Crossing the red line by the Opposition and Government(3), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative on the 1959 elections, the nation-wide campaigns and the accusations and counter- accusations by rival party leaders of infractions by supporters of other parties. For instance, Alhaji Aliyu Makama Bida had said that Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his supporters had violated Northern traditions, for which they would never be […]
Best way to defend the Presidency (4), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative of how the Obasanjo regime hastily appointed Dr Ibrahim Ayagi to defend the presidency in the face of the crisis arising from the introduction of Shariá law in the North. Dr Ayagi was a former director of Continental Merchant Bank, formerly Chase Merchant Bank of Nigeria. THE same government […]
Best way to defend the Presidency(3), by Eric Teniola
The introduction of Shari’a was initially very popular, for several reasons; foremost among these was public disenchantment with a government and a legal system which were failing people in many respects
Best way to defend the Presidency (2), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative of how the Obasanjo regime responded to a strike action organised by the NLC over fuel subsidy by inuagurating a committee in 2000 made up of eminent Nigerians to resolve the issue THE committee was headed by my friend, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, while the secretary of the committee was Chief […]
Best way to defend the Presidency, by Eric Teniola
“It is totally false to suggest, as we are apt to do, that Nigerians are fundamentally different from any other people in the world. Nigerians are corrupt because the system under which they live today makes corruption easy and profitable; they will cease to be corrupt when corruption is made difficult and inconvenient….The trouble with […]
National Anthem: Deconstructing the military legacy(5), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues Professor Ihonvbere’s quote from the foreward of his book: Standing Tall, published in March 2005. This also concludes the treatise on the transition of the old National Anthem to a new one and the roles played by different individuals in this process. A third problem is that Nigerians, over the last four […]
