The politicians are fooling around again like they did in previous “republics”. They should be called to order before we are all consumed by the disorder which this tomfoolery is most certainly going to result in, as our past history so tragically depicts. My only fear is that we might not be as lucky as in previous situations where we emerged from it all in one piece. We will be over stretching our luck if we keep that hope alive.

Whether it was the government or the Islamic insurgents who struck first is irrelevant; what should bother any right thinking Nigerian is that in spite of foreknowledge of the anti-social activities of the Taliban and the Boko Haram group, security forces in the country could not monitor and contain their activities before they became a deadly threat to the civilized existence we are all trying to live.

The nation’s major sea port of Apapa and Tin Can Island are critically endangered.
This new danger does not arise as a result of militants’ action, but due to lack of constructive reasoning, planning and execution of sensitive projects, necessary for Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports to function effectively.

In what was considered as a world record by UNESCO, Jakande constructed within 4 years, 23,093 classrooms; increased the number of primary school from 604 in 1979 to 954 in 1983.

At least, MEND is saying, ‘give us the kind of development that you have in Abuja and we would be satisfied’.
In response to this, the government is creating institutions like the Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) through which to channel this development in the Niger Delta. On top of that, it has created a ministry for the region which at best is a bureaucracy.

One of the most tragic crises we have on our hands today is the bloody uprising in the Niger Delta. Justice Belgore made it also clear to everybody who is not driven by selfish and inordinate lust for power that the 1999 constitution is responsible for the Niger Delta crisis because it did not address the issue as the 1960 independent constitution did.

It’s almost a month since we celebrated June 12 as the watershed in Nigeria quest for democracy.
But beyond the shore of Nigeria, June 12 is beginning to have a similar significance for democracy especially in Iran and Turkey. June 12, 1993 was the day we celebrate the victory of a free and fair election in Nigeria as much as we mourn the tragedy of the abortion of that free and fair election.

To find an answer, let’s get back to the simple process of training a child. It needs no qualification to get into kindergarten except that he can walk and talk and appears to be healthy.

The democratic process in the last 10 years which held promise at inception in 1999 appears to have stalled and has left corruption to grow greater root in the entire system than we have ever known in Nigeria.