Insights
Western media’s misleading reporting style
Nearly one month after the brutal murder and beheading of British soldier, Lee Rigby, in an open street in London on Wednesday, 22 May, 2013, public discussion on the incident is abating, as the two British citizens, who committed the ... Read More »
Buhari’s passion for controversy
Former military dictator and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari, is fast developing a reputation as a vociferous politician who speaks before thinking about the repercussions of his public statements. ... Read More »
David Mark and the Almajiri problem
In his eagerness to contribute to an analysis of the problem of insecurity in the north and how to fix the situation, Senate President David Mark triggered a public debate two weeks ago when he called on northern political and ... Read More »
Alamieyeseigha tries to amend history
Disgraced former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, a convicted corrupt governor, convicted money launderer and a man who escaped custody in the UK in 2005 to return to Nigeria, has defended the state pardon granted to him ... 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 »
Asari-Dokubo: Jester, unifier or separatist?
Of all the leaders of the militant organisations that operate in the creeks of the Niger Delta who accepted in 2009 the government’s financial incentives and amnesty in exchange for them to drop their culture of kidnapping, Read More »
Why we can’t feed our population
.A week’s trail on the heels of pirates reveal how Nigerians lose billions of Naira to the Kingpins, their major hideouts, mode of operation… Read More »
Re: On Jonathan’s faltering anti-corruption crusade
I write in reaction to your article of 27 March 2013 titled as above and published in The Sun. Not only am I in total agreement with the views you expressed therein, I must also say that my heart bled ... Read More »
In Bayelsa, the priority is to ban rumour
Certain aspects of human life cannot be outlawed easily. Rumour is one such human trait. It is a universal phenomenon. It exists in different forms in different societies. Some people treat rumour as harmless entertainment. Others perceive it as a ... Read More »
Today’s political blunder for tomorrow’s gains
So, President Goodluck Jonathan never really meant what he said about his reluctance to grant amnesty to the violent sectarian group Boko Haram when he visited Borno and Yobe states in early March 2013? During that official visit, Jonathan told ... Read More »
