53 Years ago, precisely first day of October, 1960, Nigeria was
declared an independent state from British colonial rule. This was a
result of the fighting and agitations of our founding fathers. They are
our heroes and their labour shall not be in vain.
When
we got independence, the yearning and aspirations of our heroes then was
for a great nation called Nigeria. They desired for a nation where
there will be total freedom and...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Monday, 30 September 2013
Corruption Is Not The Number 1 Problem In Nigeria- Jonathan
I listened to President Jonathan during the media chat yesterday and
when the issue of corruption was raised, he answered that corruption is
not the biggest problem in Nigeria. He said Transparency International
assessment of Nigeria is a perception and not real. He said corruption
is No. 4 or 5.
When
asked what No. 1 and 2 are the president began to stutter. He came up
with an answer that businessmen investing in Nigeria complain...
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Rational Thinking Can Help Us Get The Best Out Of Ourselves And Our Nation
A friend posted on Facebook on the issue of Rational Thinking and it got me thinking. I responded to the post and i decided to share my thoughts here too.
Her post is as below:
Olanike Adebayo
I
make the move for a motion that RATIONAL THINKING be made a
compulsory course in Nigerian secondary schools and universities. If
you don't pass, you don't graduate out of secondary school and
university. The challenge will be how to implement considering the
fact that most teachers and lecturers are not equipped with these...
Monday, 9 September 2013
Is The PDP Brouhaha In The Interest Of Nigeria And Nigerians?
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The news is awash with the crisis tearing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) apart. The factionalisation into “New PDP” and “Old PDP” is at the center stage of newspaper reportage. All the fence mending and peacemaking meetings...
Saturday, 10 August 2013
NaijaDeyVex.com – The Place To Speak Out Freely
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In a place where there is injustice and oppression, the
silence of the good people is a crime. Must we keep silent when things are
going wrong? There is an Igbo proverb that says that an elder cannot be in the
house while a...
Thursday, 11 July 2013
This Show Of Shame In Rivers State House Of Assembly
I watched the fracas and mayhem that happened in the Rivers
State House of Assembly on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013. The free-for-all fight was
started by members of a renegade group of five seeking to impeach the speaker. Reports
showed that the intention of this group looking not feasible they decided to
turn it violent.
When I watched the videos, I saw adults in fisticuffs and
attacking each other with weapons, the mace in this...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
YouWiN! - A Plus For The Transformation Agenda
I went into the Corporate Affairs Commission office in
Kaduna a few weeks back to pick up the result of a name search I did. While waiting to be
attended to I saw a lady that came in to register an enterprise. I heard the
CAC staff mention YouWiN! and that raise my ears. Just yesterday I was with
another lady who won the YouWiN! grant. She told me about all the process
involved in submission and the screening that followed until the...
Thursday, 13 June 2013
June 12! Would Nigeria Have Been Different If Abiola's Election Was Not Annulled?
June 12 every year is marked in some western states of Nigeria as public holiday in honour of Chief MKO Abiola whose election of 1993 was annulled by the Babangida administration. The election held on June 12 was adjudged to be free and fair. The winning ticket of Social Democratic Party was widely accepted by Nigerians irrespective of religious or tribal inclinations. The presidential and vice preseidential candidates for SDP were...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Another Mid Term Report With A Better Scoring System
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Democracy Day Mid-Term Report or Charade
Today is May 29the, democracy day in Nigeria. A day set aside by the government starting during the Obasanjo administration to celebrate the return to democracy in Nigeria. May 29th is the day when the first president in this new dispensation was sworn in. This year’s celebration was marked with a mid-term report of the transformation agenda of President Jonathan. Today marks two years of Jonathan administration as an elected president which also corresponds to the middle of his four year term. Today also mark two years of...
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Jonathan Not A Born Leader?
What an eye opener! I just watch a
programme on AIT, Frontline, and a young man, Joe Dauda, who wrote a
book about President Goodluck Jonathan. The book is titled My Phlegmatic
President. The book categorised our dear president as Phlegmatic and a sub-category Phleg-San meanig he has element of Sanguin too.
One conclusion that the young man stated is the our president is not a
born leader. He doesn't like pressure. He is a people...
Nigerian Governors Divided, What Kind Of Leaders Do We Have?
The headline in most newspapers today is the crisis in the
Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the emergence of two chairmen after an election that
took place on Friday. The returning officer of the election declared Gov. Ameachi
of Rivers State as duly elected in a free and fair election. However, a group
led by the governor of Akwa Ibom State alleges rigging and opposed the result
and subsequently declared their candidate, Gov Jang of Plateau State as their
chairman as they declared not to recognize Gov. Ameachi as their chairman.
The...
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