Gani Fawehinmi “Stand up for what is right even if you are standing alone”
Thomas Sankara “While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas!”
The Conservative and Liberal Democrats Coalition approached a low ebb during the week as a key Conservative election pledge to impose a strict annual limit on immigration resulted in big disagreement between the political cavorters.
Please, forgive my bluntness on this matter. Nigerian politicians must rank among the most pitiable lot in the world. I will endeavour to substantiate this assertion. For most of our politicians, life begins and ends with controlling power and wealth. Nothing else is important. Not even the future of their children and many
It was perhaps the biggest news item of the past week. I am referring, of course, to the report that a new coalition of political groups to be known as Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) was contemplating picking Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as its
Fabulous minerals. Magnificent music. Great cuisine. A landscape that stretches from lush rain forest to Swiss-looking mountains. And a people still mired in violence and misery a half century after independence fromBelgium.”
Africa once again is also on the agenda. “A tentative agenda for the 36th G8 summit will include some issues which remain unresolved from previous summits. As chair of the G8 summit when many of the commitments for African aid and development are due to be fulfilled, special attention will be focused on Canada. International anti-poverty campaigners will descend on Huntsville.
Madam Dora Akunyili and her colleagues in government have come to the conclusion that Nigerians are zombies who would take everything that comes out of the mouth of government officials hook line and sinker.
Chief Alex Akinyele, the former Minister for information or communication has urged the banished DEJI of AKURE to commit sucide for haven domestic dispute with his wife in public, which has been randomly condemmed.
Yet there are still countries that retain the death penalty. According to recent figures from Amnesty International, twenty-eight of the fifty-four countries of the Commonwealth retain the death penalty. Of the remaining twenty-four countries, fourteen have officially abolished capital punishment while nine have not carried out execution for over a decade and are considered to have a de facto abolition.
Frequent reports of harrowing experiences of Nigerian immigrants in different parts of the world have become an embarrassment to the country. One of the most recent of these is the revelation that no fewer than 20,000 Nigerians are languishing in prisons and detention centres in the United Kingdom (UK) over immigration offences.
Last Sunday another spate of maltreatment was meted out to some Nigerians living in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. This latest incident, like some past ones claimed the life of a Nigerian, while 32 other foreigners, mostly Nigerians were arrested.
Candid photosplash:Love untainted as Osemades show true colours.
Serena Williams final at Wimbledon in pictures as she is four times winner.
Just magical;Yetty’s little world of fashion in Geles-ville, ‘Summerstime’ city.
South Africa hosts the World and showed her true colours are ever united… displayed in pictures
Simply Fabulous as ‘Bella Naija’ hosts Most Beatiful Girl In Nigeria
Shade Obimakinde-Adeniyi,, a loyal Christ ambassador, says Primate Greg Okanlawon on her 50th birthday anniversary.
Sierra Leone Excellence award scoops another success in London