Why Nigeria’s Leadership Crisis Persists – Dalhatu Tafida (2)
The concluding part of the first part of this interview last week dwelt on a group of Northern leaders. The question asked was: “Yes! This issue of coming from the North, some people might say, well, Dalhatu Tafida is not a good Northerner that is why he is heading the Jonathan Campaign? And for a dose of mischief, the name of Sambo would not appear when they mention the campaign team? Well, if people come out and say I am not a good Northerner, they should come and tell me what they have done that will make me a bad Northerner and they, good Northerners. I am thinking of this country, its future and its prosperity”.
Home Truth Of Orji’s Return To PDP
It is no longer news that Governor T. A. Orji of Abia State has since gone back to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} on which platform he made a foray into the murky waters of politics way back in 2006. Consequently, this endeavour will not dwell on a belated issue which we are already at home with.
Gbemi Saraki’s endorsement: Let the people decide
Amid the scramble for the tickets of the political parties ahead of the 2011 polls, each of the states has its own dynamics. It is this dynamism that will decide the political direction and the fate of aspirants come next year. In Kwara State, former Senate leader and political heavyweight, Dr. Olusola Saraki, endorsed Senator Gbemisola Rukayyah Saraki as the preferred candidate for the Government House in Ilorin.
Saraki hegemony and Kwara progressives
Election year, in all democratic world, always comes with drama and frills.
The Nigerian political sphere paced into frenetic activism since Attahiru Jega mounted the saddle as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) about two months ago.
Senators on the proposed amendments
Some senators have their views on the proposed amendments INEC is seeking.
Blackmail Will Not Work, Senator David Mark, President of the Senate
“All this business of trying to make us look bad in the eyes of the public is unnecessary, it is uncalled for. It is an unnecessary psychological warfare by participants who just want to blackmail us.
Fayemi sworn in as Ekiti Governor
Governor Kayode Fayemi was today, sworn-in as Ekiti state governor at an elaborate ceremony in Ado-Ekiti.
He was sworn in after the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division yesterday, sacked Segun Oni as governor in a landmark verdict.
Miners, Citizenship and Responsible State
The joyful news of the rescue of the miners trapped under the earth in Chile for months should be a good news for everyone everywhere. But not in Nigeria. This great news has turned into a sad fable about failure of the state in Nigeria.
Boy,25 arrested with others for exhuming skull of late Uncle (93)
Villagers of Adamai Agoshasha in Ipokia local government area of Ogun State, will never forget in a hurry the horrendous sight they beheld recently at the grave side of the late Pa Dasu Adende, who passed on three years ago at the ripe age of 93. Perhaps, the late Pa Dasu seemed to be resting in peace until some persons invaded his grave and cut off his dried skull.
Six hours with soldiers in pursuit of kidnappers in Aba
THURSDAY, October 14, 2010 was a memorable day for a group of journalists, including this reporter, who elected to join the military task force operating in Abia state to flush criminals elements, that had held the state hostage paralysing Aba, the commercial capital of the city.
Cossy detained!
Commotion Cossy as we’d like to call her because of her now legendary brachial attributes, is a personality many husbands, bachelors and young men would want to read about anytime of the day. And as a personality, Cossy has become an item many a wife would not want on their menu list or served up their tables even for breakfast.
Raising the spectre of political violence
Bomb scares have become a new phenomenon on our already dangerous political space. That is the obvious conclusion to make from events of the last couple of weeks as people were made to scamper around in Abuja shortly after the Eagle Square blasts on the 50th Anniversary celebration.
*promises, promises
They then spitted out their disgust at what everybody did, a disgust that they manfully kept on the boil but under wraps, for twelve days. If they had not been so concerned, or considered that the issue called for an urgent address, they might have waited even for a month. Of course, they devised no significant response other than to order an “enquiry”.
Ekiti: How Fayemi became governor
After a long tortuous but worthwhile legal battle spanning 41 months and seven days, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday emerged as the governor of Ekiti State. He is to take over, immediately, from Engr. Segun Oni, who had held sway since May 29, 2007, according to an unanimous decision of the Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital.
Oni should be jailed for electoral fraud, says Sagay
FORMER President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has described the judgement of Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State as a victory for democracy just as he commended the judiciary for living up to its expectation.
2011 polls have grave implications for Nigeria – Jega
National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said yesterday in Ibadan that the 2011 polls would have grave implications for the country. He said this at a lecture a lecture he presented at the University of Ibadan yesterday.
Insecurity: Politics not responsible – Ango Abdullahi
Terrorists’ organizations are not new. Kidnappings have always been there in the Niger-Delta. Why are people making the Abuja terrorists attack a special case? Is it because it happened on the day of our 50th anniversary? I don’t see anything special about it.
