2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
As should be expected in this political silly season, politicians will maximise the window to test wild narratives and launch personal attacks aimed at distracting voters from the substantive issues that confront them. There is nothing particularly wrong with that as long as such antics are within the ambit of the law. But most Nigerian politicians like […]
Facing our nuclear future (1)
WE have plans to generate power from atomic energy and we must pursue it seriously”.
That the NFF Bill 2012 may be properly passed
Immediately after the meeting of the FIFA –CAF Consultative Committee last week in Lagos, I travelled out denying myself the full benefits of the reactions that followed our determination to step in and stem some of the anomalies rocking Nigeria’s football.
North’s three-point agenda: a critique
THE Coalition of Northern Leaders (made up of chairmen of the ten committees of politicians, professionals, academics and businessmen) leaders have met and issued what I choose to term as a “three-point agenda”.
POVERTY TIME BOMB: Time and Bomb are here now -1
Once upon a time, the rising tide of people living in poverty was called a “time bomb”. Not anymore, both time and bombs are here with us. Read on.
National Assembly fiddles as debt burden cripples
In mid February, President Jonathan requested National Assembly approval for a loan of $7.9bn from motley of International Development Banks. The funds, according to Mr. President, would be dedicated to the completion of various pipeline projects.
Confusion breaks bone at House Committee sitting on the sexcom
The House Committee Chair on the Capital Market – and I do not know if this is not a duplication of functions that should normally be under the Financial Services committee or if it’s a sub-committee under the general rule, but nonetheless – Herman Iorwase Hembe, is looking to be L’Homme fatale and nothing more, in the drama playing out at the chambers of the House this past week.
‘Tit-for-tat’ with who?
It is now obvious that South Africa over- reached itself when it decided on the first day of March 2012, to deport 125 Nigerians on account of what is generally regarded as a rather flimsy reason that they possessed fake yellow fever inoculation certificates.
James Ibori and the vicissitudes of life(2)
It must be remembered that official corruption has been a leitmotif in governance at all levels since independence in 1960. Major Chukwuemeka Nzeogwu, leader of the first military coup in Nigeria, cited corruption as one of the main reasons why the army decided to wrest power from the government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa. Since then, coup plotters had been using it as their number one excuse for taking power by force.
Pockets of rage
There is a school of thought that says a human being is a sum total of all his life’s experiences. We are shaped by the things we go through and whether we express our feelings or not we are changed by the emotions that are there. The world we live in does not afford anyone the liberty of being transparent.
Ibori: Where are the rest? Where Is Pdp? – 2
“Fresh evidence shows that Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used Halliburton bribe money for the 2003 campaign that gave former President Olusegun Obasanjo a second term in office. Our investigations show that a significant portion of the $180 million bribe was given to the party through the presidency [emphasis mine], which doled out the money using cheques”. NEXT ON SUNDAY, July 5, 2009.
