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September,  2007

In this theatre of the absurd, Aondoakaa stands out.
September 20, 2007
While the theatre of the absurd has begun to witness a resurgence in the newly inaugurated presidency of Musa Yar'Adua, it is amazing that the prominent actors are those who secretly sought the head of this president while he was still the PDP presidential candidate. That was then. This is now. And the self-promoters, the uncouth and the moles planted by the crooked have surreptitiously and stealthily taken over! NigerianNews Editorial

July,  2007

Okonjo-Iweala, Adeniji: Tendering justice with mercy.
July 24, 2007
That Chief Gani Fawehinmi pursues justice with fervor is by now no news to anyone who loves justice tendered with mercy. It is this fervor that brought him to repudiate and prosecute the apparent reinforcement of that part of George Orwell's Animal Farm that redefined its original proclamation of equality among animals.. NigerianNews Editorial

June,  2007

This Lai Mohammed and his vilification of Chief Gani Fawehinmi
June 25, 2007
If we understand Chief Gani Fawehinmi and his thoughts on Peter Obi's Supreme Court judgment correctly, it can be said the Chief was only worried about jurisdiction and its attendant consequential remedy stemming from this judgment. We were rooting for Gov. Peter Obi here at the NigerianNews at the beginning, middle and the end of this saga, but as patriots, NigerianNews was also worried about the remedy for this serious injustice against an innocent man. NigerianNews Editorial | Chief Fawehinmi Press Statement | Related Issue 1 | Related Issue 2

The Terms of the Nigerian Political Offices are scalar and not vector quantities!
June 15, 2007
The Supreme Court by granting Governor Obi of Anambra an extension is expressly stating that the terms of the Nigerian political offices cannot be considered a vector quantity as the value of the office longevity can only be characterized in a scalar term. For those who may want to know, all vector or tensor quantities will retain their values in any assigned frame of reference (either in a covariant or contravariant tensoral transformation). A tensor or vector quantity must have magnitude and direction, because of this, if for example the position of a governor is given a vectoral value of four years, this value will remain same if evaluated in an interstellar space. Of course, like velocity, a vector may be considered not to be an objective vector. NigerianNews Editorial

May,  2007

NBA call for court boycott, hypocrisy and the equal opportunity riggers
May 14, 2007
We highly respect Chief Gani Fawehinmi at the NigerianNews, however, if the lawyers and the Judges were to go on strike on cases that they may have to handle by taking position a priori, what is the point filing election petition either way? Is it not better that other organization but not the officers of the law be the organizers of strike? What happens to the word "sub judice" especially when the officers of the law are the ones violating the principle? NigerianNews Editorial

April,  2007

The slow but certain destruction of the Nigerian Bar Association
It is with sadness we embark on this article. When Mr. Agbakoba asked INEC not to appeal whatever judgment came out of the Federal High Court ruling yesterday, predictably, we knew he was up to his strings of mischief. However, little did he know that a more superior court will be barring his friend Atiku from this election! NigerianNews Editorial

January,  2007

This amazing 2006 Census!
January 11, 2007
We have always told whoever has ears to hear that our Northern compatriots are always all ears! While we gang together helping them to uphold what we think is the right thing to do on the "Third term" and the Obasanjo/Atiku imbroglio, our Northern compatriots are busy addressing the possible repercussion of the 2006 census! Why not, the tactics has worked since Lugard's amalgamation of Southern and Northern Nigeria; it worked during the much to do about nothing "Third Term" The North knew during the so-called "Third term" there was no way in hell this "Third term" would pass, of course, they are better thinkers, so they crave the diversion. NigerianNews Editorial | Related Issue

Again, what a year! Year 2006 was marked with mixed occurrences in our dear country. To some again, it was a totally bad year of presidential rapacity and/or vice presidential obfuscation and lack of honour, and to others it was a mixed bag of both!! We ask again; What is in a year after all if not for the apparent relativity of its contents?. NigerianNews Editorial

