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Nigeria’s invitation of the Israeli Mossad to help it tackle kidnappers in the South East: A sign of failure (Concluded)

TEMPLE C. UBOCHI, Bonn, Germany (Nigeriaworld) - ...it’s of no use inviting foreigners (Mossad) to solve our problems for us: We should be capable enough to confront and solve our problems ourselves and we should try to nip every problem in the bud. There’s no need taking the fire bridge approach to any of our problems because, “there will be no need taking a dead patient to a doctor”. Most importantly, anything affecting any one of us should concern us all and we should all be there for each other.... more >>

The Doctrine of Necessity: Nigeria's preferred option for politics & social engineering

UCHENNA ODOGWO, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Given the imperatives of ''Cause & Effect'', it becomes rather difficult to find anybody in disagreement with the real import of the Doctrine of Necessity. Thus those imperatives assume ''Uniformity of human nature and the predictability of human beings''. To fully understand the implications of this doctrine for Nigeria, one might have to dig deeper into the country's history, post October 1, 1960. more >>

Plundering of Nigeria by the National Assembly members!

YEMI ADEGBITE, Brampton, Ontario, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - Nigerian legislators are among the highest paid in the world. It is sickening and mind boggling to see the way our legislators squandered public money and loot the national treasury like there is no tomorrow. In a country where many youths are unemployed, where the workers' average income is less than $150.00 per month, where industries are relocating to other neighboring countries due to perennial and incessant power outages ... it is criminal to see how much these politicians take home monthly minus the ones they amass illegally. more >>

Unveiling Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah, the new Nigeria Telecommunications Commission (NCC) boss

ONOME OKWAH, (Nigeriaworld) - It is a widely known fact that a gold fish has no hiding place but Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah had managed to maintain a low profile despite his towering achievements in the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. But not anymore. more >>

A Treasury kidnapped

AKEEM SOBOYEDE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - What makes these outlandish payments even more irksome is that they are contrary to every existing constitutional and procedural guideline set out to govern such payments. While the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMFAC), the body charged with setting the emoluments of National Assembly members, set the total payments in any fiscal year at N15bn, monies paid to the National Assembly members last year is believed to have been at least six times that number, at N90bn. This year that figure is expected to be well over N100bn. This for a body that has only 469 members. more >>

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES

What posture is best to stay at prayers? Do we have to close our eyes and do we have to pray audibly?

SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - The Lord kept His eyes open as He prayed to bring Lazarus back to life from the world of the dead: ''Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, ''Father..………..'' Some Christians think it constitutes a negative attitude to close eyes at prayers. Some argue that they won't close eyes while talking to a God who is real in as much as they do not close eyes while on appointment with earthly powers. more >>

Nigeria’s invitation of the Israeli Mossad to help it tackle kidnappers in the South East: A sign of failure (3)

TEMPLE C. UBOCHI, Bonn, Germany (Nigeriaworld) - Nigeria defies all logic. Every policy initiated by the government or its agencies, aimed at “alleviating” the suffering of the poor masses, rather ends up compounding it. The Inspector General of Police re-located to Abia State, on the order of the president, to oversee the rescue operation to free the four journalists kidnapped there few weeks ago and once the kidnappers released the kidnapped, the Inspector General and the Israeli Mossad contracted for the operation, all hurriedly left town.... more >>

The role of human rights organizations in the democratization of Nigeria

LEKAN AKINOSHO, Toronto, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - The recent withdrawal of drunk driving charges and drug possession by a former Conservative MP, Rahim Jaffer, through a plea bargain by his lawyer is a travesty of the Canadian justice system. The government of Canada has failed its citizens and has illustrated to the Canadian people that there is a double standard in its justice system; one for the common people and a separate more lenient one for those in power. more >>

Achieving the Millenium Development Goals: The maternal and child health successes in Delta State

INNOCENT A. OJEFIA, Abraka, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - Although most African countries are off-track on most of the Millennium Development Goals- MDGs, Africa has, since the mid-1990s, arguably been making the greatest progress towards the goals. The poverty rate has been declining at about one percentage point a year. There is some evidence that maternal and child mortality in Africa, after stagnating for sometime, is beginning to fall sharply. more >>

