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.

The President’s Health And Nigeria – The Truth Of The Matter Or The Matter Of Truth  
December 8, 2009 | 6 Comments
But let us now consider the phrase “Being economical with the truth”: The meaning is “Conveying an untrue version of events by leaving out the important facts. It is a euphemism for lying, in short. More literally, it describes a careful use of facts so as not to reveal too much information. This is a trademark of politicians all over the world and is not unique to Nigerians; the only problem being that in Nigeria, it assumes very dangerous, disastrous and lethal proportions and consequences.

Ezekwesili's Reforms Suffer Setback At Education Ministry - Guardian  
September 8, 2007 | 4 Comments
To keen watchers in the education sector, some changes had been anticipated in the Federal Ministry of Education. But only few people, perhaps, expected the magnitude of the changes that took place in the last one week. It went like this: Thursday, August 30, key appointments were made.

FCT Probe - El-Rufai Demolishes Allegations  
May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments
At last, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir el-Rufai had his day before the Senate Committee on FCT and Housing probing the sale of Federal Government houses and other related matters. Clad in a French suit, el-Rufai, who arrived at the National Assembly Complex at 1.15 p.m., took his seat before the Committee at 1.50 p.m. and was engaged by the Committee for the next four hours.

And If The Tribunal Sacks The President? - Sonala Olumhense  
February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments
Soon, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will announce its verdict on the election to the presidency last year of Umaru Yar’Adua. If justice is to be served, the court will void that election and call for another. Unless the court is going by different considerations other than the law and the facts, annulling the April 2007 election is a foregone conclusion. Many of us call Yar’Adua the president because he was constitutionally sworn in on May 29, 2007, not because he won...

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

How Obasanjo, Ribadu Dealt With Me, My Pains, My Regrets, By Alamieyeseigha  
July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
You needed to have seen Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of Bayelsa State. In this very first tell-all interview with Sunday Vanguard, Alamieyeseigha discloses some disturbing truths about former President Olusegun Obasanjo and what actually led to his travails. Sober but not condescending, Alamieyeseigha admitted that mistakes may have been made but that they were made on the platform of expediency.

Obasanjo's 15 Secret Accounts - By Tobs Agbaegbu (Newswatch)  
January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments
This is the untold story of how they were opened, the names they were called and how much was left in them as balances. But for the controversial '16 hidden accounts' recently discovered by the National Assembly and into which billions of Naira were lodged by the executive, the 2008 budget would have been passed by now. The discovery has stalled further deliberation on the budget by the lawmakers. The result is that the nation now gropes in the dark with regards to the fiscal direction...

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...

LAGOS 2007: Neither Koro Nor Fashola  
April 1, 2007 | 2 Comments
On 29th May 2007, when the Chief Judge of Lagos state mounts the podium to administer the oath of office to the duly elected Governor of Lagos, it would not come as a surprise that neither the lackey of out-going Governor Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, nor the PDP flagbearer, Musiliu Obanikoro, would step up to take that oath. Most Lagosians have their eyes on Femi Pedro. Lekan Sanni reports...