ON January 1, 2014 one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers, Vanguard announced winner of its 2013 “Most INNOVATIVE ENTERPRENEUR OF THE YEAR” as Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Ltd.,Nigeria’s first indigenous vehicles manufacturer. Among those that made the Honours list include Alhaji Aliko Dangote, as “AFRICAN OF THE YEAR” and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state as “MAN OF THE YEAR”.

MARTIN Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader, is reported to have said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The truth in this quote cannot be overemphasised. As such, I am moved to show solidarity with former governors Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State and Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State over the injustice being meted out to them by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

THE relevance for a paradigm shift in Nigerian polity cannot be over emphasised. Like three-time Presidential candidate, Rev. Chris Okotie stated in his article in The Guardian of January 7, 2014, political alliances have never augured well for the country. That is why he has been canvassing for a paradigm shift since he joined the political process in 2002.

IN this era of Jonathan bashing, the easiest path of heroism is to rain invectives and abuses on the man we elected to be our President. This could come in the form of an open letter, facebook postings, editorial write ups, articles or commentaries on news reports, in print and electronic media.

To some of these opponents, the new law is repressive because, according to them, nobody is supposed to suffer any discrimination on the grounds of his/her sexual orientation and they have even expressed fear that the Act will cause untold violence, persecution, and prejudice in Nigeria.  Others among them have even described millions of Nigerians who support the criminalization of homosexuality and same-sex marriage in Nigeria as barbaric and slaves to tradition, religion, and morality.