BY ZAYYAD MUHAMMAD There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathon has kick-started the political manoeuvers to pave his way to contest the 2015 presidential election. Just like the 2011 presidential election, Jonathan’s splitting headache would be northern Nigeria. But this time around with a major difference- the opposition parties would be more united. PDP’s…
Boko Haram: Between Amnesty and Dialogue for the ghost of Terror
BY THEOPHILUSILEVBARE The call by the Sultan of Sokoto and National leader of the Muslim faith, AlhajiSa’ad Abubakar III, to grant total amnesty to the dreaded Boko Haram members was rather outrageous and unfortunate. In what has become a public show of genuflection, prominent Nigerians from the north has since echoed the sentiments of the…
As the Sun Sets in the West
The sun sets in the west and rises in the east. This fact has served as a compass to travelers for a thousand generations. Now has also become a metaphor for the Washington view of international relations. The number one long-term concern in Washington these days is not terrorism, tax cuts, or trade, but something…
Why Nigeria, US don’t share Intelligence:…Says Informants in Nigerian govt
BY DEVLIN BARRETT & MUSA IBRAHIM The shooting clattered on for 30 minutes, residents of this dusty town say, and when it ended, four militants holding a German engineer hostage were dead. So were the engineer, and four innocent bystanders. In vast West Africa, a new front-line region in the battle against al Qaeda, Nigeria…
Gov Yero: Why muzzle and starve the Grassroots?
BY KYAUTA ILIYA IKARA AND MARYAM SULEMAN It is always good and desirable; both for the government and the governed, that a new government or the new man at the helm of affairs starts governance on beautiful note. Such is the expectation of the Kaduna State citizens. The hope; for a lot of people here,…
EFCC: A Waste of Taxpayer’s Money
By Charles Ofoji If you spend, or employ uselessly without adequate return, it is a locus-classic case of profligate squander. Now, if you juxtapose the colossal sum spent on the so-called anti-graft agency, the EFCC since it was conceived and set up by former President Obasanjo`s government, with the results it has achieved in its…
Are Australian Commandos Hunting for Terrorists in Nigeria?
A secret squadron of Australian SAS soldiers has been operating at large in Africa, performing work normally done by spies, in an unannounced and possibly dangerous expansion of Australia’s foreign military engagement. The deployment of the SAS’s 4 Squadron – the existence of which has never been publicly confirmed – has put the special forces…
If Ojukwu is a Hero who is the Villain
By Anthony A Kila Once a person and above all a personality dies it is common practice to treat him or her with kindness and with more compassion and general understanding. After death, hatchets are buried and hitherto foes are seen through less hostile prisms. The case was not different in the case of the…
Restoring The Glory Of Northern Nigeria (3)
Sir Kashim Ibrahim Nigerian statesman and educationist, also a prominent traditional office holder in one of the oldest kingdoms in Africa, Borno. He was born at Yerwa, the old quarter of Maiduguri, became capital of Borno state,Yerwa was and remains the seat of the king or Shehu of Borno.Born into the aristocracy of that famous…
Time to Proclaim our Freedom
By Felista N. Emehelu Fellow Nigerians it is time to proclaim our freedom from political slavery. It is time to fight and declare our liberty from political jugglers who will pay any price to hold the masses captives for their own selfish interests. It seems that when you think that some of these politicians…