WHY is there sudden silence about Anambra? Is it over disappointment that Ndi Anambra deflected national expectation, promoted to international proportions, that the gubernatorial election would prove again that Anambra State was not amenable to democratic ethos?

THE National Assembly proved Tuesday it knew what to do, to resolve the political logjam that besieged the nation since last November 23, when the President went on indeterminate medical vacation.

THE Federal Government has again proven it prefers words to deeds in critical matters affecting the country. The Jos crisis is one. In 11 years of civil rule, there have been at least five riots in Plateau State, with four of them in Jos alone. Under Obasanjo the solution was a state of emergency that […]

A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person be subjected expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinion are not made subject. – Section 42 (1a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

SUGGESTIONS that Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua intends to return to office soon bear out fears that in Nigeria, power is everything.

THOSE who think a successful holding of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State would indicate the state of the country’s democratic atmosphere or the readiness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to effect changes in its operations that would make the results of the 2011 elections more acceptable to the generality of Nigerians are wrong on both assumptions.

JUSTICE Opeyemi Oke, on Wednesday, delivered a N100 million verdict against the Nigerian Navy, four of its ratings and their boss a Rear Admiral.

AFTER 65 days, during which all that Nigerians knew about their President were speculations, the Senate last Wednesday moved a motion asking the President to comply with Section 145 of the Constitution. Today marks the 71st day of the President’s absence. He reportedly receives medical attention in Saudi Arabia.

SOMETHING is mysterious about the sort of greatness our rulers want for Nigeria. What is certain is that their celebrated expertise in creating concentric circles of conspiracies to control the country has resulted in constitutional infractions too obvious to be ignored.

HAITI is getting global attention for reasons other than the more known issues of poverty and poor governance in the tiny Caribbean island the world regales in neglecting its challenges. Some of these challenges are historical, like cruel French colonialists that entrenched the poverty of the island in the ways they skewed the economy.