Rescuing Nigeria From The Maggot Syndrome - Sola Adeyeye  
August 5, 2008 | 10 Comments
The celebration of the 10th anniversary of Nigerian independence in 1970 took place in an atmosphere of a euphoria induced by the cessation of the civil war and the beginning oil boom. The Sunday Times, by far the most popular Nigerian newspaper at the time, had asked its readers to summarize Nigeria’s post-independence history in three sentences.

Anxiety In Abuja Over Fresh Presidential Poll; PDP Jittery As Tribunal Nullifies Assembly Poll In Anambra  
January 20, 2008 | 5 Comments
Although the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has not concluded its work, it was not clear at the weekend why there has been some inscrutable anxiety over the possible outcome of the petition of some opposition parties.

Kenya Violence - A Video And Some Pictures  
December 31, 2007 | 4 Comments
More than 100 people have been killed during violent overnight clashes in Kenya after the ruling president, Mwai Kibaki, declared himself victorious in disputed elections and was sworn back into office almost immediately.

April Polls: How Intelligence Report Jolted FG - The Independent  
August 5, 2007 | 3 Comments
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is ready to release what a source has described as a damning report on the conduct of the 2007 general election. The report when released may address all issues raised in an intelligence document now at the disposal of the government, which indicted former President Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, and the INEC chairman, Maurice Iwu, over the conduct of the April polls

Ribadu: Restoration Of Order, Not Demotion  
August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments
I do not pretend to be in a position to adjudge Ribadu’s level of competence as a police officer. I hear he is a good officer, like many of the 139 others affected by the recent order. But being good just shows that you are qualified for the job you are doing; it doesn’t mean that you have become a superman, he for whom all rules must be bent. The beauty of the exercise is that it was a WAZOBIA affair. The officers affected come from all the zones of the country.

Fixing Nigeria`s Divisive Poll - Vincent Obia  
May 13, 2007 | 2 Comments
Nigeria has only one instance of judicial overturn of a governorship poll, and no experience of cancellation of a presidential election.....Generally, Nigeria has a limited experience of general elections results overturned on account of election petitions. ....For the tribunal members, who are living witnesses to the tension all around, many believe, relapsing to extra-judicial pursuits is not an easy option. Bungling the new-found public confidence in the judiciary...

Supreme Court Judgement - Summaries Of Justices' Arguments For And Against Yar'Adua, Buhari, Atiku  
December 13, 2008 | 1 Comments

Sleepless And Speechless In Abuja And Other Cities  
November 29, 2008 | 1 Comments
What we see is a vagrant display of stolen wealth, outright oppression, arrogance of power, unchecked political, governmental and moral corruption, neglect of fellow Nigerians and all the vices that have virtually destroyed our nation, and turned the majority of Nigerians into paupers and/or crooks.

Obama And The Nigerian Dream  
November 12, 2008 | 1 Comments
Most Nigerians, deep down in their hearts, are clamouring for a Nigerian Obama: a man of ideas with a pleasant personality who will fizzle with brilliance and dazzle with his eloquence. Nigerians hunger for a man whose campaign will be transparent and based on issues all the way and the outcome of whose election will truly reflect the wishes of the people.

AC Not Different From PDP — Ayo Adebanjo  
April 17, 2008 | 1 Comments
Ayo Adebanjo had just finished his secondary education at CMS Grammar School when he tested the fire in his own belly. The flame was stoked by his avid reading of The West African Pilot, published by the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Adebanjo was then working at the Births and Deaths Department of the Medical Headquarters (now Ministry of Health) on Broad Street, Lagos.