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The old men say, talk with the enemy
Saturday, 31 May 2008 11:56 A GMT+01
Some old men have been in the news about talking to the enemy, they believe it is part of conflict resolution and nothing to do with appeasement.
Would anyone get out of their entreched positions and heed their call?
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Nigeria: The Nigerian Proclamation, my support for the President
Friday, 30 May 2008 12:54 P GMT+01
After the Nigerian Proclamation a year ago, we all assess our views of the first year of President Yar'Adua's tenure and end up with differing opinions.
The President has my support in the things he is trying to do.
Nigeria: Our Culture adopted for criminality
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:22 P GMT+01
Maquerades and Oro are overstaying their welcome menacing people and getting involved in criminality.
The Gambia: They need a sane President
Saturday, 24 May 2008 8:34 P GMT+01
The President of The Gambia is out with another of his stupid pronouncements, last year, it was the cure for AIDS, now he is asking all homosexuals to leave The Gambia or be beheaded.
Nigeria: The powerful taking the law into their hands
Saturday, 24 May 2008 7:40 P GMT+01
A conversation between an aide of a powerful and influential person and a lowly journalist shows how the powerful take the law into their own hands by menacing people and get away with it.
They shall not grow old
Saturday, 24 May 2008 5:45 P GMT+01
11 elderly people are burnt to death by a mob after being accused of practising witchcraft in Kenya - the law should go after the leaders of the mob and make them face charges for murder.
Nigeria: A desire for equality before the law
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 9:23 P GMT+01
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello is remanded in police custody but turns the police station into her little fiefdom.
Along with the respect for the rule of law we need to know that everyone is equal before the law regardless of status and means.
Nigeria: Splitting hairs on Senate funding
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 5:29 P GMT+01
The clear intent of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in his directive to the ministries was to ban the funding of National Assembly activities by organs of the executive.
The Senate should abide by that intention.
Nigeria: Yar'Adua interviewed by the FT
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 4:01 P GMT+01
I review the interview the Financial Times conducted with President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria.
It's Only a Book
Monday, 19 May 2008 9:38 P GMT+01
A religious book only has value when the words in the book are part of a human development process.
A book in an of itself regardless of the words mean nothing and should exercise no power or influence over anyone.
Nigeria: Ministries banned from funding National Assembly
Monday, 19 May 2008 8:06 P GMT+01
There are positive developments emanating from the Ministry of Health embezzlement of funds and inducement to the National Assembly.
Those activities are banned forthwith - a good development for democracy.
Nigeria: Ali denies lobbying for post
Saturday, 17 May 2008 8:13 P GMT+01
Dr. Ahmadu Ali has denied lobbying for the post of Minister for Health - I also explore the influence of ruling party chairmen on the political process in Nigeria.
The Yesterday Telegraph for breakfast
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:10 P GMT+01
I have a gotten a reply from the Daily Telegraph, they would not be ensuring the paper arrives early in Gran Canaria
Nigeria: Paying the dead and billing the living
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 4:53 P GMT+01
Taxpayers money is being used to bury the dead and pay the hospital bills of a paragon of society who is really a menace.
Nigeria: A National Assembly fudge
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 6:26 A GMT+01
Ex-President refused to appear before the House Committee on Power and Steel yesterday, so the committee withdrew its invitation and have arranged alternatives that are worrisome.
Who is an ex-President answerable to?
Nigeria: Ali Must Go - We deserve a whole lot better
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 3:07 A GMT+01
It would appear Dr. Ahmadu Ali is trying to inveigle his way into the position of the Minister of Health, the President should and must resist his machinations with the maximum force he can muster.
We, Nigerians, deserve a lot better that that man.
Nigeria: Leaving the objective for the subjective
Monday, 12 May 2008 12:49 P GMT+01
I highlight a case of where people allow the subjective to obfuscate the objective and in doing so lose sight of the main issue being discussed.
Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas
Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:34 P GMT+01
My guest comment about Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas
Category: Commentary
Cyclone Nargis: The death knell of the military junta
Saturday, 10 May 2008 12:18 P GMT+01
The attitude of the military junta in Burma to the major disaster caused by cyclone Nargis might well be the death knell of that regime regardless of the referendum on democracy they are holding today.
Nigeria: The Senate Health Bill is rejected
Saturday, 10 May 2008 8:37 A GMT+01
We probably have the most distinguished set of senators ever selected to oversee the issues of health in Nigeria and they failed to present a bill fit for purpose to the Senate.
Nigeria: WAEC Exam leaks are unacceptable
Thursday, 8 May 2008 7:50 P GMT+01
News of two examination leaks in a week are not just worrisome, they challenge the credibility of the examining body and could destroy career futures for student.
Save the children - From their parents?
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 8:23 P GMT+01
Children seem to be getting a raw deal from their parents if the news stories we have heard recently are anything to go by.
Do we now have to save the children from their parents?
I was asleep, I saw nothing
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 7:51 P GMT+01
I have never witnessed accidents I have been in because, I am usually asleep when it happens,
The underbelly of living in Gran Canaria
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 1:29 P GMT+01
The tourist may never realise that residents at their holiday resort towns are not on holiday.
They meet challenges and have to make choices sometimes more difficult than ones we encounter at home.
The sun is not all heat, it could be hell too.
Category: Commentary
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