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NIGERIA, A NATION CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF CIRCUMSTANCES
- Professor Dr. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
For weeks now, the Nigerian media has been agog with vexatious outburst by some of those, who brought Nigeria to where we are. Also, political malcontents of all hues and colours have made insipid statements about the state of the nation they ran aground. There are political opportunists, who wish to be heard. There are Senators and other political office holders, whose days are numbered. There are genuine nationalists, who fear that the drift is accelerating. There are all sorts of opinion as to how to overcome the constitutional crisis we are saddled with.
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ANAMBRA SOLUDO IS YOUR IJELE
-Law Mefor.
In the Igbo culture world masquerades play very significant roles and each has a social value it represents, Ijele being the ultimate for denoting stateliness and elegance. Though its importance has diminished since the advent of Christianity and modernity, what masquerades once beautifully taught can still be easily evoked with nostalgia to convey an equally important message such as the needed change in Anambra. And that is what Ikechukwu tried – rather successfully – to do with the Anambra state election and its people’s search for an ideal leader to help out in ushering in a new lease of life for the inundated state..
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Preparing Nigeria for disintegration
- Kali Gwegwe
The unusual long absence of President Musa Yar’Adua from office owing to his ill health has revealed how shallow the socio-political foundation of Nigeria lies. It has also abruptly unmasked the real enemies of the Nigerian nation. The actions and inactions of these anti-democratic elements have clearly turned Nigeria into a baobab tree standing on the edge of an erosion prone river. Read Full Article
NOTORIETY OF ASSASSINS
- ONIKE RAHAMAN
The recent assassination of Otunba Dipo Dina, the Action Congress (AC) Ogun State standard bearer in the 2007 gubernatorial election has once again brought to the fore the bloodletting in the country’s politics. The last count according to media reports is the 53rd of such dastardly act in the annals of the nation. It is somehow difficult to decipher the real motive for the various reported cases of assassinations in Nigeria .
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Lagos Okada Riders and Death Wish
- Uche Nworah.
One of the challenges of living in a mega city such as Lagos is the pain and suffering Lagosians endure as they move from one location to another in a city choked with human and vehicular traffic. For a new comer to Lagos, (‘JJC’ in popular parlance), ability to jump on and off a moving ‘molue’, ‘danfo’ or other mass transit buses is one of the most important survival skills. Also ranking in equal importance are blessings and favour from the gods, of the good fortune of surviving a ride on a Lagos commercial motorcycle, popularly known as okada. .
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A NATION IN CONSTITUTIONAL ROW
-Onike Rahaman
The insistence of Federal Executive Council last week that President Umaru Yar’Adua is medically fit despite all the agitations has raised constitutional questions. This is the second time that the council would take a stand that the ailing president is not incapacitated. Contrarily, the senate passed the resolution that yar’Adua should properly hand over to the vice president Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President. Obviously, the senate and the council could not agreed on the medical fitness of the president thereby posing challenges to the nation’s constitutional democracy.
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Of Leaders and Self-Interest
-ISAAC ASABOR.
The truth is that all members of the federal executive council have no iota of love for Nigeria. If they have why did they “certify” President Yar’ Adua fit to govern Nigeria, even when the reality on ground shows that the President has been hospitalized since November 23, 2009. Commonsense tells me that majority of the FEC members know it may not be well when a new president takes over power.
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Rebranding Nigeria — Starting With Nigerians (Final Parts)
- Franklin Otorofani, Esq.
Barely a week after the publication of the first part of these series, the world suddenly came crashing down on our heads, literarily, and we’re forced to try to make some meaning from it all. That task has however not been made easy by the ensuing chaos that has engulfed us all either physically or mentally. One did not have to be physically present at the several theaters of events to feel their impacts. You didn’t need to be in Nigeria to feel the impact of President Yar’Adua’s absence. You didn’t need to be on the same flight with Abdul Mutallab to feel the impact of his alleged terrorist act and certainly didn’t need to be at the airport headed for the United States and be subjected to profiling and grueling pants-down searches, and body scanners to feel the impact of the placement of Nigerians on the terrorist watch list.
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