The Weird NYSC act and 234Next’s ‘Hatchet’ Job

This will be brief. First of all I am in full support of a National Service scheme. The NYSC needs reform and the Deziani case a a prime example. If you attend University, you cannot be a Minister if you have not done NYSC. If you did not attend University, you do not need the …

Abuja Bomb Blast: When Will Enough Be Enough?

For how long shall we allow politics to halt our brain cells? I do not mind being accused of seeing nothing good in Jonathan but do you guys realise the HQ of the Nigerian Police Force is supposed to be one of the safest places in the country? Everyone from Governors to diplomats visit the …

The most illogical argument in the world!

In other words, your motives have aligned with the bombers. They want him out, so you want him out. So you would support Buhari if he did another coup and executed Jonathan et al on bar beach? The bombers bombed so that sentiment in the public would become like yours. You have shown them that …

Citizen Fatigue.

My good friend (and Buhari’s not so good friend) Bayo described the deafening silence trailing the kidnapping of NYSC members in Rivers State as Citizen fatigue. The realization that such things (failed state symptoms) are now normal. As you can notice from the frequency of my posting, I too might be suffering from citizen fatigue. …

Tambuwal emerges House speaker: Matters Arising

Aminu Tambuwal (PDP Sokoto) on Monday emerged the new speaker of the House of Representatives . He scored 252 votes to defeat his opponent, Mulikat Akande-Adeola (PDP-Oyo) who scored 90 votes. The total votes cast was 340, with eight invalid votes and one member abstaining.Mr Tambuwal’s nomination was made by Emmanuel Jime ( PDP-Benue) and …