Understandably and regrettably, most politicians are not lawyers. As a result, they are not always sure of their political rights. They often rely on opinion leaders and views expressed in …
Nigeria Matters
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President Jonathan Ebere Good Luck is not at the moment great. However, he has every opportunity to write his names with gold. On the surface, he is a lucky man …
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Nigeria needs to re-think the fight against corruption, and a general amnesty programme could offer the needed break with the unproductive, selective justice and vendetta-driven strategies of the past…
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives recently attempted another of its legislative misadventure, when it sought to decree into existence a two party system for the country through a legislative fiat…
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Nigeria’s political system in general is largely driven by one or two or three motives of 5Ps – profit, politics, propaganda, privilege and power. Service to society is only a …
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For those who ever had doubts, Goodluck Jonathan is emerging as just another occupant of the office of president, one with little or no clue that his job is not …
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Much has been written about the domination of the country’s politics by the North but without concomitant attention paid to how this is facilitated by their perception as people who …
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He was perhaps best known for the ‘Udoji Award’ of the mid 1970s, when many public servants received huge salary increases and were also paid lump sums in arrears, following …
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Akunyili, despite the initial overwhelming torrent of cynicisms against her taking up the position of the Federal Government’s chief spokesperson, has rather remained undaunted in her stead to continue to …
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It is simply not enough for the different geo-political zones within the nation to clamour for occupation of high political office, by their representatives, merely on the basis of federal …
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Just after the president died, those who took one cheap shot or the other at him and at his family are the very ones now praising him to heaven and …
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A sustainable democracy will not result in our country until our leaders work to establish the rule of law, uphold the fundamental rights of the citizens and allow democratic institutions …
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It would be an understatement to say that Nigeria currently needs to redeem its image and consequently boost its national profile in the comity of nations…
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Destiny, the factor behind the death of the late president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, is that which also acted itself out in Jonathan’s emergence as the substantive president and the Commander-in-Chief …
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If General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma and members of his advisory committee wants to quit, well, they certainly have the right to do so. Their former vocation and hobbies await them…
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Is it not the Owu commander that pretended that Sharia was not an Issue and fixated political opportunism over national expediency? We pretend now we have one country, making laws …