Long before the emergence of Boko Haram, the Nigerian Muslim population-especially those in the northern part-has always craved for a unifying leader. A leader that would lead based on the Sharia system. The amalgamation of the southern and northern protectorates in 1914 saw to the end of the last vestiges of the Uthman Dan Fodio Caliphate
Nigeria, a nation once an aspirant to continental power has been enmeshed in a brutal and long war with a terrorist group called Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah...
This is not a rumor, it’s been verified by numerous personal contacts who are current ‘opposition’ Party law makers in Nigeria. The ruling Party is paying out sums of at least N50 million to purchase any law maker they can, most especially in opposition states. Kwara, Edo, Rivers, Nasarawa and the like. People are being bought for $380,000, one of the tallest sums ever widely offered to buy people. These are people being bought to help frustrate the opposition state and Party. Also, every sharp opposition Party political youth who possibly does not have a spot in the highly competitive... Continue Reading
By Michelle Chifamba – HARARE – When greed and poverty meet, the end result can only be corruption. This is the plight that Zimbabwe, which ranks among the 11 most corrupt countries in the world, finds itself in. Independent research organizations probing corruption within government ranks produce their findings to the police, yet the findings do not trigger arrests or further investigations. Within the Municipality, and government departments evidence suggest the abuse of office by a few elite while the ordinary man in the street writhes in poverty. Unemployed youths roam the streets of Harare in search of informal means... Continue Reading
What He Said… Whenever the President of Nigeria travels overseas to ‘represent’ the nation, its people hold on to their seats fearful of what the outcome will be. So far it has been one of two things; a. President Jonathan gets drunk and is AWOL at his turn; or b. The President gets drunk and inebriated and speaks unhinged, disgracing Nigerians and shocking the world with his utterances. His recent performances in the US (where he told Obama that for him to fix the world, he must fix Africa, and for Obama to fix Africa, he must fix Nigeria [Man... Continue Reading