The Pentecostals and the 'Daddy' Syndrome

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Monday, 07 March 2011 01:35; Written by Olu Ojedokun, PhD

Speaking Truth to Power: The Pentecostals and the 'Daddy' Syndrome - Olu Ojedokun, PhD.-

The narrative of the many UK based ‘African Majority’ Pentecostal Churches today is the clinging to the fantasy that the ‘Men/Women of God’ who serve them are perfect. That they can do no wrong, have no weaknesses and live and embody perfect lives. It is suggested that it is this fantasy

Amaechi: My Own House Rent!

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 06 March 2011 17:25; Written by Odimegwu Onwumere

It was commendable to note that the ebullient Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State had on 4th March 2011, in Obio/Akpor, directed the state Accountant-General to use his February salary to pay the tenement rate of the campaign office said was owned by the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Dr. Abiye Sekibo. Amaechi’s perceived pity for this gesture was to allow the Sekibo to have a ground and

The Lure of Protest Politics

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 06 March 2011 11:53; Written by Jideofor Adibe

Why do candidates who know they have absolutely no chance of winning an election insist on contesting? Why do some repeatedly choose to punch above their natural political weight? Chris Okotie, who became a music icon while a law student in the 1980s before he discovered Christ and abandoned secular music to become a pastor, will contest for the presidency in the April 2011 polls under the banner of Fresh Democratic Party. It

Political Profile of Irrational Voters

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Saturday, 05 March 2011 16:39; Written by Anthony A. Kila

There are roughly two categories of people involved in any electoral process. In the first category we have the very few that actively seek office and each one works to get as much vote as he or she can get; these are the candidates. By the way, the word candidate comes from candidātus (in Latin dressed in white) because in ancient Rome, those seeking office were dressed in white togas. The second category is made of the very many

Sentenced in God’s Name: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s Witch Children

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Friday, 04 March 2011 10:08; Written by Chido Onumah

It is almost twenty-two years since the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This human rights treaty gives all children (under 18 years) a comprehensive set of economic, social, cultural and civil and political rights. It embraces and legitimizes the needs of children and provides a basis for their well-being. Although this Convention is relatively new, (November 20, 1989) it is the most widely and most rapidly adopted human rights convention in history (ratified by all governments except the richest, the United States of America and one of the

Why the Federal Government Must Insure National Youth Service Corps Members

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Friday, 04 March 2011 10:04; Written by Iliya Yame Kwache

Sometimes in April 2010, I want to the Michika Local Government Area secretariat to sort out some paper work about my house. During the course of that my visit I saw a group of Youth Corps Members about 12 of them or there about. Out of curiosity I greeted them in the Kamwe Language by saying “Samewaa” and to my surprise they all chorused back to me “Yewaa”. Again their answer encouraged me to go a step further and I still asked

Igbos In America Hold Protest At Nigerian Embassy Dc

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Thursday, 03 March 2011 21:20; Written by Rev. Fr. Ahamefula Nnorom

In commemoration of the assassination of Major General J. T. U Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria's first and only Igbo executive Head of State; the massacre of most of all the Igbo/Eastern officer's of Nigeria Armed Forces Personnel and the subsequent pogrom which culminated in the genocidal extermination of more than 50,000 defenseless Igbo civilians in all hamlets, villages, towns and cities in Northern Nigeria by Hausa‑Fulani Islamic feudalists and their

Why decolonization and Independence don't work where Self Determination would

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Thursday, 03 March 2011 20:06; Written by Oguchi Nkwocha, MD.

It is fact, if not on record, that neither decolonization nor Independence worked for African countries. The effects of such failure are still evident

today, exemplified by the current stunning revolution sweeping through former colonies long ago "decolonized" and "Independent" in Northern Africa (while the rest are a ticking time bomb); and by the relative backwardness of Africa in general, even though it sits on enviable and stupendous

A Great Plea for Ribadu: the Story of a Nigerian Anti-Graft Czar

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 20:00; Written by Adeleke Adeeko

A Great Plea for Ribadu: Wale Adebanwi’s A Paradise for Maggots: the Story of a Nigerian Anti-Graft Czar

Although this tome is about Nuhu Ribadu, the founding chairman and nurturer of one of the world’s most famous anti-graft agencies, the EFCC, and current presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the biographical subject happens not to be the protagonist of the narrative.

EFCC Vs Emeka Ugwuonye: Is There a case to Answer?

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 19:49; Written by George Emeka Omoko, Esq.

"If Mr. Ugwuonye "wrongly withheld" money from sale of Nigerian properties in the US, what is the business of EFCC in that dispute? Why didn't the Nigerian government file a claim against Mr. Ugwuonye to collect our money in the US? Is it because in Nigeria, "who know man" will best serve as duress to achive what otherwise cannot be legally obtained in civilized countries? How is it that HE, Prof. Adefuye, a Yoruba, is expending personal energy in this matter, is that there are no pressing matters of state affairs to be dealt with?"

