Gov Alex Otti’s “exit” plan controversy, by Ochereome Nnanna
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti (OFR), recently got tongues wagging when he, once again, averred that at the end of his tenure he would hand over and disappear from politics. He harped on the need to give the youth a chance to lead, affirming that there are young people who are more intelligent, qualified, […]
Let Police keep crime database
THE term, “beauty of democracy” is an understatement when you consider the impetus the National Assembly has provided the ordinary citizen to start understanding the convoluted nature of government in Nigeria.
Ngozi, the man for the job
WHEN the story broke that our Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (NOI) had been tipped for the Presidency of the World Bank, the first questions that rushed to my mind were: Will she? Should she? Not, can she? I will briefly touch ruminatively on all three.
Now, GEJ sits pretty
ONCE it was public knowledge that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had a preferred candidate for National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, I knew he was interested in the 2015 politics. Normally, every president in power in Nigeria would be interested even if he has exhausted his two terms. If he is not running again he will be putting someone of his own choosing as he vacates office.
Was the Awo/Akintola feud ‘senseless’?
HOW seriously do we take our history as a nation or even as members of its constituent parts? How important is our history to us? I know for one that America does not joke with her history.
North’s three-point agenda: A critique (2)
LET us address other points raised by the Coalition of Northern Leaders. On Monday we offered our thoughts on what they saw as a perceived “third term” ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan.
