From the monthly archives: December 2010

Delta re-run: Candidates tackle INEC

On December 26, 2010 · In News

BARELY two weeks to the governorship re-run in Delta State on January 6, virtually all the governorship candidates in the exercise are raising eyebrows over the delay in releasing the old voters’ register which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), promised to use in conducting the exercise.

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Distilling Jonathan’s Wikileaks

On December 26, 2010 · In The Spectrum

The Wiki leaks report on Nigeria quoted Jonathan as claiming he was his ‘own man.’ And, he was! Courageously confessing to political ‘inexperience’ and never disowning the benefaction of zoning to his ‘unmerited’ political station in life.

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After INEC’s Ayoka Adebayo: What next?

On December 26, 2010 · In Nigeria Today

When a few weeks back, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo, the Electoral Commissioner who ‘supervised’ the rerun Ekiti Governorship election reportedly resigned her appointment, it was hasty if not scaring to rejoice over the cheering news. We doubted it because to start with, we could not immediately verify the story.

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Should immunity & impunity cover treason? -2

On December 26, 2010 · In Frankly Speaking

READ THESE AND PONDER THE IMPLICATIONS.“GSM NUMBER WITHHELD ON REQUEST
Why are youpeople complaining about kidnappings in Akwa Ibom while we have no electricity in day time to do legitimate work? IPP lights from 1am to 6am. It’s no use to us. AKS.

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The magnitude of purpose!

On December 26, 2010 · In Moment to Moment

Every person seeks meaning to their existence, at this time of the year, it’s especially common for all of us to question the why’s the where’s and what’s.

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Do we need to say more?

On December 26, 2010 · In Voice of Reason

I have, as well as others, advocated the parliamentary system. It can be less expensive to run. You can take your ministers from the rank of legislators. Of course, they will be answerable to parliaments and they can be sacked and replaced as the need arises.

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Now, nowhere to hide!

On December 26, 2010 · In Point of Order

It takes time for the housemates of Big Brother Africa to get used to the fact that about two dozen cameras are trained on them for 24 hours a day. What is beamed to the outside world is not all that is happening, but what the moderators of the 24-hour reality tv want the world to see.

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How much Christmas in us?

On December 26, 2010 · In Vista Woman

We’re in the festive season, a season of goodwill to our fellow human beings, to commemorate the birth of the Saviour of the entire world, whatever your religion, and whether you accept Jesus as the Christ or not.

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Jos Xmas Eve Blast: 32 people confirmed dead, 74 hospitalised

On December 26, 2010 · In Headlines

TENSION, yesterday, enveloped Jos, Plateau State capital where 32 people have been confirmed dead and 74 others hospitalised following multiple blasts which rocked the metropolis on Christmas eve.

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Some forces are after me because I stepped on toes — Gov Akpabio

On December 26, 2010 · In Interview

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State is fighting for his political survival. His critics are from within and outside his political party, PDP. They want him out of Government House, Uyo. Some of the allegations against him border on the crime rate in his state, while others are simply a product of political manoevrings ahead of the 2011 polls.

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One birthday & a funeral

On December 26, 2010 · In Point of Order

It is Christmas again! It is my favourite time of the year – when the languid air smells of good fare: the sharing of goodwill; the visit of friends and family; the return of migrants from various corners of the earth; the salute to the belly by all forms of gormandizing acts – the sheer sense of completion of another cycle of life and of the seasons. All these amplify the significance of this time of the year.

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Christmas: facts, fantasies & fabrications (1)

On December 26, 2010 · In Sunday Perspectives

Christmas is here again, an indication of the cyclic nature of time.
The fever has gripped all the nooks and crannies of the globe. In the major cities of Nigeria, Santa Claus’s cheery face is emblazoned at shop entrances and windows.

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2011: ACN is the party to beat in Oyo – Ajimobi

On December 25, 2010 · In Politics

Senator Abiola Ajimobi has paid his due as a major player in Nigerian politics. After a very successful career in the oil and gas sector spanning over three decades where he became managing director/chief executive officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, he felt there was need for him to seek public office to be able to give back to the society what the society had given to him.

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Budgetwatch 2011 —1

On December 25, 2010 · In Business

The 2011 Budget is certainly the most bizarre in the history of budgeting in this country. First, the president delivered a budget address to the joint session of the National Assembly, NASS, proposing a BUDGET OF CONSOLIDATION without spelling out precisely what is being consolidated.

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