THE thought of where to spend a short holiday with my family suddenly became a somewhat arduous task. My husband had given us an open cheque to make the choice but he also gave us terms of reference: Anywhere in the West Coast or within the country. Ghana popped up but the kids did not show much excitement.

SINCE Professor Maurice Iwu was ordered by president Goodluck Jonathan to take a walk, the national debate and speculation about who may replace the highly controversial electoral umpire has quickly gathered the force of a whirlwind. A number of names of Nigerians adjudged by various analysts, groups and interests as being qualified to fill Prof. Iwu’s shoes have featured in the public media.

NOW that the dark strongholds of the cabalistic enemies of our country having been pulled down and the avaricious occupants of the corridors of power rendered prostrate, the kleptocrats who hold sway in Nigeria have now found in President Goodluck Jonathan, the veritable and terminal danger to their abominable empire who must be destroyed lest he changes Nigeria for the better for the common people and for the worse for their bloodsucking breed.

HIS coming to power was everything but smooth. The challenges, though contrived, presuppose that his ability to perform in office would be dulled by many years wasted while trying to validate a stolen mandate; or at best circuitous, since the factors that aided the criminal denials are not known to have abated. However, the limiting […]

Economic mismanagement, corruption in the highest places all put together fouled the Nigerian spirit. Nigeria’s independence brought with it promises of everything that a nation of hope could possibly provide for her people. The expectations and hopes that were associated with freedom from many years of colonial rule were quite high.