Epilogue To Jonathan Years: Voting Is The Best RevMonday, April 6, 2015
Seventeen years ago, it was a huge relief to Nigerians when the man died. Sanni Abacha Nigeria's de facto President from 1993-1998 was forcibly ejected by death from the presidency. Whether you were alive then or not, the images of those cruel days and crushing of lives by Abacha are tattooed in ...
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Prelate Samuel Chukwuemeka Uche: A Prelate For HireSunday, January 25, 2015
The robust defense of President Jonathan's inept and corrupt administration by the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Rev. Samuel Chukwuemeka Uche reminds me of mourners for hire. Women who mourn at funerals refers to women who were paid to attend funerals and cry out loud. The practice o ... |
Nigerians : Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?Sunday, January 25, 2015
During the American Presidential Debate in 1980 with the incumbent President Jimmy Carter, President Ronald Reagan pointedly ask Americans: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Ever since, the now famous quote features prominently every four years in the American political dialog ... |
160 MILLION DUMB NIGERIANSWednesday, July 3, 2013
Despite its very evident prosperity, many people in Nigeria are in excruciating pain. That distress is most visible to the poor majority while the ruling elites do not see it or pretend not to see it. The broken covenant the social contract between the government and the governed illu ... |