Columns
Re: A day with Jang and the gang
NGF: How to resolve the logjam There is an impasse, a logjam in the Nigerian Governors Forum. Gov Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State won re-election as chairman three weeks ago, a fact hotly disputed by the other contender for the ... Read More »
Pig-headed proposal
We have been told that the Presidency is losing sleep over the proposal from the Senate for a single six-year tenure for the president and governors. We are told that the Presidency is concerned about how this proposal will affect ... Read More »
Re: Election fever in Orlu Community in USA
Since I wrote ‘Election fever in Orlu community in USA’, there have been widespread reactions to the piece. But before getting to the reactions, let me briefly discuss the ugly situation developing in the community. For the past few days, ... Read More »
1984 is nigh, is Armageddon next?
“1984” is the symbolic year that never comes except men conspire to bring her to be. 1984 is the title of a novel by George Orwell. It has become justly world famous. It is a work on the corruption and ... 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 »
So, who is still standing on June 12?
“On June 12 we stand” was a popular refrain in those heady days for the actualisation of the mandate, which Nigerians across board gave to Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Abiola (MKO) in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, a mandate, which ... Read More »
Epistle to the Nigerian Church
If there is any verse or two that directly captures the substance of a new book by Bishop Humphrey Erumaka, ERA OF ERRORS: Rumbling in the Temple, which I happen to have reviewed, it will probably be taken from Paul’s ... Read More »
What Jonathan owes his people, history
President Goodluck Jonathan – like former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua before him – is nothing short of a Nigerian-made emperor. Nigeria is an unformed, misshapen country Read More »
Re: A forum’s furore
It’s been a deluge of letters, emails, text messages and calls since my last week’s piece, ‘A FORUM’S FURORE’ which x-rayed the crisis engulfing the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Many of the readers seem to agree with ... Read More »
Amazing six-year single term!
Soon after getting into office to start his own proper term (after completing the late Yar’Adua’s term) President Jonathan stunned the polity by proposing a single seven-year term for the president and governors. The outcry that instantly erupted from a ... Read More »
