Category: African News
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President Jonathan’s Leaderless Leadership
President Jonathan’s Leaderless Leadership By Oluwaseyi Oduyela/Washington, DC There are so many reasons why people like me appear to have been so hard on Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. His lack of charisma, ability to show a sense of leadership and initiative is crucial. The man is neither proactive nor retroactive. I have been pondering…
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The Emergence of Boko Haram: From Religious Intolerance to Religious Terrorism in Nigeria
The Emergence of Boko Haram: From Religious Intolerance to Religious Terrorism in Nigeria By Oluwaseyi Oduyela The current security challenge caused by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigeria is not only about the savagery of its terror operations, and its declared mission to force Islamic law on the country, but also…
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Boko Haram: Much Ado about the Indolent Representatives
Boko Haram: Much Ado about the Indolent Representatives By Oluwaseyi Oduyela I have watched and read a lot of abuses on Jonathan concerning the Boko Haram’s senseless attacks and none against members of the National Assembly-Senate and House- who receive millions in salaries. Recently, soldiers turned their guns on one of their commanders and it…
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LETTER TO Babatunde O. Gbadamosi…….THE BITTER TRUTH…..
LETTER TO Babatunde O. Gbadamosi…….THE BITTER TRUTH….. Jaiyeola Ajasa/Jaiyeola Street Out of the ashes of corrupt politicians of the past should you emerge. Your strength should be a brand of authenticity that owes nothing to the robber barons. An outspokenness that has polish and substance. When other politicians are prone to cut and dice society,…
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YORUBA POLITICS AND AWOLOWO LEGACY: MISTAKING SOCIAL WELFARISM FOR DEMOCRACY
YORUBA POLITICS AND AWOLOWO LEGACY: MISTAKING SOCIAL WELFARISM FOR DEMOCRACY By Oluwaseyi Oduyela/Washington, DC These Yoruba politicians are funny. When Obasanjo organized his yeye Constitutional conference the Yoruba group did not organize pre-conference. They attended the circus show without a communique or some sort of dumb agenda. Now an Ijaw man without shoes is planning…
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Linking the Content and Relational Messages of APC Formation Part I
Linking the Content and Relational Messages of APC Formation Part I By Seyi Oduyela/Washington, DC I started with questions about the formation of APC and it seems President Jonathan was reading my mind he answered some of the questions with the replacement of the service chiefs today. The formation of the leaders of APC shows…
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Obama, the Political Tactician-in-Chief
Obama, the Political Tactician-in-Chief Oluwaseyi Oduyela/Washington DC It is increasingly clear now that political analysts are yet to be schooled in President Obama’s political school of thought. The man, Obama, has repeatedly beaten pundits and analysts arms down with his surprises. Obama appears to be more than one step ahead of them in the game…
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OWNERS OF NIGERIA I
(first published in August 22, 2004) By Oluwaseyi Oduyela After the 419 Gubernatorial and Presidential elections last year (by 419 I mean April 19, which coincidentally also means Advanced Fee Fraud, and that was exactly what the election was), Chief Bisi Akande, former Governor of Osun State, the man adjudged as one of, if not…
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The Consistent Inconsistencies of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State
The Consistent Inconsistencies of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State By Oluwaseyi Oduyela In early 2002 when I started to see Mr. Ibikunle Amosun’s billboards in Ogun State, I thought the man was going to unseat Chief Segun Osoba, but his interest was not the Governor’s seat but the Senate. One can say that he…
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Nigerian Politicians and their Spoilt-Brat Abroad
My visit to Canada on Sunday was another eye-opener. It was impromptu and it yielded result. I remember that in the early 80s during the Shehu Shagari era, most NPN – National Party of Nigeria, members were buying houses in the most expensive places in UK buying mose exprensive cars with registration numbers as NPN…
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