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Mamadou Tandja And The Coup In Niger
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INTERNATIONAL organisations and other stakeholders commenting on the coup that took place in Niger on February 19 have been making the right diplomatic and politically correct noises. While all that familiar stuff about a military coup being an aberration and a major setback for the democratic process in Africa is acceptable, the truth [...]
February 21, 2010
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Dissecting the Jonathan Presidency
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Nigeria has a new ‘acting’ president courtesy of the action taken by the National Assembly to resolve the terrible impasse into which President Umaru Yar’Adua had thrown the entire country by refusing to transmit a letter to the National Assembly in line with Section 145 of the Constitution. There is no doubting the [...]
February 12, 2010
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As Obasanjo Ditches Yar’Adua
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s prayer at the Annual Trust Awards that God should punish him if indeed he deliberately chose as his successor a sick man so he would not be able to perform and possibly outshine him, has drawn quite a number of Amens from the public with the outrightly cynical insisting [...]
January 24, 2010
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Yar’Adua: Lost but found
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“HALLELUYAH oh. Somebody shout halle-lu-yah o. Ha-le-ha-le-hale… I praise the Lord o…ha-le. “Somebody, e yin oluwa logo hale…”
“What’s the matter with you?”: You don drink?”
“Yes o. I am drunk with joy. Halle-hale-halle…, “halleluyah, halle…”
“I have been telling you. Take it easy with the bottle. What a man eats is his path to the [...]
January 16, 2010
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