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Injustice somewhere is injustice everywhere

On July 3, 201412:17 amIn The Hubby vanguard

THIS lame-duck Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has brought to the fore, the obvious fact that a fundamental premise of the democratic system of government is the capacity for peaceful leadership change through the ballot box.

Whither separation of powers?

On June 26, 201412:08 amIn The Hubby vanguard

ON a matter of urgent public importance, we heartily congratulate the people of Ekiti State for showing a good example of how to behave in an election.

Who owns the purchase price?

On June 19, 201412:05 amIn The Hubby vanguard

SOLO: I heartily congratulate the APC on a most successful National Convention, which culminated in the election of Chief John Odigie Oyegun as the party’s First Citizen. Bravo! A better choice, none could be! APC is now set to make history.

Okonjo-Iweala: The pot, the kettle

On June 12, 201412:23 amIn The Hubby vanguard

WE salute the Nigerian spirit – the spirit of enterprise. It is the spirit that rewards excellence and punishes indolence. We have seen the Nigerian team in a football match with another country on our home ground. In the beginning, Nigerians applauded their team to the high heavens but as soon as the Nigerian team fell into goal deficit, Nigerians switched their support to the visiting team and at the very height of their disappointment, they even started hurling stones at the Nigerian players.

In the de-worming of Edo State APC (2)

On June 5, 201412:09 amIn The Hubby vanguard

Saint Thomas: Occupy till I come.

Decampees: OK Boss but you must continue to do all the collateral damage from within so that the party shall be totally decapitated by the time you leave.

In the De-worming of Edo State APC (1)

On May 29, 201412:00 amIn The Hubby vanguard

THE more things change, the more they remain the same. In those days, our parents certainly knew what they were doing.

Beware: Third-term agents around

On May 22, 201412:03 amIn The Hubby vanguard

These politicians may, after all, not be as smart as they pretend to be. Some of them are daft or simply hard of hearing. How else does anyone explain a situation where they keep doing the same old thing in the same old way and be expecting different outcomes?

As I remember Elder Isemede

On May 15, 201412:47 amIn The Hubby vanguard

s I remember Mac, I remember “Yahoo don come”. That was a pet name we shared as we were entering into the computer world. We threw up the name freely, even at the middle of church services, particularly on those rare occasions, at the Church of God Mission, when the preaching was getting pall and uninteresting.

All the black market injunctions

On May 8, 201412:08 amIn The Hubby vanguard

NORMALLY, we don’t have to justify telling the truth but we do have to justify not telling the truth. The plain truth is that from the beginning, these smart guys — men who at times even attempt to outsmart themselves — have the same modus operandi. They think they are bold and with their boldness, they can intimidate the rest of society and browbeat all of us into submitting to their whims and caprices.

Between our locomotive and their train

On May 1, 20141:51 amIn The Hubby vanguard

At creation, all men were equal but the circumstances of birth and the accident of geography played major roles in determining the final outcome.