Presidential poll: Posers for Ribadu

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Tuesday, 01 March 2011 23:43; Written by SIYAN ADEOLA

Politics as usual makes strange bedfellows. The Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), has at least demonstrated its lack of depth by fielding Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as its presidential candidate. Few people would have imagined they would ever see the day when Ribadu and Czar of ACN would ever walk the same side of the political divide. But desperate and drowning

2011: Why I am in the Race - Goodluck Jonathan

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 23:48; Written by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

As I go about Nigeria campaigning, I am telling Nigerians my detailed plans for Nigeria. However, today I want to talk to you about the core of why I am in public service. Public office to me is not a means to adding value to the holder of the office. Public office is the vehicle through which social harmony, happiness and inspirational communal existence is promoted and enhanced. I personally do not believe that you become a 'big man' by

Allegations Of Gross Misconducts: Why The CJN & The PCA Must Not Be Allowed To Go Scot-free If Involved

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 21:22; Written by Emeka Umeagbalasi

On Thursday, 24th of February, 2011, the Leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law wrote the deputy chairman of the NJC, who is the next most senior serving Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in accordance with Paragraph 20(b) of Part One of the Third Schedule to the Constitution of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, which provides for the office of the deputy chairman of the NJC, possibly to ensure that

"An Open Letter To Bianca Onoh Ojukwu"

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 20:51; Written by Ijeoma M Njoku

Ukwu jie agu, mgbada a bia ya ugwo; Ufufe fee, a hu ike okuko

I hope this letter meets you and your beautiful family in good health. Yes, I know that the patriarch of your family is right now battling for his life. And I pray that the good Lord grant him the strength to overcome this difficult time. I will use the above quoted Igbo proverbs to address my missive to you. “Ukwu jie agu, mgbada a bia ya ugwo” as you probably know, means that when a tiger is demobilized, the antelope becomes his

Politicians And Their Pseudo Promises

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 14:46; Written by Ovusike Ogbara

Every four years, Nigerians meet to select new leaders who will help in librating them from shackles. Be that as it may, pseudo promises are not left out by politicians at this point in time. It is a time when politicians always teem with false plans, frauds and insincerity for the betterment of the people have become

Self Determination: New US Africa Foreign Policy basis: "hiding in plain sight"?

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:52; Written by Oguchi Nkwocha, MD.

After studying President Obama's New York Times Op Ed of January 8 2011, regarding the South Sudan / Sudan process before the Referendum was even conducted, one came away with the impression that the US had hit on a new foreign policy "formula" for Africa: Self Determination. The credibility of such a new direction for the US was obvious not just in what President Obama wrote therein (".The historic vote is an exercise in self-

The nomination of the Deputy Governor, Imo State by Gov. Ohakim

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:49; Written by Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy (Nd.) Oparaoji

I am neither a politician nor a public person, but wanted to use this medium to give credit to the Imo State Governor and the Imo state people, for nominating Professor Adaku Onwuliri, my sister- in-law. This could be your best decision yet! I have been following all the articles written in the media acclaiming this nomination, and kept thinking that most of the accolades that have been in these articles have been centered on just the academics

A Catalog Of Nigeria’s Islamic/Ethnic Terrorism: Biafra’s Case For Independence

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:45; Written by Osita Ebiem

On Saturday, the 8th of January 2011, a Luxury bus departed Maiduguri en route to Lagos. As the bus approached the city of Jos from Bauchi, it was stopped at a roadblock. Some Islamic gunmen entered the bus and ordered all Muslims off the bus. The gunmen proceeded to set the bus ablaze with all remaining passengers inside. Most of the victims in the bus were from the Middle Belt and Southern parts of Nigeria, the East and the

Celebration Of Bode George: Impunity Taken To A Disturbing Level.

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:39; Written by Joe Igbokwe

I have just read online the release of Chief Bode George from Ikoyi Prison and the celebration that went with it. I saw photographs particularly the women in uniform, and George's associates and hangers on doing what they know best. I saw also the thanksgiving service at the Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos. My mind flew back to the similar thanksgiving service for the former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola after being disgraced out of office for stealing himself into power in Osun state.

The Future of Nigeria belongs to the East

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 00:05; Written by Zubbie Ekwueme

Earmark $200 billion Dollars to rebuild the East - Since the end of the civil war, I've prayed for this moment. A moment when God and providence, have heard the prayers of he Easterners in Nigeria. Today, the presidency is in the hands of a another capable Easterner since Ironsi's regime. Indeed, it is fantastic to be alive in 2011, the year of the East. The exhilarating thing about

May be the North does not need to be Nigeria’s President

Details: Category: POLITICS; Published on Saturday, 26 February 2011 22:39; Written by Adamu Yakubu

May be the North does not need to be Nigeria President – It needs to go back to the drawing board and came up with its citizens who will not necessarily want to control government, important as it is, but in the Region becoming more educated, more innovative and more productive. It must fish out leaders who must appreciate that in the 21st Century, the paradigm for economic development has shifted from the natural resources

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