All this is disturbing, considering the enormous amount of resources, both human and material, that have been mobilized to ensure that the 2011 elections are better than the previous ones. The blame lies squarely at the feet of desperate politicians and inept corrupt INEC officials, although we should not lose sight of the fact that the 1999 Constitution is flawed in many areas, thereby allowing morally crippled unpatriotic Nigerians to exploit the system for their own narrow egoistic interests.

To some people in Nigeria, you hate someone when you tell the truth about him simply because they want those truths buried. I received so many text messages about my hatred for Jonathan instead of people disputing my facts that I now know why people fail exams.

Yesterday, Nigerians went to the polls to begin the round of elections that would lead up to the presidential election this Saturday. Starting with the elections into the parliaments, these elections do highlight aspects of an emerging national electoral culture that we will need to think a bit more about in the future.

This page took a new form away from “hard-core” social commentaries on a whim. The space for review of, and reactions to, current events became glutted with a variety of opinions about politics, politics, and politics – enough to make one’s head spin. However, it was fairly clear that it must be what the readers want, else there would not have been so much enthusiasm for its projection into every subject” even dating.

IT was simply amazing watching the Eagles in their games against Ethiopia, then Kenya. I am not referring to the goals that have beclouded us about the team and our preparations. There are issues which we must forget, it seems, because the team won.

I’m caught up with the fears Paul Bassey expressed in his Monday column here in Vanguard last week.
I was so disturbed that I had to call Samson Siasia for a chat and some exchange of ideas.

THE other funny Saturday when I witnessed an election that never was, saw a funny side of me. In utter desperation to conquer my anger over the days‘ incidence, I threw myself carelessly on my bed with windows open, not minding any intruders.

SINCE the dramatic and traumatic postponement of last Saturday’s National Assembly elections, I have heard a thousand and one Nigerians and foreigners say, verbally or in writing, that Jonathan and/or Jega cooked the whole sorry mess up on purpose because one or both of them had dubious hidden agenda.

WHEN on June 8, 2010 President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Professor Attahiru Jega as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) there was a near universal acclamation of the pick.

THE news hit like a thunderbolt; people were shell shocked. It had never happened before; that a national election that had commenced was being postponed. This is what in aviation circle could be called an air return; an aircraft that had taken off having to make a return to the airport for emergency reasons. In fact, an emergency situation was what the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) characterised the situation.

THE grand charade called elections into the National Assembly, the first of the series of national elections lined for April, took place last weekend.

THE Allied Powers in the course of the war against the Axis Powers had a vision of the peace they hoped to harvest from the war and the arrangements that would secure the peace resulting from their successful prosecution of the war. The preamble of the Charter of the United Nations indicated this vision.

WE are still exploring matters arising as we rev up for the next round of the general elections 2011. Today, I want to examine issues surrounding the presidential debates, the decision of the Federal Government to deploy the Army to help maintain law and order during the elections and the controversy surrounding whether voters should vote and go or stay to witness the vote counting.

CBN Governors over the years have decried the incessant challenges of managing ‘too much cash’ in the economy.
This means that availability of cash reserves, particularly in custody of commercial banks, provides a strong platform to expand credit to their customers and further exacerbate the problem into that of ‘excess cash or liquidity’ in the system.

I can bet that the celebration that accompanied Nigeria’s victories over Ethiopia and Kenya, spiced with the routing of EqutorialGuinea by Eguavoen’s lads has not waned.