Ribadu’s Quest To Be President
The recent declaration by Nuhu Ribadu, former boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, that he would run for the presidency of this country in the 2011 elections, may not have come as a surprise to many people. Mallam Ribadu, who became a celebrity public servant by the way he ran the EFCC with pomp and bravado, became even larger [...]
THE SICKENING PORNOGRAPHY AT MMI AIRPORT LAGOS
The story was so shockingly pathetic that it made Mr. Ahmed Yerima of paedophilia infamy seems like a choir boy. According to Thisday newspaper of Tuesday 21/09/10, some officials of the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) attached to Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos have turned the 3D scanners installed to beef up security in the airport, into a pornographic [...]
..Children Of Akwa Ibom State And Governor Godswill Akpabio – A Note
I am immensely disturbed by reports emanating from Akwa Ibom state on the vitriolic action of the state government against the activists of the child witchcraft problem in the state. In particular, the state government was reported to have directed the immediate arrest of both Gary Foxcroft and Sam Itauma, leaders of Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) and Stepping [...]
Alao Akala’s Faux Pas
Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo state is one governor I have never come across anybody that has any good thing to say about. And I have had several discussions that bordered on politics with many residents and indigenes of Oyo state. In a poll put up on the politics section of Nairaland.com, Nigeria’s largest online discussion forum, the Ogbomosho-born [...]
Jonathan Sacks Gocs, Reshuffles Army Command Positions
San Francisco, Sept 24, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all the General Officers Commanding (GOC) various units in the Nigerian Army. According to a statement from the Nigerian Army signed by Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, the army said ; “The posting which affected principal staff officers, formation and corps commanders as well as commandants of training institutions and some [...]
