It is unfortunate that successive Nigerian administrations sometimes adopts contradictory policies that works against what they said they want. President Buhari has been jetting around the world since his inauguration to improve Nigerian image, conduct diplomacy and attract much needed foreign investment to Nigeria. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed recently that the nation’s …
Category Archive: Politics
Arrest and Detention of Nnamdi Kalu
Agitation for reconstitution of defunct Biafra Republic has been going on for years now but seem to have picked up steam after the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kalu. Biafran cause was initially championed by the Movement for the sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB). Recently a new group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) headed by …
Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s Dangerous Ideas
Nigerians must keep an eye on the deputy senate president, senator Ekweremadu because he has some well- meaning, naïve and dangerous ideas which he keeps parroting at every chance he gets as panacea for Nigerian problems. He was in charge of the constitutional review commission and tried to smuggle one of his strange idea in …
Creeping Immunity for National Assembly Members
It appears that sometimes Nigerian Officials takes one step forward and two steps backward. During the last constitutional amendment exercise, the National Assembly adopted immunity Clause to cover each member for any statement made on the floor of the National Assembly. That immunity was adopted and signed into law by the former President. In the …
Bench Warrant for the Senate President Arrest
Here we go again. An institution that was established by the constitution to help Nigerian government fight corruption is gradually been bastardized and delegitimized by the same government who was elected largely on their promise to fight corruption. Nigerians from all regions, ethnicity and religion knows that corruption is a cancer that has done incalculable …