Jonathan’s “mind your business”caution to governors
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s warning to governors and political heavyweights who descended on Osun for the August 15 governorship election is worth attention. It is a reminder that Nigeria’s democracy cannot afford to turn off-cycle elections into jamborees for outside political forces. The spectacle was difficult to miss. The All Progressives Congress (APC) constituted a […]
Jiffy Justice
THINGS are getting better, depending on who you are, and what you are looking at. In the past few months you would have noticed that justice is available speedily, actually in a jiffy, for a select few, who approach the court with cases that serve special interests.
Civil War – 40 Years After
FORTY years today the Nigerian Civil War that set Biafra, against the rest of Nigeria, ended when Col Philip Effiong surrendered to then Col Olusegun Obasanjo. It ended a 30-month hostility that claimed millions of lives.
Rebels Against All
IT is difficult to appreciate the dimensions of national conflicts until the victims include some distant and unintended targets. The attack on the Togolese team to the Nations Cup in Angola again restates the unresolved conflicts in Africa and their implications for the global village. We may mouth the import of globalisation, but we fail grossly to see that what hurts one, affects all.
Our Embassy Officials
OFFICIALS of the Nigerian Embassy in the United States took detailed interest in the aircraft bombing case involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and were present at the court sessions.
Finally, President speaks
AT times like these, we can hold unto straws in the absence of anything more substantial.