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December, 2006

May the unbiazed judge interpret 142(1) and 146(3)(c) of the 1999 constitution?
December 24, 2006
A VP is a product of party selection in a convention where the presidential candidate is ELECTED and not SELECTED. In other words, Yar'Adua and Buhari were ELECTED recently by their various party conventions, and then Yar'Adua SELECTED Goodluck Jonathan, while Buhari SELECTED Ume Ezeoke. Is this a paradox? We don't think so! NigerianNews Editorial | Related Issue

October, 2006

Where is the Emergency?
October 25, 2006
The toothless bulldog, otherwise known as the National Assembly or the impeachable offence enumerator, now has an opportunity to face the job of the nation with malice to No one! When the State of Emergency in Ekiti comes for debate tomorrow, the question to ask the sender is; where is this emergency? Does an elected democrat sack another elected democrat unless on a serious ground? We are afraid our brothers and sisters in the National Assembly will either pass the bucks at the end of this important debate by assigning the blame on someone else or just consign the Ekiti anomaly as one of those impeachable offences which at the last count would be numbered 129 ( or is it 130?) NigerianNews Editorial

The Exit of Agag the Amalekite
October 17, 2006
Did we not hear in the recent days the arrogance of our modern day Agag - King Fayose who boasted No one can impeach me, because God installed me? Has he not now learnt a lesson that you must obey God first, then He can be your God? So long King Agag!! NigerianNews Editorial

September, 2006

Egunje and Nigerian Journalism - a Reply to Peter Taylor's conjecture (Click here for Mr Taylor's letter)
September 15, 2006
To test your egunje theory, it would be nice if EFCC would direct its searchlight on us as well as all the Nigerian media, because you are right, there are some egunje passing hands right now, but you can be sure we are not part of it. NigerianNews Editorial

Obasanjo vs Atiku: Is Chivalry Dead?
September 13, 2006
It may be necessary to explain that we refer here strictly to the 13th century medieval chivalry code of conduct as applicable to Nigeria today. However, before the gullible distorts our non-partisan intention, the chivalry code of conduct we think should be imbibed by Nigerians Knights, Priest, Mullahs and commoners is provided for all just by clicking here for a copy. NigerianNews Editorial

The Moral Equivalence Please?
September 11, 2006
We are about to commence a new conflagration to deflagration phenomenon again in Abuja, a city where people fail to learn any lesson, and where only few of the highly placed residents take the business of governance seriously. NigerianNews Editorial

June, 2006
June 17, 2006
Bakassi and raw justice
VERY SAD! America or any worthwhile government will definitely not allow her people to be parceled off under a new sovereign arrangement because some judges in the Hague decreed it. When United States's interest was threatened during the time of Reagan, Reagan took a temporary exit from the body to protect the interest of America. NigerianNews Editorial

April, 2006
A Hansard and Two Spins
April 21, 2006
On the focus section of the NigerianNews yesterday, we settled down to publishing the ThisDay version of the House of Lord's deliberation on the Third Term. In doing this we weighed the spin contents of both ThisDay and The Guardian, and found The Guardian too far out in spin missing the most salient points. Judge for yourself! NigerianNews Focus

The Booming Business of Third Term.
April 18, 2006
A third term follows two completed terms, and the third term is also a subset of many more possible terms.  So, by this simple reasoning, it is unfortunate those who advocate this Third Term stops at "Third", for, we at the NigerianNews believe in "many terms" where "many" is greater than "third". NigerianNews Editorial

March, 2006
The hands were stained to everyone's horror before asylum.
March 29, 2006
The headlines all over the Newspapers and online news yesterday focused on how some more powerful States may be mad at Nigeria, and Obasanjo in particular on the Taylor saga. Some of the comments bother on speculative journalism tracing Taylor disappearance to Zimbabwe, and even Venezuela, with the Nigerian government connivance. NigerianNews Editorial

January, 2006
Democracy on trial
January 23, 2006
Nigeria is a country blessed with a lot of educated people and she is also a country of chameleon-like practitioners of democracy.
NigerianNews Editorial

Happy New Year and Welcome 2006, a year of new opportunity!
January 01, 2006
What a year! Year 2005 was marked with mixed occurrences in our dear country. To some, it was a totally bad year, and to others it was a mixed bag of both fortunes and misfortunes. What is in a year after all if not for the assumed relativity of it. NigerianNews Editorial

