Who is against democratic structures in the North-East?
ON Monday, April 21, 2014, LEADERSHIP newspaper’s lead story said that plans were afoot to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and
Muhammadu Buhari: A historical turning point
The story filtered out by late evening on Tuesday evening this week. President Goodluck Jonathan had placed a call to General Muhammadu
These elections won’t kill our country
“We, therefore, do not believe that a country should die because it held elections. On the contrary, elections should strengthen democracy, and
Defeating Boko Haram with mercenaries
LET me first start, that like all Nigerian patriots, I feel happy that in a few weeks, the Nigerian Army and allies
Gen. TY Danjuma and the Niger Delta mob
LAST Wednesday, General TY Danjuma, former Defence Minister and one of the most respected leaders in Nigeria today, called for the immediate
The politics of elections in Borno
Over the past two weeks, the security situation has taken a turn for the better in many parts of Northeast Nigeria. The
Nigerians are united for democracy.
LAST weekend in Lagos, activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), announced the emergence of a new organization, dedicated to the protection of the
The forthright Gen. Alani Akinrinade
THIS week’s SUNDAY PUNCH carried a most instructive interview with General Alani Akinrinade, one of the finest Nigerian Army officers. Akinrinade belongs
A security red herring and election postponement
Just as Samuel Johnson in April 1775, said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, so has security, in the
Of school certificate, mudslinging and stonings: Pattern of Nigerian electioneering
FEMI FANI-KAYODE made the most of the hysteria. APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, according to him, does not possess the minimum requirement
There can be no postponing the February 2015 elections
SPEAKING last week at the Chatham House in London, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki, suggested the postponement of the