Straight Talk

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 ...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “You don’t necessary need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.” ― Israelmore Ayivor Since the civil war ended in 1970, the new breed of Igbo political leaders have not done good representation for the interest of the tribe both politically and economically. All that they exhibited and indulged was self-elitism, corruption and self-aggrandizement. The Igbo constitute one of the three major tribes in Nigeria. But since 48 years after the end of the Nigeria/Biafra civil war, the tribe has consequentially retrogressed from major to minor due to the group of some visionless individuals who parade themselves as the political mouthpiece of the tribe. The bitter truth that needs to be told is that the Igbos had lost the political bearing and as such, showing no more significant roles in the country’s polity. Instea...

Written by Lucas Anuforo Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com Dublin, Ireland "It's time to care; it's time to take responsibility; it's time to lead; it's time for a change; it's time to be true to our greatest self; it's time to stop blaming others." --Steve Maraboli "Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong." --Abraham Lincoln President Mohammadu Buhari was then categorised as few remaining extinct leaders of his generation that will rescue Nigeria from the jaw of an impending doom. Unfortunately, he got himself emasculated, which dimmed and dented his immaculate and enviable track record. The beginning of Buhari's Presidency in May 2015 was seen as a sigh of relief to all lovers of the democracy across the nation despite the anomalies which mauled the Presidential election. What the entire nation needed at that moment, was a change from the then President Jonathan...