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: , , , , ,   Posted in: Sam Omatseye  Comments

Open letter to Mrs Turai Yar’Adua (2)

ShareBy Dale Sobowale
A living dog is better than a dead lion”.—Chinese proverb.
PRESCRIPT. Forgive me for repeating this statement two weeks in a row. But, it is important because, never mind what the politicians say, this is a matter of life and death of an individual who happens to be our president. It would have [...]

December 6, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Daele Sobowale  Comments

A Nation Without A Commander-in-Chief

Shareby Sam Nda-Isaiah
Nigeria must be the only country in the world that currently does not have a commander-in-chief in situ. The man who is supposed to be the commander-in-chief has been in a coma for a couple of weeks and undergoing emergency treatment at a hospital in faraway Saudi Arabia. If your commander-in-chief is [...]

December 6, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sam Nda-Isaiah  Comments

Yar’Adua and the prayer warriors

ShareBy Reuben Abati
“OUR Father who art in Heaven…Please do not forsake your children at this trying moment in the life of our Nation…”

“What’s going on?”

“Our Lord and our Father, Everlasting Grace of Ages, you delivered Daniel from the lion’s Den, you saved Isaac from the butcher’s long knife…”

“Hello o… o… o ?”

“I call upon the [...]

December 4, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reuben Abati  Comments


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