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 […]
Atiku: I no dey laugh!
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s effort to grab the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended in a bitter climax last week Thursday, January 13, 2011, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Actually, a number of anti-climaxes.
Songs of victory: Goodluck to PDP
IF the message at a convention is fundamental, then I was surprised that as many as 805 delegates at last Thursday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. That left President Goodluck Jonathan with 2,703 votes and Mrs Sarah Jibril with one.
Contemplating reform of the Nigerian Police
AGITATIONS for reform of the Nigeria Police Force are fuelled by obvious deficiencies in the operations of the Police. Concerns with corruption in the conduct of the Force feed anxieties over the security of persons, place and position.
It’s PDP all the way
ALL through last week the Peoples Democratic Party was in the news. This had been the case for two weeks running when the Party began its primaries into various offices in its fold from the local, through state to the federal levels. While the gubernatorial primaries were held about two weeks ago, it was the turn of the presidential aspirants to flex muscles against one another last week.
$500M EUROBOND: FOR WHOSE BENEFIT?
Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga confirmed to an audience of financial correspondents and experts last week that the government will float a $500m Eurobond before the end of January 2011.
Wanted a woman for our women
Last year, Nigerian football was at the cross roads.Good will set in, court cases were vacated, peace was expected to reign. Never again, the rancor, acrimony, inefficiency and corruption that bedeviled the sport we hold so dear.
This year, we were expected to take a decision, move forward, to the promised land.
All for peace
Hi Readers! Based on what nanny had told me, I did my best to avoid Seb too, so that peace can reign. I couldn’t trust myself not to bring up the registry wedding issue if I got him on my own. I was successful in this for a day or so, but when my siblings arrived from down south, that changed immediately.
Need for transparency, internal democracy
Primaries of the parties will have peaked by the end of this week. It was a rehashed of the parties. From Port Harcourt to Kaura Namoda; from Lagos to Maiduguri there were uprisings: in Lagos and, in Abeokuta; in Ibadan and Enugu.
Shouting to the dead for help – 1
Marlow finished that sentence in a way I can’t. But, as Nigerians again are now at dagger’s drawn over the recent election in Delta State and the first full election to be conducted under Professor Attahiru Jega, my heart bled. Ordinarily, the outcome should have provided another opportunity to say “I told you so.” But, the catastrophe that has befallen our nation far outweighs any feeling of triumph.
Now that zoning is ‘justiciable’
Recently, in this column, I wrote ‘Zoning: Where Justice Gumi Got it Wrong’ and, in which, in my lay opinion, I differed with the FCT High Court Chief Judge’s December 1, 2010, ruling on PDP’s zoning arrangement.
