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Our friends, the police
I know I should be talking about the state of emergency currently in place in three states of the federation. I know I should be talking about two or three other states which have also earned the emergency rule regime ... Read More »
Northern elders doing their best to demonise Jonathan
There is something eminently wrong with the pressure group known as the Northern Elders Forum. Days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, this vague organisation of elders described the emergency rule ... Read More »
Why nations fail (2)
Last week, we made the point that nations where the ruling class is not accountable to the people, where the ruling “narrow elite have organized the society for their own benefit at the expense of the vast mass of people,” ... Read More »
Which gods must be appeased?
Modern Nigeria’s crisis, I suggest, is primarily a crisis of values. In Umuofia, Okonkwo may give vent to unruly deportment but his community is also equipped with the coercive instrument for regulating his conduct or punishing his excesses Read More »
Jonathan goes to war!
Warsaw never saw war until war came to Warsaw. Nigeria is not Warsaw, a city in Poland, which provoked the above alliterative rhyme in Winston Churchill’s fecund mind. But we are seeing war all the same. Borno, Yobe and Adamawa ... Read More »
Mbaise versus Catholic Church
Before now, I have had some challenges making public comments on the disruptive activities of some Mbaise priests, religious and laity –and surprisingly backed by their traditional leader - over the appointment of Monsignor Peter Ebere Okpaleke, as the bishop-elect ... Read More »
Snakes on our roofs
It’s good to buy guns. It’s not wrong to shoot it. If you own a house, you reserve the right to protect it. A man who cannot provide for his house is worse than an infidel, so says the Bible. ... Read More »
THE WAR IN NORTH EAST
General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma didn’t need to stare too long into his crystal ball to see what was in the horizon, the other time. He didn’t need any telescope to spot the gathering storm. To the war expert-turned-billionaire businessman, the ... Read More »
Security: Issues beyond politics
I have done another piece elsewhere where I said by 2005 I, a “bloody” civilian, could predict that our nation would be in the kind of security mess we are in today. It was precisely for this reason that I ... Read More »
President Jonathan: Interplay of destiny and providence
Two years ago, I wrote the article entitled above in this column. The article was directed at the President and Nigerians. In the article, you will find out, as you read down, I opened my heart to the President, offering ... Read More »
