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I preach about defending our votes, but what I have not said is that to defend our votes we need to first defend ourselves.
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Candidate Interviews #1: The elite have compromised the country - Buhari
NVS | 02 September 2010
Politicians Would Be The First Victims of Sharia If Properly Implemented - Buhari
As part of Nigerian Village Square's interview series with all aspirants for the 2011 Presidential election, former Head of State, General MUHAMMADU BUHARI sat down for an hour-long interview with members of the NVS editorial team. Below is the unedited transcript of the interview.
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Ikedi Ohakim: Stewing In Scandals!
Sunny Chris Okenwa | 02 September 2010The Ohakim tragedy in Imo state government house can be traced to the general psychology of the average successful Igboman
Thinking Through The Corruption Complex With Frantz Fanon
Ogaga Ifowodo | 02 September 2010How bad is corruption in Nigeria and what are its root causes? Leaving aside root causes for now, let me tell you a story. It was told to me in Lagos and corroborated in Warri, just two months ago.
SNC Is The Answer, Not Another Farce Of An Election
Kennedy Emetulu | 01 September 2010Jonathan, Babangida or a Buhari presidency in 2011 offers us no hope. Fundamental movement for change must centre around electoral activism and the convening of a Sovereign National Conference.
2011 Elections: The Same Mistakes, The Same Results.
Agf Is Dancing Naked On Senator Yerima And His 13yrs Old Wife.
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I challenge Mr Adoke to show me where in the Act a Child is defined as a Nigerian by birth and or nationality.
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Buhari's Other Side
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In the light of Gen. Buhari's interview on NVS, Here's an article I wrote in 2003 that shows Buhari's other side.
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Obasanjo As Babangida’s Best Issue
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One sad tendency in Nigerian politics is the habit of arguing that one mediocre politician has a better record than another mediocre colleague.
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The Mad Prophetess And Her Almajiris
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Dear Helen Ukpabio, Legion of Nigerians and international citizens have expressed their dismay at your atrocities and the abundance of your un-Godly act towards innocent children.
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Regulatory Inertia Vis-a-vis Predatory Banking Practices In Nigeria (part 1)
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Emboldened by regulatory inaction and indifference (which suggest tacit approval), many Nigerian banks now engage in more exploitative practices.
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50 Years Of Rudderless And Inept Leadership In Nigeria
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Its been 50 years since gaining independence from the colonial master, but the country has not found the way. With the present leadership, the country may never find the way.
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Yet Another MKO Birthday Gone, Yet An Apt National Memorial Is Awaited
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Nigeria is a country in denial, and there are many in the leadership of the country who out of spite and meanness of heart are determined to make us forget MKO and June 12
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Nigeria In 2050: Why Things Are Not About To Get Better.
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As bad as things are, there’s a gathering storm that threatens to sweep away whatever may be left of our children’s future. |
When Food And Grammar Mix
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Insufficient cross-dialectal linguistic competence can sometimes literally put the wrong food on your table. That was the experience of a Nigerian big shot who visited Atlanta recently.
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Why Nigeria Needs No Elections In 2011
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Any election that will be conducted in Nigeria must meet international and acceptable standards. Anything short of that must be avoided. The time on our hand between now and when INEC planned to conduct new elections (January-April 2011) is likely too short for Nigeria to achieve the prerequisites for credible elections. |
Dictatorship Of Mediocrity
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It is only in a republic of mediocrity that clowns like Ibrahim Babangida; and an accident like Goodluck Jonathan would be running for the highest offices.
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President Of Nigeria- Whose President?
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Is the President of Nigeria a Northern president or a South-South president or a Yoruba president or an Igbo president?
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This House Is Not For Sale!
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Today, almost every street hosts a signpost informing people the land is not for sale. The thing is so gratuitously done that I am forced to wonder if the aim is really to discourage fraudsters or to advertise a well-cultivated opinion about Nigeria.
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Let Nigerians Decide
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With respect to the elder statesmen involved in this national farce, none among the pro zoning and anti zoning groups, is involve in this struggle because they love Nigeria; I beg to be corrected.
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National Redundancy And Expensive Political Afterthoughts
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Apart from illluck at leaders' choice, Nigeria is contending with problems arising from the inability of past and current leaders to formulate policies with good future outcomes. This did not start with Jonathan.
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The 9/11 Mosque Provocation
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Such brazen provocations that test the patience and tolerance of the overwhelmingly non-Muslim (99%) Americans are not at all in the long term interest of Muslims in America and will backfire.
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Beauty And The Warlord: Beyond Blood Diamonds
 The recent upsurge of interest in the Charles Taylor trial, prompted by the appearance of a runway model, pointed towards one major – even if age old – fact, that the West has a very patronising view of Africa’s problems.
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2011 Elections: Pandora Tomorrow
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Current events are making me to believe that the Nigerian Ballot Box is also a Pandora’s Box in Nigeria which can cause untold chaos and suffering if opened.
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Behind Every Weak President........
 From his series of actions and body languages since he became the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigeria’s armed forces, Jonathan has continued to show that he is one naïve, weak president.
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A President Atiku Abubarkar? .......
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Our people must smile again, the dreams of a better Nigeria must be realised; without doubts, a possible president Atiku Abubakar is a nightmare to the realisation of these lofty dreams.
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Petition To Mr. President on Kenny Martins
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We hereby wish to state categorically, our dissatisfaction in all ramifications the delay and intentional if not orchestrated drama in preventing justice to take its course in a criminal prosecution that ought to have been rounded up.
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Confronting Corruption
Confronting Corruption
Jackie Selebi, former South Africa police boss and former President of Interpol was recently convicted and sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking bribes of over R1.2 million ($157,000) in bribes since...
Read More... Stealing Is Stealing
Stealing Is Stealing
The recently approved huge anniversary celebration budget is the latest and perhaps most spectacular illustration of this phenomenon of "legitimized corruption" and its unrecognized threat to Nigeria and...
Read More... This Democracy [The StandPoint ]
This Democracy [The StandPoint ]
The problem with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. We call on President Jonathan to be the leader Nigeria needs and deserves.
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August 9, 2010
Confronting Coruption
Corruption persists only where the people permit it. Taming corruption is a job for every one of us. Taking the time to register and actually casting your vote on Election Day is probably the biggest effort you can make in the fight against corruption. By voting candidates with the best anti-corruption credentials and holding them to their words, we would be using our most potent weapon- democracy- to fight a national malaise.
Corruption can and must be defeated if Nigeria is to have any chance for structured political and economic development.
July 26, 2010
Stealing is Stealing
The clear line that used to separate the zone of corruption from that of legality is now blurry at best. We now need to reestablish that line and isolate all acts of corruption for what they are: an added threat to Nigeria’s already beleaguered citizens. Corruption has evolved, thanks to the greedy antics of our rulers. So should our legislative, bureaucratic, and law enforcement responses to it.
It is immaterial whether or not the stolen fund is written into the budget bill and passed by our elected Representatives. Stealing is stealing.
In his inaugural address, President Jonathan promised to reinvigorate the war on corruption. We understand this to mean a revitalization of the two decapitated and politicized anti-corruption agencies (the EFCC and the ICPC). We urge him and his advisers to match rhetoric with action. He should go even further and confront the growing menace of budgeted corruption, against which the two agencies are legally helpless.
July12, 2010
This Democracy
One thing is clear to all Nigerians: This is not the democracy that our people fought and died for. This is a gross distortion of that dream, of light birthed in the rank darkness of General Sani Abacha's Gulag. Nigeria deserves better. It is time for meaningful positive change.Read More
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