The President’s headache is different from the headache of the common people on dispensation of justice
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Rev. Fr. Mbaka's Lemon
The news is that Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the stormy petrel of the Catholic Church, has been transferred from GRA Enugu to a parish at Emene as a resident priest. For the record, a resident priest is an official guest in a parish where he is posted to carry out a special assignment. The resident […]
On the Kogi Conundrum
Wada & late Audu… before it all went down I’m worried about this Kogi matter. I know we always disagree on political matters but don’t you think, like me, that my party the APC is wrong? I just want to pick your brain if you don’t mind. Pick the brain of a clueless man? Hahahaha! […]
The President as a Minister
The ambiguity in having a president directly supervise an MDA played out again yesterday 24 October 2015 in the National Assembly as Senators sought to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to explain the current fuel scarcity in the country. A motion on the floor by Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia) to invite the President to explain why […]
Akpabio’s Accident and Matters Arising
“…in the business of political gamesmanship, those who pay for media spins reap what they sow, eventually, when truth rises to confront clever fabrications.” It was supposed to be a simple, straightforward story. Senator Godswill Akpabio (PDP, AKS), the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, was running late to catch up with an international […]
Before September Comes
Will President Buhari see through the current media battles being waged to damage the reputations of men and women who are itching to do business with his government? In an article published by the Washington Post on July 20, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that he would not constitute a full cabinet before September 2015. Let […]
Obama’s Continued Disdain for Africa
COUNTERPOINT By Raynard Jackson In June of 2013 Obama tried to lecture Senegalese President, Macky Sall in front of his own people on accepting homosexuality in his country. Before his trip to Africa, Obama was sternly warned by many, “do not talk about homosexuality in Africa.” But as is his habit, Obama never misses an opportunity to lecture and […]
The Trouble with the APC
I am taken aback by the suggestion that party internal matters should now be subject of National Assembly debates. The level of ignorance at display by the leadership of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in its handling of the country’s National Assembly (NASS) power struggle is becoming more embarrassing by the day, to put […]
Goodbye to Sam Amadi at NERC as power mongers get on his case
Ogbuagu Anikwe examines an inspired media propaganda to remove bright stars from the Jonathan Administration who are occupying “lucrative” or strategic MDA management positions.
Note to Nyesom Wike
Columnist Ogbuagu Anikwe writes a note to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike over his plan to pursue a vendetta on his predecessor.