By Ikechukwu Amaechi In a country where the driving force behind almost every quest for public office is greed anchored on primitive accumulation of wealth; where the penchant of leaders to cut multi-billion Naira deals at the expense of public good is befuddling, the story could not have bothered any of our “big [...]
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To Save Citizen Chukwujekwu From The Gallows
September 24, 2010Why Detractors Want Me Out Of PDP – Ogbulafor
April 29, 2010By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: April 26, 2010 As the epic battle for the control of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)by warring political gladiators intensifies this week, the embattled National Chairman of the party, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has dismissed the 16-count charge of fraud leveled against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related [...]
Adamawa PDP Has No Power To Block Atiku – Ogbulafor
April 29, 2010By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Pasrty (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, at the weekend took umbrage at the leadership of the party in Adamawa State for blocking the re-admission of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar into the party. Atiku quit the party in 2007 at [...]
No Power Vacuum In Nigeria – Aondoakaa
February 7, 2010Many Nigerians and indeed the international community believe that there is a dangerous power vacuum in the country. Seventy six days after the President, Umaru Yar’Adua, went to Saudi Arabia to treat a heart ailment, Nigeria has neither a substantive President, literally speaking, nor an acting one. But the Federal Attorney General and Justice [...]
Opposition Not Creating Good Impression Of Jonathan – Aondoakaa
February 7, 2010By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published as News on Sunday, February2, 2010 As pressure continues to mount on ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to hand over power to his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan, the Federal Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, has accused the agitators of planting the seed of suspicion and mistrust in the Presidency. Yar’Adua, [...]
Boko Haram Worse Than Maitasine – Gov Sheriff
August 28, 2009Perhaps, when the Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram, led by late Mohammed Yusuf, driven by their misguided zealotry set Borno State ablaze, literally speaking, Governor Ali Modu Sheriff had no idea how easily a villain could become a hero in death. But today, he is facing the most difficult time of his rather illustrious political [...]
Mohammed Yusuf Disgraced The State – Shehu Of Borno
August 28, 2009When Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi assumed office on May 31, 2009 as the new Shehu of Borno in a colourful ceremony in the historical city of Maiduguri, one prayer on his lips was that Allah should make his reign a peaceful one that will bring prosperity to his subjects. But barely two months [...]
World Cup Fever Grips South Africa
August 28, 2009Ever imagined an experience that money can’t buy? Well, that is what South Africa is promising anyone who is privileged to be in Madiba’s country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, writes Ikechukwu Amaechi, who just came back from Durban. She is an ordinary working-class folk. When she spoke, it was apparent that she did [...]
To Save Citizen Chukwujekwu From The Gallows
May 24, 2008By Ikechukwu Amaechi In a country where the driving force behind almost every quest for public office is greed anchored on primitive accumulation of wealth; where the penchant of leaders to cut multi-billion Naira deals at the expense of public good is befuddling, the story could not have bothered any of our “big [...]
