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.