Dangers of state governments bankrolling mass weddings
Kano’s recent announcement that it spent N1.5bn to bankroll mass weddings should prompt national alarm rather than applause. Kano State remains rampant in the worrying roster of northern states – including Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno – that have for years organised and financed large-scale nuptial ceremonies. Authorities offer three common rationales: to reduce […]
Trust Nobody With Freedom
ENTHUSIASM that the media will have more access to information with the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill remains muted. Silence has greeted the bill from the President. Expectations of a passage of the bill “soon” have withered.
The challenges for Jonathan
THE events of the last fortnight, precisely of April 16, 2011 cannot pass unrecorded for history and posterity. I am one of those who will not take the risk of allowing that day to pass like any other day because it is not. I will thus proceed to put the Goodluck Jonathan victory in the presidential polls of April 16, 2011 in its proper perspective and in its proper historical context.
Not Just Another Day In May
AS the children march today to mark Children’s Day, more profound matters are being settled all over the country. Governments are being formed; politicians are doing their best to remain the circle that decides others’ future.
Time Waits For Dignitaries
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once — Ray Cummings, Science fiction writer, 1922.
The President Must Remember
DAYS to his being sworn in we think President Goodluck Jonathan should remember the stirring speech he made last September while declaring his intention to run for office. In his speech, he cut the image of the President for the poor, or what others may call the peoples’ President.
