Archive for February, 2009

Babangida’s Specious Argument

February 26, 2009

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: February 10, 2009
Have you heard the latest in this Amusement Park called Nigeria? General Ibrahim Babangida, the self-styled Military President, told Nigerians last Wednesday that he annulled the June 12, 1999 presidential election, won by Chief MKO Abiola, because he wanted to avert “a bloody coup.” This great confession is coming 16 [...]

Still On Yar’Adua’s Vacation

February 3, 2009

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
 
Published: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
 
 
The world is in crisis. That fact is indubitable. Whether it is global warming with the dire consequences of rising seas, expanding deserts and disappearing forests or the faltering world economy, leaders are working frantically to see how their countries could be pulled back from the precipice because they [...]