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18 Candidates to Stand for Presidential Seat in Nigeria
At close of filing amendments to nomination on Monday, indications emerged that 18 candidates out of the 63 parties in Nigeria will contest the April 9th presidential election, according to the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral...
The Malicious Get Smarter
A report that Joseph Menn filed from San Francisco last night for the Financial Times seems to indicate that the dangers of malware may be escalating to a new level. Here is the basic story: Personal friends of employees at Google, Adobe and other...
Divided We Fall
It is hard to imagine there being much joy in the White House this morning. The Associated Press headline writer applied the adjective “epic” to the Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts Senate election. The lead paragraphs, in the ...
Court Orders Nigerian Vice-president be Sworn in As Acting Head of State
A Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria to swear-in Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president pending the return of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from Saudi Arabia. The ruling followed a case instituted by a lawyer,...
Governors of Nigeria’s Ruling Party Hopeful of President Yar’adua’s Health
Twenty-two of the 28 governors of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met on Tuesday to review the state of the nation and resolved that ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua was recuperating fast, just as the legal tussle aimed at forcing...
Switzerland Discovers Irrationality?
Imogen Foulkes’ analysis for BBC News of the Swiss vote to ban minarets indicates that the descent of reasoned political debate into irrationality has now spread beyond the United States to Europe. As I read it, I could not help but remember...
Honoring the Opposition
I used my lunch hour to (finally) watch the Book TV broadcast of Howard Dean at Politics and Prose last August promoting his book on health care reform. While I did not disagree with any of his major points, I found myself disconcerted by his worldview...
Prominent Nigerian Politician Describes World Bank’s SAP As a Conspiracy Against Africa
The former National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Audu Ogbe, has described the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the World Bank as a “conspiracy” against the development of Africa. He made the observation...
