IT is difficult to believe the statement allegedly made by the Special Adviser on Youth, Sports and Social Development, Dolapo Badru, to the effect that there is a law in Lagos state which makes the giving of alms to beggars anywhere in the state, an offence punishable by two years imprisonment without an option […]
TWO proposals by the National Assembly, class of 2007, seeking to wind up ahead of the transition to another government in May 2011, do not seem to make sense, or rather should be carefully interrogated. It is a matter of public record that the National Assembly is perhaps the worst hit by the gale of […]
Today, the country has more or less concluded election 2011, and although there was an outbreak of violence in the 12 Northern states over the outcome of the Presidential election of April 16, reports of election malpractices, protests about results in Ika North, Anambra Central, Plateau state, pre-election tension in Akwa Ibom, “an inconclusive” Gubernatorial […]
Leadership is what will make Nigeria, it is also what will break it; leadership failure is precisely what is responsible for the crisis that the country is now witnessing after a Presidential election that was adjudged successful by local and international observers and which has received high praise from the United States, Germany, France, Britain, […]
Senate President, David Mark, has warned the European Union, EU, and other international observers monitoring the 2011 general polls in the country not to interfere in the electoral process. Sen Mark, who gave the warning while meeting with Head of the EU observation mission and former Prime Minister of Slovenia, Mr. Aloysius Peterle, stressed that […]
“HAVE you gone to visit the Mandela of our land?” “Who? The Madiba is around?” “Who is talking about Nelson Mandela? I mean, Oga Bode, the atona oodua, PDP chieftain, former Chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority, La-go-s Bo-y?” “Ex-convict plenipotentiary and extraordinary, graduate of Kirikiri maximum” “Be careful. Don’t talk like that. You say […]
AS at Thursday, February 10, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was still talking down on angry Egyptian protesters who for weeks had been telling him they were fed up with his leadership and would rather embrace change. Even his Vice President, Omar Suleiman addressed the people as if they did not quite matter. Both men were mistaken. […]
“HELLO rascal, long time, where have you been?” “Who is your rascal? Don’t let me get angry with you oh?” “Come, where were you when President Jonathan said the South West has been taken over by rascals and that the PDP is determined to rescue the political zone?” “And they told you the President mentioned […]
THE point has been made elsewhere that the enthusiasm and passion that Nigerians have shown in the course of the current voters’ registration are proof positive of their commitment to democracy and their willingness to defend their freedom. In the light of fresh revelations, however, is this really the case? Is there something more fundamental […]
NIGERIA has been registering voters for elections since 1922 when the legislative council elections were held by the Clifford colonial administration. And yet, about 89 years later, Nigeria is still having problems compiling a proper data base for elections nor is it able to formulate an acceptable electoral framework: it is the ultimate sign of […]
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