beauty in this was that these agents will be left to operate a normal life thereby integrating ....more>>>
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Dear Mrs. Adebayo
BANKOLE OKUWA, Ph.D, New Nigerian Politics - Dear Mrs. Adebayo, I am sorry about your situation in Ekiti as the Resident Electoral Commissioner. Nigerians are no cowards. History of revolutions will teach you the peculiar spontaneity of rebellions in societies which are victims of oppressive regimes or dictatorships such as ...more>>>
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Pervasive Kidnapping in Nigeria: Symptom of a Failing State?
DR. JIDEOFOR ADIBE, London, UK - Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will, usually for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, is becoming everyone’s nightmare in our dear country. Daily, we read nightmarish stories of people being abducted as they go about their daily business ...more>>>
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Why You are a Nigerian
DR. OLUSEGUN FAKOYA, London, UK - Just some random musing. What determines where a person is born, the type of parents one has and the country where one is born to? Is there any possible rational explanation for the nationality one comes from? Is there any reasoning to the selection of people in a country or even, continent? Why was one man born an American and another...more>>>
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How Would You Want Nigeria of Tomorrow to Be?
CHRIS ODETUNDE, Ph.D, Houston, TX - Nigerians of different walks of life are clamoring for a move in different direction from where Nigeria is right now, the sleepy, no drama, dreaming, see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil state. Some have advocated violent revolution. Some are asking for milder type o ...more>>>
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Appeal to Leaders of Faith Organizations in Nigeria
CHINEDU VINCENT AKUTA, Leicester, UK - Change comes not from the top down, but from the ground up, and few are closer to the people than our churches, synagogues, temples and mosques (Barack Obama, US President). This article is the second of its kind. The first was titled; Religious Organizations as Catalyst for Change, published on my blog http://briefsfromakuta.blogspot.com and ....more>>>
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Ogoni: Why Shell Cannot Return
LEBURAH GANAGO, Atlanta, USA - The role of Shell in the genocide committed in Ogoni , Nigeria, has been well documented over the years. The evidence is so overwhelming that even Shell, the transnational oil giant whose foolish pride ensures it takes no responsibility for its quantum atrocities in the Niger Delta was compelled to admit this one, as demonstrated in the company’s decision to pay off the ....more>>>
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Nigerian Atty-General Working Against the People
EMEKA COLLINS EKE, Los Angeles, USA - Here in America and most countries in the world the Attorney General is the chief prosecutor, the number one police officer in the country. To the Attorney General he considers all law enforcement agencies/officers as his family members and he will defend them no matter the circumstances. Even when any law enforcement agency/officer is accused....more>>>
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A Romantic Letter from Senegal
HAKEEM BABALOLA, Budapest, Hungary - At a time the administrators of Nigeria decided to rebrand a product they do not believe in, an admirer of my profile, a complete stranger, sent me a poignant romantic letter. The letter is straight to the point. She'd seen my profile on the Nigeria Village Square and she loved what she saw. For her, it is love at first sight even though...more>>>
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Mr. President, Sanusi, is Right
UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE, Lagos,Nigeria- Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, was not saying anything new when he suggested last week that President Umar Musa Yar’Adua should consider abridging his so-called Seven Point Agenda to about two or three for effective and beneficial implementation. It was an honest, sharp, well-timed articulation of the...more>>>
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Reminiscences of Nigeria
AKINTOKUNBO A. ADEJUMO, London, UK- Nigeria, March/April 1978. The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary institutions’ students. At the time also, students pay about 98 Naira per ...more>>>
Exiled by Yar'Adua?
For the first time, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, ....
Who is Sabotaging RCCG?: Pastor (Dr.)
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