Straight Talk

Lucas Anuforo Sunday, May 12, 2019 Email: anuforo_lucas@yahoo.com Dublin, Ireland "Weak men cannot handle power. It will either crush them, or they will use it to crush others." -- Jocelyn Murray. The last concluded Presidential election however defined the Igbo's political ideology despite the marginalisation and mal-treatment being meted on the tribe in the country's polity. This means that nothing can change their position when it comes to voicing out their mind through the electoral process. The Presidential election has come and gone but the electoral malpractices and intimidation exhibited by the ruling political party the All Progressives Congress (APC) will remain a negative and indelible mark in the political history of Nigeria. But despite this, the South-east voted their conscience and proved to the Buhari's government that "you can only take the horse to the river but cannot compel it to drink water." Since Buhari's firs...

Comrade Ifeanyichukwu Mmoh Sunday, February 3, 2019 ifeanyi_mmoh@yahoo.com Jos, Nigeria  Oh yes, it does. But whether the discretionary powers of the institution required that it acted in the interest of the federal republic of Nigeria or against it and in a parochial manner is not exactly clear. This, I believe is the reason why the suspension of embattled CJN Walter Onnoghen has stirred the hornet’s nest. Over time, a lacuna – because it does allow a person or an institution to act as they deemed fit – has been misused by ambitious and parochial minded leaders who (in the name of doing public good) carry out very personal or anti-people stunts. Several points in the CJN’s saga actually do beg for clarifications. First, it was alleged that the CJN did not disclose all of his foreign accounts. This, the CJN admitted as an oversight on his part and, should, therefore – according to the positions held by very respected legal minds – have amounted to a no case. Secondly,...

Rev Fr. Stan Chu Ilo Wednesday, February 6, 2019 SILO@depaul.edu Chicago, USA  Nigeria is reeling yet under the heavy burden of another preventable crisis following the suspension and replacement of the Chief Justice of the Federation by President Buhari. Many frustrated Nigerians are watching this unfolding drama with pain, bemusement and anger. Many are wondering if our nation will ever see an exit route from the long and bumpy highway of pain, poverty, confusion, and suffering which many of our citizens have traversed under the present dispensation. The legality of this executive overreach is being challenged by lawyers and jurists. However, this action on the part of the president is very dubious and ill-advised coming as it does less than three weeks before the general elections. Its ripple effects are being felt across the globe. This singular action, I propose, offers a good portrait of the dictatorial excesses of the Buhari administration in both its outlook and ...

Written by Priye S. Torulagha From: Miami, Florida, USA W onders shall never end in Nigeria. Due to the high level of uncertainty leading to the apprehension, Nigerians are bombarded daily by incredulous tales that befuddle the mind. One of the mind-boggling stories is that President Muhammadu Buhari died in 2017 and was secretly buried in Saudi Arabia. To ensure that power remains in the hands of those who control the state, it is speculated that a replacement from Sudan was put in place to act as President Buhari. The alleged replacement is known as Jubril Al Sudani. Despite the incredulity of the story, it is gaining ground in the minds of many Nigerians as the question rages on concerning whether President Buhari is really the president or someone else. Those who believe that the current Nigerian leader is not President Buhari but a replacement, are convinced that Nigeria is being ruled by a foreigner acting as a Nigerian leader. The story started to germinate when ...