By all calculations, this has been a very difficult year that has tested Nigeria’s fragile unity. On 5 May 2010 Nigeria lost President Umaru Yar’Adua who died after a long battle with ill health. Before that, Yar’Adua’s poor health and his failure to hand over authority to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan exposed a huge hole [...]
The intrigues in the PDP have been a source of entertainment to Nigerians who rightly perceive the party as the main problem with our nation. Many party affiliates have made strenuous attempts to link the fate of PDP with that of Nigeria.
Here is a man who insists that his name is Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and not Central Bank Governor. He did not ruse the flimsy victimisation slogan of most Nigerian politicians.
The framers of the Nigerian Constitution had contemplated such a situation in which Nigeria found itself with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s illness and hence Sections 143-146 of the 1999 Constitution address issues of vacation, indisposition, incapacitation and impeachment with regard to that office. But in applying the law in Nigeria, the main issue has continuously [...]
It may seem odd to ask the question only a day after he was sworn in, but will Guinea’s President Alpha Conde go when the time comes?
Explosions in Nigeria’s central region killed 32 people on Friday, and six people died in attacks on two churches in the northeast of the country, officials said Saturday. On Friday night, a series of bombs were detonated during Christmas Eve celebrations in villages near the central city of Jos, killing at least 32 people, the [...]
The month of November 2009 marked a turning point for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s political career and a wakeup call for all Nigerians with regard to the powers of Presidents as well as constitutional provisions guiding the conduct of Presidents and the relationship between them and their Deputies. Emergent developments further proved to be a major [...]
The problem with agitations for new states is that there is never a limit. The more states you create, the more demands for new states you can expect to receive from various community and interest groups
On June 22, 2010, the Nigerian and South Korean international football teams met at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban in the final group stage match of Group B. So far in the World Cup, Nigeria was a major disappointment, losing 1-0 to Argentina and 2-1 to Greece, and could have only advanced onto the [...]
I solicit the support of vocal Nigerians like you, for the president’s excellent programmes and war against corruption. Soon, Nigeria will be ushered into a glorious era of unimaginable prosperity. We are here to ensure that happens.
