Duro Onabule
INEC’s neutrality doubtful for 2015
There is this problem of recurring heating of the polity in Nigeria, arising from the subservience , perhaps, mischief of state institutions with wrong orientation Read More »
Boko Haram: Now, 20 years jail for journalists
Nigerian media gleefully reported President Goodluck Jonathan’s (okay, Federal Government’s) proscription of the deadly Boko Haram as duly merited, except that the buck stops on his table Read More »
Governors’ row re-echoes 1962 Action Group crisis
Nigeria is about the only country with a penchant for repeating history of its inglorious past. Aspects of the controversy over the method of or purported change in the leadership of the Governors’ Forum could only be shocking, were such ... Read More »
Amaechi’s lesson for other state governors
“Whatever their clash, who is that American President to withdraw or even attempt to withdraw the security personnel of a state governor Read More »
Boko Haram emergency journey to the unknown
There was no doubt that President Goodluck Jonathan had to display some “gra gra” exploits of a macho aimed at stemming the seeming unstoppable drift to anarchy Read More »
Much ado about a judge’s suspension
The recent suspension of Federal High Court Justice Talba seemed to excite observers, perhaps because of a controversial verdict he gave on a public rogue which virtually enabled the culprit to smile rather repulsively out of the court premises Read More »
This king (Jonathan) does not spare regicides
From the first minute after ascending the Nigerian Presidency, Goodluck Jonathan had never hidden his determination not to allow any real or imagined regicide any space to breathe let alone survive Read More »
Jonathan’s secret deal with Boko Haram
Military/political hawks and religious fundamentalists may continue to have a field day in sabre-rattling against any contacts with Boko Haram leading to amnesty as long as they (the hawks) are ignorant of the realities Read More »
No escape from Boko Haram amnesty
There is no doubt about the seeming setback in the search for end to the violence in northern parts of the country when the Boko Haram leadership claimed to reject the offer of amnesty to which President Goodluck Jonathan was ... Read More »
An amnesty worth every effort
It seems everybody has forgotten the background to the recent effort at amnesty for the Boko Haram insurgents announced by President Goodluck Jonathan Read More »
