Jonathan’s zoning doublespeak Thursday, 07 October 2010 01:00 President Goodluck Jonathan did not contest to be a state governor, yet he became the governor of Bayelsa state. He did not contest to be president of Nigeria and yet he became one. This has led some people to conclude that there is something prophetic in his name - Goodluck. Unfortunately, his assuming high office by a stroke of luck has denied him the opportunity to expose his credentials and the ideals he stands for. If anything positive can be derived from his recent decision to join the presidential race, this is it - we now know him better. |
Nigeria at 50 – Confusion, tears, sorrow and blood Thursday, 07 October 2010 01:00 By Dr Olusegun Fakoya While the nation was still enthralled by the gory details of security inertia and paralysis occasioned by the state of lawlessness in Abia state, Nigerians were again woken to another rude shock. Jubilee Award: Why did President Jonathan exclude General Murtala Ramat Mohammed? (III) Thursday, 07 October 2010 01:00 By Dr. Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe The dominant role of Nigeria in supporting the liberation of the oppressed people of Southern Africa from White racist regime made Nigeria a spoke person on major decisions that affect the region. From this view, and from the experience with the Liberation Struggle in Angola, Liberation Movements in both Zimbabwe and South Africa were advised to combine forces against the common enemy instead of dissipating their energies. Nigeria is 96 years old Thursday, 07 October 2010 01:00 On October 1, 2010, many Nigerians gathered in open places across the country to rejoice, revel, discuss, praise, review and conduct themselves in different ways for the purpose of two things: MDGs: Not too positive an outlook Wednesday, 06 October 2010 01:05 About three weeks ago, precisely on Monday, September 20, more than 140 world leaders converged on the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York, United States, for a three-day summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). | Ending Olusola Saraki’s grip on Kwara: Rhetorics apart Wednesday, 06 October 2010 00:51 By Suraj Oyewale Since news filtered into the Nigeria’s political space that the undisputable czar of Kwara politics, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, had endorsed his daughter, Rukayyat Gbemisola, a serving Senator, to take over from his son, Jubilee Awards: Why did President Jonathan exclude General Murtala Ramat Mohammed?(II) Wednesday, 06 October 2010 00:51 By Dr. Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe What made Nigeria took a clear stand in favour of the MPLA on the issue of Angolan independence was the intervention of South Africa in the Angolan civil war on the side of FNLA-UNITA group. 2011: President Jonathan and the zoning debate Wednesday, 06 October 2010 00:51 President Goodluck Jonathan is a very courageous man. In fact, one can say quite correctly that he is audacious. The audacity he has carefully and measurably displayed in recent times belies the quiet, gentle and unassuming mien he has shown the Nigerian public since he came into limelight as deputy to late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Nigeria at 50: Primitivism or civilisation? (II) Wednesday, 06 October 2010 00:51 By Aliyu U. Tilde I am not the first author to employ the civilisation theory – which essentially is a cultural theme – to explain our decay. One Nigerian scholar, Malam Ibraheem Suleiman of the Institute of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, has eloquently expressed it in the 1980s. |
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