New Year, New Government?
Meanwhile, a Fulani friend gloomily informed me two years ago (we were discussing President Goodluck Jonathan’s unimpressive performance and wondering whether he would up his game before he completed his first term) that his people often say that one can tell by Wednesday what kind of weekend one is likely to have. Both statements, though contradictory, make sense. Wilson’s implies that political outcomes can never be accurately predicted because anything – ie, all manner of unexpected developments - can happen during any seven-day timespan. The Fulani one implies that most outcomes can be predicted on the basis of recent occurrences.
Several attacks against France Muslim targets since magazine killings
Muslims places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Gunman kills policewoman near Paris
A policewoman who was shot by a gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest just outside Paris has died and a second victim is in serious condition, police said Thursday.
Some senior citizens behave like motor park touts —Jonathan
Abuja —President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, lampooned some unnamed senior citizens in the country for their provocative and divisive statements, saying though these people would like to be seen as statesmen, they behaved more or less like “motor park touts.”
Goodluck Jonathan surrender to Zionist Israeli diktat
Is’haq Modibbo Kawu LAST Tuesday, December 30, 2014, will go down as one of the darkest days in the practice of Nigerian foreign policy. That day, the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, BETRAYED the proud history of Nigeria’s support for the rights of oppressed peoples, long regarded as the central core of our country’s foreign […]
As military head of state, I refused to devalue the Naira – Buhari
The Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has said that insecurity and corruption are the major problems militating against the development of Nigeria as a nation and promised to tackle the menace, if elected president on Feb. 14.
