The man of the decade
TEARS dripped from my eyes as I watched President Goodluck Jonathan’s nationally televised address. His speech was short but momentous. He conceded defeat, and accepted the electoral victory of his political opponent, Mohummadu Buhari. In the lawless and unprincipled milieu of Nigerian politics, that concession of defeat by an incumbent president was unparalleled, almost, inconceivable. With that speech, President Jonathan levitated from a politician to a statesman; he left a footprint in the sand of time.
Governorship: Pitched battles everywhere
Nigerians go to the polls tomorrow to elect new governors for 29 of the 36 states of the country and elect members to the 36 state legislative houses.
Fire guts Bayelsa motor park, razes NLC building in Rivers
Fire, yesterday, gutted a section of the popular Ekeki Motor Park in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, leaving two persons injured.
Rivers: Final Battle
For many keen observers of political events in Rivers state the governorship election appears to be between the candidates of the All Progressive Congress, APC , Dr Dakuku Peterside and Governor Chibuike Amaechi on one side and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Barr Nyesom Wike and wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs Patience Jonathan on the other side.
Jonathan, Sambo, Mark mourn Oronto Douglas
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness at the death of his Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas, who passed on yesterday morning.
The Oxford and Cambridge club of Nigeria debate: Nigeria democracy and the economy
THE Oxford and Cambridge Unions were the training ground for speakers who intended to climb the political ladder. Both Universities were the recruitment centres – de rigour – for British political leadership.
