August,
2008
Total Collapse of Health System: A time bomb waiting to go off.
by Charles Oguntade
August 20, 2008
Every time I think about the health system in Nigeria and compare it
with what operates in other parts of the world, my heart bleeds. Over the
years, I have thought over why our situation is so different but I am
unable to find any good reason, sometimes you will even want to think may
be it’s a kind of a curse or perhaps is just our way of life. Even
countries that are less privileged in both human and material resources
are able to get it right to some extent.
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July,
2008
GOV.ROTIMI AMAECHI:IN THE DESERT OF GOOD
GOVERNANCE
by Chiso Obiandu
July 18, 2008
When I learnt that Gov. Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(TRC) chaired by the retired revered Justice Kayode Eso, I feigned
indifference of the highest order. Though I keenly followed the events
as they unfolded at the then Justice Chukwudifu Oputa panel- which
bears characteristics akin to this, I also knew that setting up of the
Commission was an effort geared towards bringing peace to the long
troubled and scary state, I could not put things into perspective and
appreciate that no matter what happens- whether the Commission will
find the ‘Truth’ and bring the ‘Peace’ or not, a lot will be exposed
none the less.
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June,
2008
What a crab?
by Sesan Bello
What an impractical way to tackle a problem when a problem isn’t
identified as a problem? This is a direct response to government’s
remarks about the hunger facing us in Nigeria. While the relatively
more comfortable and wealthier nations astutely square up with the
present global food crisis by officially acknowledging it; adopting
strategic plans to mitigate its unpleasant effects on its people, poor
and disadvantaged Nigeria is still denying it, with ministers and
officials claiming there is no food shortage; that what we have in
Nigeria is mere increase in prices. This is totally ridiculous.
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Suit: Gani Fawehinmi v. President of Nigeria
and Ors.
by
Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
June 10, 2008
A DECLARATION that the appointment of Chief (Mrs) Farida Waziri
as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by the 1st
defendant, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in May, 2008 is
illegal, null and void and of no effect whatsoever as the Office of
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was not vacant in
that at the time of the appointment, the incumbent Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has not been
removed from office by the 1st defendant, the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as he is required so to do by
Section 3(2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Act No. 1 of 2004.
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Open Letter to the President of the Senate
by
Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
June 01, 2008
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua, has referred the name of Chief (Mrs) Farida Waziri to the
Senate for confirmation as the Chairman of Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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May,
2008
MORMON CHURCH KEEPING ITS RACIST PAST SECRET
FROM AFRICAN MORMONS
by
Darrick T. Evenson
May 15, 2008
Today there are about 200,000 Mormons in the countries of Ghana and
Nigeria. All but perhaps 2,000 of them are natives of those countries.
The rest are mostly white missionaries. You can recognize them because
they dress in suits, often ride bikes, and white shirts and dark ties
with black name-tags saying "Elder" or "Sister" and "The Church of
JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints". These are Mormon missionaries. I
was one myself many years ago.
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March,
2008
MY DREAMS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR
WORLD
by
Ogungbade Oyeyemi
March 31, 2008
A journey of thousand miles will begin with a single step. Life is an
empty dream. Dream is something having great beauty or charm. Dream
means a vision of fantasy. It means a picture existing only in the
mind. A focused man should, will and must definitely have a dream. The
dream must not be an ordinary one, but for the future.
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The 'wasted generation' syndrome
by Sesan Bello
March 08, 2008
A mere weepy-mushy statement, some will say,
but the truth, it is. A very bitter pill to shove down the throat,
by those concerned and of course, one that takes only the fearless
to swallow. This is how I view Danjuma’s recent proclamation that
the generation to which he belongs had failed and ‘should quit the
stage for the younger generation.’
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Can Good Governance Bestow Legitimacy on Yar’Adua’s Government?
by Onye Nnodim
March 01, 2008
On Tuesday the 26th
of February 2008, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in
Nigeria ruled in favor of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. It upheld
the results of the 2007 presidential election in Nigeria, which
brought Yar’Adua to power. The election was widely criticized by
the European Union and international observers as fundamentally
flawed in various respects. Today, the international observers are
gone and the European Union is comfortably silent.
