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Is Ojukwu a Hero or Villain?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Max Siollun Monday, January 10th, 2011

By Max Siollun, NNP – Jan. 10, 2011 – January is a key month in Nigeria’s history. This January marks the 41st anniversary of the end of the Nigerian civil war, and the 44th anniversary of the Aburi accords – the debate in Aburi in Ghana which nearly pre-empted the war. The pivotal figure in […]

Abati: The Jonathan Presidency (6)

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Headlines, Presidency, Reuben Abati Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Reuben Abati, Lagos,Nigeria – Jan 8. 2011 – THE various forces that had resisted Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s emergence as Acting President showed their hands fully with the return of President Umaru Yar’Adua. This included to start with, the protest by the Northern political establishment, prompted obviously by the Yar’Adua cabal, that allowing a Jonathan Acting Presidency […]

Great Ogboru: When Greatness Beckons!

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Delta, State News, Sunny Chris Okenwa Friday, January 7th, 2011

By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Jan. 7, 2011 – Chief Great Ovadje Ogboru came into the national limelight and reckoning after the failure of the late Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar-led coup d’etat against the then dictator Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in April 1990. In the aftermath of the coup’s regrettable failure to achieve […]

TURN in Turning Nigeria

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola Friday, January 7th, 2011

By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – Jan 7, 2011: The President of (TURN) Transforming, Uplifting and Reforming Nigeria, Dr. Dele Ogunremi visited Hungary in October from his base in Ottawa Canada. I had the opportunity to meet with him in his hotel over dinner. He discussed his passion for TURN which he believes is necessary […]

Goodluck Jonathan: Might is Right?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, January 6th, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 6, 2011 – The refrain of one of John Lennon’s songs goes: imagine there is no country; and no religion too; nothing to kill for or die for; you may say, I am a dreamer; etc. Yes, of course, he was a dreamer. We can all imagine that […]

The Notion & Politics of ‘Consensus Candidacy’

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Jan 4, 2011 – Since Atiku Abubakar was declared the ‘consensus’ candidate of the Northern presidential aspirants in the PDP, there has been a lot of aggressive exchange of ideas over the notion of ‘consensus candidacy’. While some have condemned the exercise, which was carried out under the […]

Prof. Sam Oyobaire Inaugurates Six Committees to Receive Atiku

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Nwaorgu Faustinus Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

By Nwaorgu Faustinus, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria – Jan. 4, 2011 – In a bid to guarantee a hitch-free reception of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on 4 th January 2011, Professor Sam Oyovbaire, the South-South Zonal Campaign Coordinator (Atiku Campaign Organization ACO) has set up six committees to ensure that Atiku Abubakar’s visit to the […]

Desperate Women & Their Obscene Fashion

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 4, 2011 – Nothing best underscores the raw, primitive desperation clearly gripping and saturating the tender hearts of countless ladies today than the brutal conventionalisation obscene fashion seems to have rudely appropriated in society. A desperate person is always the easiest victim of primitive emotions and thoughtless actions. […]

Dealing with the nightmare we ordered

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Okey Ndibe Monday, January 3rd, 2011

By Okey Ndibe , Tuesday, January 04, 2011 – Innocent residents of Jos, a once quiescent town, and Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, received gruesome gifts within the last week. On Christmas Eve, several bombs exploded in different parts of Jos, leaving in their wake a death toll as high as eighty, an unknown number of the […]

Yerima: Lawbreaker or Lawmaker?

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists Monday, January 3rd, 2011

By Arnold Alalibo, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria – Jan. 3, 2011 – Maverick Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, the crusader of Sharia law in the country, is in the news again. He is in the headlines not for propagating Sharia legal system as the authentic system for the nation. Neither does it have anything to do with his […]