By Seyi Roberts Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011
The most popular Nigerian slogan these days is “Free, Fair and Credible Elections’’. You hear it everywhere, and read about it in every publication. Honestly, I am becoming tired of hearing or reading about it. The collective Nigerian psyche has now been so fixated on this slogan that people now actually believe that once we have free, fair and credible elections, it will automatically lead to the emergence of good leaders and ultimately result…
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Hardball 30/03/2011 00:00:00
There does not seem to be an end to the gratuitous insult we receive from overseas. We are used to embracing cynical remarks from Western diplomats about our famous incompetence. And we are inured to how contemptuously our citizens are treated at various airports and seaports all over the world on account of our sullied image. Students of history will also recall how we played the laggard, chronologically and ideologically, during the process of…
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Yusufu Aminu Idegu 30/03/2011 00:05:00
In Plateau State, it is the clash of heavyweight and the candidates to watch out for here are: the incumbent senator for Plateau South, John Shagaya. He defected from the PDP and is contesting on the platform of the Labour Party, he has a formidable opponent in the person of General Jeremiah Useni of the DPP.
For Plateau Central many political pundits believe it will be an easy ride for the former PDP governor of the state, Joshua…
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Our Reporter 30/03/2011 00:00:00
He has been a governor. He served as Minister of Commerce. Now he wants to represent the people of Orlu zone in the senate. Chief Achike Udenwa who set the tone for political development of Imo State in the Fourth Republic as governor and leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Orlu zone.
He was handed the party’s ticket to upturn the advantage being enjoyed by the PDP that is fielding…
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Our Reporter 30/03/2011 00:00:00
He has been a governor. He served as Minister of Commerce. Now he wants to represent the people of Orlu zone in the senate. Chief Achike Udenwa who set the tone for political development of Imo State in the Fourth Republic as governor and leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Orlu zone.
He was handed the party’s ticket to upturn the advantage being enjoyed by the PDP that is fielding…
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By MARTINSIXTUS EZEJIMOFOR Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Dora Akunyili
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So many issues are begging for attention as Nigerians get ready to elect their leaders in the 2011 elections. One person whose decision to stand for election has attracted huge positive endorsement is Prof. Dora Akunyili.
Anambra Central Senatorial Zone has today become the envy of other zones…
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By Okechukwu Anarado Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Ngige
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History, from whatever angle it is examined, provides the ingredients that make today better understood and tomorrow discernible. It is this belief that informed T.S. Eliot’s assertion a long time in history that ‘Time present and time past are both perhaps present in the future, and time future (is) contained in time past.’…
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By VICTOR .C. AMADI (Journalist) Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The same goes for religion. Religious fervour has ignited many present-day conflicts. In Northern Ireland, Roman Catholics and Protestants were long pitted against one another. Even in the Balkans, members of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholics and others vie for territory. And the result? Atrocities, carnage and continue ill will, face with the threat of danger and death.
Many attempt to conceal their…
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By Lewis Obi Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The most heart-breaking part of this man’s arrest and detention is the irony that a man so dedicated to anti-corruption is now being victimized by an agency supposedly set up to fight corruption. But let it be with Emeka Ugwuonye.
I was aghast when he took up the defence of General Abubakar in American courts. The general was the last of the dictators in uniform. General Abubakar was the last man who could have saved June 12 but…
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From Zainab Suleiman Okino ( zainabsule@yahoo.com 08033209791(Text only) Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Today I’m dedicating my page to you, dear readers. Kickback is not original to me. It is a term I borrowed from Mr Clem Oluwole, a columnist with Leadership, a senior professional colleague and a former editor of defunct Standard based in Jos. Mr Clem is a humourist, but his antecedents as a sports enthusiast must have greatly informed his choice of “kickback” instead of the…
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By Sina Adedipe (E-mail:adesina_adedipe@yahoo.com )
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
It is unbelievable and playing on the intelligence of Nigerians for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have said last Saturday that the accident of history that threw up President Goodluck Jonathan should be understood. What is there to understand in the two of them messing up the zoning system in Article 7 Subsection 2C of the constitution of their Peoples Democratic Party. Since Obasanjo who is…
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By Femi Adesina (kulikulii@yahoo.com, 08055001928)
Friday, March 25, 2011
The way the political game is playing out, it’s so easy to think and believe that a winner may not emerge outright after the presidential polls on April 9, and a run-off may be required. A large number of people have opined that for the first time, Nigeria will go into second ballot in electing a president. Why? Due to the configuration of registered voters, and the way campaigns are going. Religion,…
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PUBLIC SPHERE By Onuoha Ukeh [onukeh@sunnewsonline.com] Friday, March 25, 2011
It’s two weeks to the presidential election and one can say that the contest has reached a fever pitch. The presidential candidates, made up of serious contenders and pretenders, are figuratively priming their political guns for the final showdown on April 9. And Nigerians are waiting, with bated breath, to exercise their franchise and decide, with their votes, who, among those who have offered themselves…
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By Duro Onabule (duroonabule@gmail.com)
Friday, March 25, 2011
In the history of general elections in Nigeria, both before and after independence, the series of elections starting next week are unprecedented specifically on purpose, expectations and grim consequences if deliberate or even unintended irregularities. Such were the bitter experiences of the past that made Nigerians prepare as never before to assert the sovereignty of their right to choose who (are) to govern them. On the…
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By PRINCE OLIVER OKPAL, A POLITICAL ANALYST Friday, March 25, 2011
It was one of Nigeria’s most prolific and incisive scholars, Professor Chinua Achebe, Who identified poor leadership as the bane of the Nigerian society in his booklet, the trouble with Nigeria. This problem of poor and bad leadership in Nigeria has scarcely been abated.
On the contrary, this country has had the misfortune of being saddled with leaders who have no clear vision of either leadership or their…
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By Clem Idibia Friday, March 25, 2011
Some (people) are born great, others achieved greatness, and yet others have greatness thrust upon them. As it is for humans so it is for institutions and states. Some states like Lagos have all the attributes, they were created great, achieved greatness, and also had greatness thrust upon them. Others like Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom were created great and also had greatness thrust upon them-what with huge revenue allocations for the oil got…
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By MIKE OMEBU Friday, March 25, 2011
Change is inevitable in life. In life, nothing is permanent except change. This cosmic metamorphosis becomes the central dogma for human development both mental and physical. It is a phenomenon that cannot be over-emphasized and differs from individual to individual.
As important as change is, it is not evenly distributed. The by-product of any change is the merits and demerits. Political change begins from citizens registering to vote,…
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By Emeka Okeke Friday, March 25, 2011
With our misplaced values and reward system, there is a continued distortion of nation-building in Nigeria. Contributions to national development are often exaggerated, downgraded or simply not acknowledged because the right parameters for evaluation have not been applied. Take the annual national honours.
Over the years, the managers and guardians of the award have not demonstrated appreciation that it is an honour for distinguished…
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By Robert Obioha, robobioha@yahoo.com Friday, March 25, 2011
When the former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili, left President Goodluck Jonathan's cabinet to take part in partisan politics, it took many people by surprise. The surprise came in different forms. What surprised many most was her change of platform, from the formidable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a lesser but more organized party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance…
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Wale Sokunbi (08056180228 walesokunbi2003@yahoo.co.uk )Wednesday, March 16, 2011
With just 17 days to the beginning of the long-awaited general elections, and 24 days to the presidential poll on April 9, it is expedient that Nigerians begin to seriously consider the candidature of the political aspirants, especially the presidential hopefuls, one of whom will hold the destiny of the nation in his hands and direct the path the nation will tread, for about 140 million of our people to…
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