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How NSA Ribadu’s Washington engagement is yielding results for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism effort

How NSA Ribadu’s Washington engagement is yielding results for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism effort

Public debate on Nigeria’s security crisis is often loud, partisan and incomplete. Behind that noise, a quieter process has been taking shape in 2026: a structured United States–Nigeria security partnership, led on the Nigerian side by National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Defence Minister General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), and anchored in Washington through […]
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Why Nigerians have endorsed Jonathan for 2015

Why Nigerians have endorsed Jonathan for 2015

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, President of the Federal Republic, Nigeria, must declare now to run for the office of the president come 2015. He must return come 2015 to sustain the good work he has started.

Edo: Beware of Self centred and parochial politicians

Edo: Beware of Self centred and parochial politicians

Once upon a time, a shepherd raised false alarm of wolf attacking his sheep but when people ran to him for rescue, he dismissed them, that it was a hoax. On another faithful day the same alarmist raised thunderous alarm, which awakened the conscience of sympathizers, and they rushed to rescue him, it was not different from the false alarm raised to curry favour, at the end it turned out to be the biggest joke of the day.

Governor Chime’s belated  rally for Jonathan

Governor Chime’s belated rally for Jonathan

BY Thursday, September 25, 2014, the Enugu State Government would have sponsored a rally for the adoption of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election. To this end, officials of the 17 councils in Enugu State were directed to rent at least 200 persons in each of the 260 wards in Enugu State. Public holiday has been declared and shops and markets shut down- all for a stage effect.

Soyinka and the price of partiality

Soyinka and the price of partiality

AFTER the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan, was celebrating the president’s electoral victory.