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Run, Jonathan, run!
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
A group of Nigerians is losing sleep over the speculations that Goodluck Jonathan may run for president next year. This group is jittery that if Goodluck Jonathan eventually decides to run, his ‘luck’ will shine again, thereby dimming the North’s hope of ever getting close to the corridors of power in the next decade...
Away With Foreign Coaches!
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published Yesterday
- Sports
- Unrated
The man who became the Nigerian coach was a successful failure. Quite unlike Shuaibu Amodu, Lars Lagerback could not qualify his country, Sweden, for the World Cup. He and his managers took advantage of our unreasonable clamour for a foreign coach...The Failed ID card Project and the Imperative of This venture
- By Paul Ogwu Okwuchukwu
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
If we are talking of modernising our economy, we should embrace an ID card system. Our transactions are haphazard and this breeds inefficiency, corruption and manipulation...An Open Letter to IGP Onovo
- By Okey Ndibe
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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There’s no question that you hold one of the toughest jobs in Nigeria. Under your watch, a large swath of Nigeria – specifically the southeast – is close to being overrun by bands of criminals who kidnap for ransom...Political Stalemate In Iraq
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 07/27/2010
- Africa & World
- Unrated
World leaders like Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Pinochet and others may not know that they were in the service of the Luciferian hierarchy by destroying cities, innocent women and children...
Education in Nigeria: Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai and the “Education Roadmap”
- By Sadiq A. Abdullahi
- Published 07/27/2010
- Education
- Unrated
Can Minister Rufai’s four areas of reform be the catalyst to help revamp and redirect education in Nigeria? Can Minister Rufai overcome the problem of policy implementation?50th Year Of Nigeria’s Nationhood: The People’s Gore and Nigeria’s Glory!
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Every October; precisely the first day of the month, Nigeria hosts the world in measure to observe and strengthen her aspiration on self-rule. In 1960, the development of our local political skirmishes became visible...Race Relations In America: A Snapshot
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 07/27/2010
- Africa & World
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It is a rotten shame that in America, there are still many people, who embrace racial intolerance, without understanding the disastrous consequences of such racial outbursts...Recent Articles
Nigerian Journalist Heal Thyself!
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
As far as I am concerned, anybody can be corrupt whether you are a journalist or not. Everybody, even the Pope or Obama, has a price. Whether you are a lawyer, doctor, teacher, American, Pakistani or Brazilian, everyone has this innate tendency to be corrupt...
Big Butts and Big Thighs: My World Cup Odyssey in South Africa (4)
- By Max Siollun
- Published 07/27/2010
- Sports
- Unrated
Nigerian fans can be annoying and inconsiderate brats at times. I had two guys carrying large Nigerian flags in the rows in front of, and behind me. The guy in front of me stood up and waved his giant flag all the time – blocking the view...
Freedom Coalition: $250m fund to elect Abubakar Umar...(2)
- By Bode Eluyera
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Nigerians, especially, the Southerners, are like the prisoners. On one hand, IBB is not acceptable to us under any circumstances. On the other hand, Jonathan, a Southerner, whom we could have found solace in, is also not a viable alternative...
Akunyili vs. Soludo: Indeed, Laughable!
- By Odimegwu Onwumere
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
I think Akunyili should go to Hajia Turai Yar’Adua and learn how to keep family matters secret from public knowledge. Akunyili should understand that that one is well read does not mean the person should be breaking etiquette...
Why the Government May Be Wrong on The New ‘Minimum’ Wage
- By Jideofor Adibe
- Published 07/23/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
No one will dispute that our workers deserve decent wages that will guarantee social self-reproduction without recourse to moonlighting, bribery and corruption or primitive accumulation...
Gen. Ibrahim Babangida “Writes” Nigerians!
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 07/23/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
My 2011 presidential enterprise is on and no one will persuade me to drop the idea of ruling this great nation again as a democratically-elected President - one that is not associated with tanks and guns...
Obama And Dodd Re-Shape American Financial System
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 07/23/2010
- Africa & World
- Unrated
There is a consensus that some Americans are more priviledged than others. Some can borrow more easily to start businesses, repay loans and enjoy the good life...
How not to roll-back malaria in Nigeria
- By Joel Nwokeoma
- Published 07/22/2010
- Health & Environment
- Unrated
While Nigeria was signing up to an international MOU of some sort to “support local production of malaria drugs and products” on the one hand, it is, on another, taking actions that may undermine the same local pharmaceutical firms...
