Presidential monologue – Part 26
Good morning, Mr President. This piece continues the sketch of the actors in the pro-democracy struggle in Nigeria that began in the last instalment. Do note that the CD had an interim
Suggestions
Okezie Ikpeazu misreads events
SIR: We know that Okezie Ikpeazu, the PDP gubernatorial candidate, wants to become the Governor of Abia State and we wish him all well but not through lying.
Air quality in Lagos
LAGOS being the commercial and industrial nerve-centre of Nigeria, with a population in excess of 20 million, a vehicular traffic unmatched on the African continent, it is common knowledge that the air
The Igbos and their unifying factors (1)
NEARLY 50 years ago, it is said, that people in Enugu, Nsukka, Ngwo, and Abakalike had little clothes to cover themselves. In 1947, the District Officer prohibited nude people coming to the
There’s life after election defeat
That of August 11, 1979 was worse. On August 15, 1979 the returning officer in the Presidential election, Chief Fredrick Louis Menkiti announced the results of the Presidential election. In the results,
Rebuilding Chibok school and liberating the girls
AMIDST declining expectation that the abducted school girls of Chibok would be found, the visit to the Chibok community the other day by the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the
Osun’s position on dwindling states’ revenue
SIR: The observations by Tunji Omofoye in the Sunday edition of The Guardian of March 22, overlook, perhaps because of the constraint of space, certain critical issues relating to the fiscal climate
Agbaje, Yoruba support and Lagos elections
IN a recent media interview, a factional leader of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, said that only a few Yoruba are supporting the APC and that the major Yoruba groups
When this battle is over
Many Nigerians are wondering what the future has on the table for the nation when the physical battle is over. I like the expression of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah: “When the guns
Tasks before the new government
There are good reasons why the international spotlight is firmly fixed on Nigeria during this critical period and why we have come together to support an open and credible electoral process. Nigeria
Why we nearly lost to insurgency
Recall that after the initial skirmishes with the Nigerian State, the insurgents had left Maiduguri to set up base in Sambisa Forest. It was from there that they launched raids on surrounding