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December 2005
The Charlatans and the Third term
December 26, 2005
We surely like this young man called Ribadu at the NigerianNews. Unfortunately, there are many agents of the beast who do not like him. NigerianNews Editorial

November 2005
Alamieyeseigha made a mockery of British security and defense perimeter!
November 22, 2005
If the exploit of Alamieyeseigha, his escape of the dragnet drawn by the Metropolitan police in London had been enacted in Nigeria on the Nigerian Police dragnet, we would have heard so much from the Western press of the corrupt Nigerian way of life! NigerianNews Editorial

Shame on this Mr Adeleke Ojo
November 08, 2005
The Chairman of Ikeja NBA needs to examine his own conscience in view of what we all know about the case of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. NigerianNews Outrage

September 2005
We like this former Senator !
September 22, 2005
We at the NigerianNews are not the type to hide our feelings for certain Nigerians of which Senator Okunronmu is one. This Senator does not take position based on the personality involved, he stakes the positions some of which are sometimes detrimental to his own well being. This is a trademark of an intellectual, and this is the way we would want all Nigerians to be. NigerianNews Editorial

An Editor's Burden and Dilemma -  An additional feedback
by Madaki O. Ameh
September 27, 2005
Thanks for the publication of my feedback.  The discussion is really quite interesting, and in your reaction, you raised additional issues, which I would like to briefly address NigerianNews Editorial feedback

An Editor's Burden and Dilemma -  A feedback
by Madaki O. Ameh
September 19, 2005
This is the feedback to our editorial of September 14, 2005. Our disagreements with you Mr. Ameh are clear and have to do with the methods used in making observations, and can be likened to two observers in the application of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. Enjoy this piece and give us some further feedback!  NigerianNews Editorial feedback

An Editor's Burden and Dilemma
September 14, 2005
"It is no secret that you are always out protecting Mr Obasanjo on any issue concerning bad governance. As a resident of US well versed with what amount to corruption and bad governance do you think in the clime you are The President would have lasted 6 years in office? Judge it yourself and remain the comfort of US!" NigerianNews Editorial

An open season of trivialization
September 12, 2005
The Guardian story of September 11, 2005 on Muyiwa was first reported by Daily Sun in a very timid way on September 09, 2005. We say timid because the most important caption was left for the inside story and an obscure caption for the cover page. So, we decided to use the Sun's inside caption of:  It’s Stella’s son who bought New York house, not me in the first article of our TOP NEWS of that day. NigerianNews Editorial

The President and the Spare
September 10, 2005
From what we know of Atiku, some swear by God that he is a nice man, and we agree. However, this is not about a nice versus bad man but about the stability of our institution and country. A good Vice President makes the job of his boss easier by constant support of the policy for which they have been elected. When support becomes impossible, and in the interest of the nation, a "nice" Vice President resigns, freeing himself from the "immorality" of his boss. This "nice" Vice President has not done that. NigerianNews Editorial

This Greek Gift
September 03, 2005
In our comments of May 12, 2005, we described the cat that was let out of its cubical enclosure, explaining what Obasanjo unleashed as an unguided missile which can consume all. At that time, we thought some members of the National Assembly and some prominent party stalwarts, by reckless comment might unwittingly prevent us from witnessing the barrage of exposure of wrong doings that is in the offing. Now, our foreboding thought is here realized! NigerianNews Editorial

August 2005
No kidding!
August 27, 2005
Good news if the above report about mad people participating in the census is true. This time, the stigma of having the most mad people in a town, State or Zone will make this count of the mad people an oasis in the desert of census deception and inflation. NigerianNews Editorial

An amazing citizen and surveyor of the Republic of Benin!
August 15, 2005
It is amazing to know that the Director General of National Boundary Commission (NBC), Alhaji Dairu Bobbo has a power to singularly draw a peace treaty based on his boundary survey without the input of the two Heads of State involved. NigerianNews Editorial