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February,
2008
Five Years of No Pensions
to Retired Teachers
by Onye Nnodim
February 22, 2008
This is not one of my academic scribbles, but rather a lamentation
about the state of retired school teachers in Imo state and
perhaps, in other parts of Nigeria. It’s a matter that requires
immediate attention, what the late Martin Luther King categorized
as the “urgency of now”. I will be brief.
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MEND asks President Bush
to Mediate Dispute
by
Scott A Morgan
February 22, 2008
The Current President of the United States is a Lame Duck. This
is a term that means He will be taking actions that will shore up
his Legacy. Or even take steps that will change how both the World
at Large and the Citizens of the United States view how he lead
the last 8 years.
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January,
2008
CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA- THE LEADING
ORGANIZATION
by
Ochy Orji
January 10, 2008
The fight for corruption is on the lips of every person in
Nigeria – including the corrupt and the honest. Some in fighting
the menace are even clamouring that the corrupt governors should
be allowed to answer their charges from the comfort of their homes and
have adequate time to intermediate and eliminate known witnesses.
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This bell tolls for all of us
by Patience Akpan-Obong
January 08, 2008
A chief in one of the villages in Abak, Akwa
Ibom State, was murdered by hired gunmen on Nov. 28, 2007. His
name was Chief Timothy Titus Akpan, aged 63. He was my father.
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November, 2007
A Surpise Attack in
Cameroon: New Crisis to emerge?
by
Scott A Morgan
November 21, 2007
The news over this past weekend that 21 Members
of the Cameroonian Military were killed in an Ambush in the
controversial Bakassi region did nothing more but to highlight the
ever increasing tensions in the region. Initial Reports indicated
that the Nigerian Military may have been involved due to the
proximity to the border of the attack. But the Attack was carried
out by a group known as the "Liberators of the Southern Cameroon
People."
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THIS ADEDIBU MUST NOT DIE
by
Odunayo Kila
November 11, 2007
Nigeria in the immediate past decades has contended with various
Adedibu-manifestations. Thuggish-Adedibu, anarchic-Adedibu,
political buffoonery-Adedibu, and such others have been the
presentations of the persona.
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KEBBI Election: Tribunal Went Beyond Its Mandate?
by Sani Onyedikachi Obi
November
06, 2007
If the title of my
piece is perceived as inappropriate or most uncharitable in
certain quarters, then I must begin by tendering my most sincere
regrets as it is certainly not aimed at casting aspersion on the
competencies, integrity or judicial discretion of the learned
counsels or distinguished members of the Kebbi State election
Tribunal. I must also confess my utter ‘unlearnedness’ in
comparison to the eminent jurists who delivered the rather
incredible ruling of 20th October, 2007 that annuled the April
2007 Kebbi State Gubernatorial elections.
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AMAECHI’S CONTROVERSIAL ADOPTION OF
MR. TELE IKURU AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE
by
Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
November
01, 2007
Another controversy has been thrown up by the decision of the
Supreme Court on Thursday, 25th October, 2007 declaring Rotimi
Amaechi as the Governor of Rivers State.
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October, 2007
WHY I DISAGREE WITH THE ORDER MADE BY THE
SUPREME COURT IN AMAECHI V. OMEHIA ON THURSDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 2007
by
Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
October 29, 2007
The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday, 25th October, 2007 that
Rotimi Amaechi should be sworn in as governor of Rivers State
after the Court had voided the Governorship election of Celestine
Omehia which took place on 14th April, 2007 on the ground that
Rotimi Amaechi was wrongly excluded as the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party after he had won the primary of that
party, and that Celestine Omehia was wrongly substituted by the
Peoples Democratic Party as the candidate of that party in the
Governorship Election of Rivers State.
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THE MURDER OF DELE GIWA, 21 YEARS AFTER: THE
URGENT NEED TO RE-OPEN INVESTIGATION
by
Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
October 20, 2007
Twenty-one (21) years ago, on Sunday 19th October, 1986, Dele Giwa, a
foremost Nigerian journalist was assassinated by a parcel bomb at his
residence at No. 25, Talabi Street, Off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos. He was the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer of the
Newswatch Magazine. Those responsible for his assassination have not
been brought to book. They are still in the country with blood on
their hands.
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