Kabiru Danladi Lawanti

One of the main arguments for supporting Jonathan by some people in the 2011 general elections was their belief that the man’s ideology is different from that of his party – the PDP. The self acclaimed biggest party in Africa was a bastion of hope for most Nigerians in 1998 due to caliber of its founding fathers – the late Pa Sunday Awoniyi, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Dr. Suleiman Kumo, Mallam Adamu Chiroma Solomon Lar, Alhaji Abubakar Rimi and other prominent Nigerians. However, some few years after its ascendance to power, the political party under Obasanjo turned into a monster of a sort.   The founding fathers of the party became its first victims. PDP’s rule turned out to be generally a disaster – characterized by lack of internal democracy, violation of rule of law, corruption, open stealing of public funds, electoral malpractices and violence, rigging and short changing electorates will. Most Nigerians then believed that our socio-economic problems were essentially brought by o...

One of the simplest definitions of Northern Nigeria according to expert is poverty, insecurity, illiteracy and loss of political power. Whether this definition serves our present purpose or not, the crisis in Northern Nigeria has reached a boiling point. From poverty, unemployment, almajirci, begging and total loss of focus to now the mother of all – the Boko Haram. As it appears both the Federal Government and the Northern political leaders appear clueless on how to tackle the issue. On its part, the Federal Government has turned the region into militarized zone with the region having the highest number of military officers in most of its major cities. Also towns and villages, government and private institutions, including Universities have been barricaded, restricting movements and strict stop and search. On the other hand the Northern elites – former leaders from the region, security personnel academics are also forming groups and making contact on how to tackle the issue. ...