Hierarchy in the kingdom
Matthew 13 tells of Jesus speaking to the multitude in parables and how in private he would explain the meanings of those parables to his Apostles.
Soroptmist International gets new President
Soroptimist International a global movement of accomplished business women and professionals dedicated to rendering quality community-based and pro-poor services held a change of insignia and investiture of soroptimist Joyce Smart-Popoola as president 2010-2012, at Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Zoning: Nobody deceived anybody — Ango Abdullahi
Ezeife can go and publish his own communique. When you are talking about decision, you are talking about consensus or unanimous decision. Ezeife may not have agreed to all the things that was stated due to differences of opinion but that does not mean there was no communique that was signed by the leaders of both sides .
When PDP settled for Jonathan
The inside story of the PDP NEC meeting where the contentious issue of the zoning of presidency was resolved.
It will not be an exaggeration to say the PDP was on the precipice these last two weeks. The threats, the speculations, the intrigues and the nocturnal meetings did little to give hope that the party would come out in one piece by the time the issue of zoning would have been thrashed out last Tuesday.
Peoples Democratic Party or Peoples Doublespeak Party? Jonathan And The Janus Of Zoning
This is a report on how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came to its decision of retaining the zoning clause in its constitution and yet, paved the way for President Goodluck Jonathan to contest next year’s presidential election. It is also a situation report of what would become of the remaining presidential aspirants within the PDP and the continuing negotiations for the eventual coronation of Jonathan.
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT IMBROGLIO: Presidential Assent: Needed or Not Needed?
There is a big irony in all of this. To amend the 1999 Constitution, there is a troika involved: the National Assembly (House of Representatives and the Senate), the State Houses of Assembly and the President. That is one view.
The other view is that once there were public hearings conducted in all the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, views expressed there debated by members of the National Assembly and sent to the state houses of assembly, from where more than the required constitutional majority was received and sent back to the National Assembly, then Nigerians have spoken and, therefore, there is no need for any President to assent to it.
