From the monthly archives: February 2010

Power as an intoxicant: The Nigerian example(2)

On February 28, 2010 · In Sunday Perspectives

The secrecy in conducting government’s business, the convenient option of hiding under the cloak of collective cabinet responsibility, are attempts by those who wish to alienate the people from the officials whose decisions affect their lives profoundly, those who want to bury their individuality in the anonymous crowd. It is a deadening aspect of intoxicating power of power which have wreaked untold havoc in different human societies throughout histiory.

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Wear and tear

On February 28, 2010 · In Moment to Moment

I remember Tosin Sangonuga who died at 21, Toyin Onagoruwa, cut down by a hail of bullets in his twenties, my baby sister Modupe Ogunjobi, dead at 10years and so many others and I begin to thank God and celebrate him for the privilege of grey hair. There may be wear and tear showing on us all but they are testimonies of all we have seen and conquered!

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I am fed up with the lies of Yar‘Adua’s aides — Akunyili

On February 28, 2010 · In News

How would you describe the state of affairs of the country with the President’s return to the country?
The President’s return in the early hours of Wednesday, February 24, 2010 has actually exaggerated uncertainty, confusion, anxiety, fear and concern, not just by Nigerians but by the international community. These are the very sentiments Nigeria cannot actually afford, if we really want to build a modern nation. We have had uncertainty, confusion, anxiety, fear and concern reverberating across the country and even beyond.

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When you want fun, attached men are right for the picking

On February 28, 2010 · In Diary of a Divorced City Girl

Most of the response I’ve got on this column gave a lot of kudos to Ini -my spunky happy-go-lucky friend. A lot of male readers would love to meet her and half of the women asked the same question her friends have always asked her! How does she get away with it?

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We are back to square one

On February 28, 2010 · In Point of Order

I had made up my mind to go to town on our football administrators when Hannah called me at about 6.10 am on February 24 to inform me that the President had arrived from Saudi Arabia. The news was on AIT.

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I’m fed up with lies about Yar’Adua – Dora Akunyili’s latest bombshell

On February 28, 2010 · In Headlines

Information Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili has dropped another bombshell saying she is fed up with the “lies” told by some presidential aides about the health of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

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Making progress: Ghost workers to ghost president

On February 28, 2010 · In Frankly Speaking

“But history sometimes indulges in jokes of questionable taste”. Joseph S. Schumpeter, 1942. We gained international disrepute by having the largest pool of ghost workers in public service in the world.

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The North does not recognise Jonathan as Ag President – Rimi

On February 28, 2010 · In Interview

You should understand that Goodluck Jonathan is still the Vice President and not acting President because acting President does not exist, Jonathan is not acting President

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The twists and turns in Edo

On February 28, 2010 · In Viewpoint

By Okharedia Ihimekpen
Abdul Oroh, Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s Commissioner for Information, and Charles Idahosa, the special adviser on political matters, have a Herculean task managing the image of their boss.
They had been in the media for over one year now, lecturing our media and audience on the virtues of objectivity and admonishing [...]

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Ohakim charges Heartland to sit up

On February 27, 2010 · In Sports

Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has charged the players, technical crew as well as the management team of Heartland Football Club of Owerri to end their current poor runs in the league and put in greater effort, in order to return the team on the part of victory and honour.

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NFA election:Lulu,Ogunjobi, others should forget a return, Gombe

On February 27, 2010 · In Sports

Former Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Gara Gombe has called for a radical change in the Super Eagles if the country wants to make any head way in the game.

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NFA should apologise to Rivers Govt , Pinnick

On February 27, 2010 · In Sports

The chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Mr. Amaju Pinnick has called on the leadership of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to, as a matter of urgency, apologise to the government and people of Rivers State for directing it to reverse its decision on the routine transfer of the General Manager of Sharks Football Club of Port-Harcourt.

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orld Cup: It’s too late for a foreign coach , Shofoluwe

On February 27, 2010 · In Sports

Former Super Eagles defender, Yisa Shofoluwe has advised the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, and the incoming technical crew of the Super Eagles to give younger players who are at the peak in their clubs a national team call up.

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Howard counsels NFA on foreign coach

On February 27, 2010 · In Sports

The Nigeria Football Association, NFA has been warned to have nothing to do with any of the foreign coaches who promises he would win the FIFA World Cup in South Africa because the task of winning the cup was beyond the country.

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