Conscience and moral Absolutism versus Minimalism
August 13, 2005
Predictably, knowing us at the NigerianNews, we are emphatically moral and conscience absolutists. If you are not sure of what side to take in the case of Ngige versus Obi, search through your conscience. NigerianNews Editorial

Of Resource Control and Hypocrisy
August 09, 2005
In a desire to build a strong nation, the idea of government taking over a family land when there is a resource discovery on that land smacks of injustice to the land owner and a bonanza of "reaping where you do not sow" by those who insist on sharing the wealth. NigerianNews Editorial

July 2005
Illegal Structures
July 22, 2005
By the time Britain and US  finish with Zimbabwe, they will have no credibility left in terms of the rule of law in London and Washington, and the way they want it Zimbabwe. Take a look at a quote from the article above from the BBC: NigerianNews Editorial

Deep Thought
July 22, 2005
The wading of Prof. Soyinka into the ongoing Zimbabwe saga requires a deep thought. Prof Soyinka has advocated in South Africa, that Mugabe should be sanctioned. NigerianNews Editorial

June 2005
Michael Jackson NOT GUILTY - a case with cultural divides or is it?
June 14, 2005
In about seventy days of trial, if the TV talking heads were to constitute the jury in the Michael Jackson saga, he would be heading towards the jail now. The good news for Michael Jackson was, Nancy Grace and  the other talking heads were not the jury. NigerianNews Editorial

May 2005
Back at this Show of Shame again!
May 12, 2005
The President exposed our dirty linen, so, we are going to impeach him! Isn't this a show of shame by these so-called honorable people? If Nigerians for other reasons allow this kind of rascality, it destroys the momentum of this new spirit of confronting the rogues in our society NigerianNews Editorial

April 2005
From Saint Peter to Benedict XVI
April 24, 2005
Earlier we had written about Gelasius I, who we called then the first and only African Pope. However, that story was as good as the story of the ancient world.
NigerianNews Editorial

One Step Forward and another Two Steps Backward?
April 07, 2005
The President was quoted as querying Ribadu why Tafa Balogun was handcuffed! NigerianNews Editorial

Law of unintended consequences - Zimbabwe
April 02, 2005
The worst enemy of the West anywhere is the West itself. The first of the West's guilt is underestimation of the Third World which leads to total violation of Dale Carnegie rule of how to make friends and influence them. NigerianNews Editorial

Terri Shiavo is dead
April 01, 2005
"For better for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part" This is the way all Christians know it. A new chapter is written in Florida, Terri Schiavo died on Thursday at 9:05 AM EST. NigerianNews Editorial

March 2005
Readers watch out!
March 31, 2005
Readers please read both reports by BBC and Voice of America above. Please let us know how you feel about the methods of reporting by both government sponsored Online News. NigerianNews Editorial

Tragedy as we see it unfolds in Florida
March 27, 2005
Either we like to hear it or not, the whole World is one big Island. A moral turpitude in any part of this big island affects the whole Island. It is with this heavy heart that we write about the Terri Shiavo saga in Florida today, the Easter Sunday.
NigerianNews Editorial

This is sad!
March 24, 2005
What points are you trying to make, honourable members of the house? This is really very sad! If you have done all those you listed as your accomplishments, should that stop anybody from exposing any corrupt member? NigerianNews Editorial

The sheep which finds dog as companion.
March 23, 2005
It has long been held that a sheep in company of a dog will make a feast fest of any fecal products. NigerianNews Editorial

Gowon: Don't Remove Ngige: Oh Really?
March 17, 2005
We believe the Ngige removal should be left NOT to Gowon or the PDP. NigerianNews Editorial

Ignore the blast, Fr Kukah
March 02, 2005
There is no doubt we are in full support of the intention and potential of PRONACO conference over the pre-ordained outcome of the Abuja Dialogue. NigerianNews Editorial

‘Why Enahoro Shunned OBJ’s Invitation’: A
 mistake
February 28, 2005
We hope this is not a mistake by our elderly and talented Chief Enahoro. We feel the Chief and the people associated with PRONACO have so much to offer this conference and Nigeria. NigerianNews Editorial

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