A president without charm
Shareby Sam Omatseye
Death skulked all of us as though we were reptiles wild-eyed in the dark. We wanted to pounce. We craved blood. Some wanted the terminal face of Yar’Adua on newspaper front pages, heralding a mournful nation, or a nation in quiet joy over the passing of quiescent president.
It came as a rumour. The [...]
December 7, 2009
Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, governance, health, Nigeria, Yaradua, Yar’Adua Posted in: Sam Omatseye 
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Yar’Adua’s Health and Power Rotation
ShareSimon Kolawale Live!
My phone rang. I was deep in sleep, but I was rudely woken up Wednesday morning by the call. “Sorry to wake you up, Simon. Have you heard? The president is dead,” the voice said. Half-awake, or half-asleep, I replied: “It’s not true.” Why was I so confident President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was [...]
November 30, 2009
Tags: constitution, governance, Nigeria, PDP, power rotation, Yar’Adua Posted in: Simon Kolawole Comments
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