Nigeria, return to God on your knees

Rev Fr. STAN CHU ILO, Courtice, Ontario, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - How do we know the mind of God? This is obviously a very difficult quest. One may wonder why we need to know the mind of God. The answer is that our ultimate human fulfilment and salvation depends on knowing the mind of God. When I speak of the mind of God, I mean God's will. We are not simply accidents in the wide constellations of the cosmic order. We are each and all the work of a Master Designer. God has a wonderful plan for me and for everyone, hence the need to know God's mind so as to embrace his plan for me. more >>

Pursuing attitudinal change amongst Nigerians

STEVE OGBONMWAN, (Nigeriaworld) - Paper Presented at Edo Global Organization Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain 18-20th June 2010 more >>

My Son (Poem)

PAUL THOMAS, Ireland (Nigeriaworld) - My son, hearken to the cry of your father.; Many seasons ago, ; Your father before me; Admonished thy father of the vicissitudes of life,; The ever changing face of the cosmos.; Life begets seasons and times,; All come for a purpose.; Sometimes laughter to make the soul merry; ; And some pain beyond the solace of words, ; The pangs of debauchery or the perfidy of kin. more >>

GEJ: No police rescue for me

PATRICK NWADIKE, Tokyo, Japan (Nigeriaworld) - Why don't the youths try Policy of Ostracizement? Let the politicians have the oil but stay Ostracized {they are very few} from all communities, all clan and families. We should seek alternative means to develop ''step by step, block by block, family by family, city to city,'' and hope someday that we would be sincere enough to take Ben Nwabueze's advice; clean the white board. more >>

ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo: An African perspective

OMOBA O. OSINUGA, Dagenham, Essex, UK (Nigeriaworld) - In order to understand the background of the recent African conflicts and civil wars post the 1990s and what I see as the relevance of the ICJ's Kosovo advisory opinion it is quite evident that issues of historical, political and legal context of the colonial struggle in Africa comes to play particularly the strict adherence to the legal doctrine of uti possidetis juris or uti possidetis de jure by the African Union (AU) the successor body the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) the intergovernmental group of all African Countries as stated in its charter. more >>

Nwodo Versus PDP's 'Carrygo' disease

BENEDICT OKEREKE, Padua, Italy (Nigeriaworld) - In our local parlance, ''carrygo'' is a complex expression. In this discourse it is used to depict a situation where a political leadership class (in this case within the PDP) regularly acquiesced to having the party's election candidates selected instead of elected, and the followers are constrained to accept the products with cheers. The system produced the syndrome of a diseased polity that sacrificed merit at the alters of mediocrity. more >>

An urgent note to INEC

ALFRED AISEDIONLEN, London, UK (Nigeriaworld) - There is no need for the leaderships of the country to continue to sing the chorus of credible, free and fair election. The endeavour towards such must not only be evident but there must be the related necessary actions in progress. Over the years, Nigerians were too trusting, gave the benefit of the doubt to their leaders and were fed with promises that were never kept. more >>

President Goodluck Jonathan: The task Now and Beyond 2011

PATRICK ODIONIKHERE, Austria (Nigeriaworld) - Goodluck Jonathan may not be the messiah awaited but a product of unfortunate circumstance for an unfortunate mission. He embodies a burden of history for himself, his people (south-south) and nation. Not many people have come that far in the history of Nigeria, except Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo although, the latter was a disappointment. As a result so much is expected from President Jonathan and our people wants him to be a double of nobody. more >>

FEMI AWODELE'S HOUSE CALL

Home Improvement Series CXLIV - When a spouse commits adultery?

FEMI AWODELE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - There are two reasons for divorce stated in the bible, the first is “adultery” (Jesus did not specify which adultery category) and when an unbelieving spouse chooses to go and the believing spouse has done all he/she can do, however in both cases, it is clear that re-marriage is not the perfect will of God (I also believe God will forgive if we seek it after remarrying) and God would rather we forgive an adulterous spouse if he/she seeks forgiveness. more >>

BABS' MUSE

The boy who saw legislooters at war

BABS AJAYI, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - ''The boy said they went to the house to observe firsthand what they've read in their subjects, Government and Social Studies and what they say, the fighting, wrestling and kicking were not in their books. I just can't stop laughing.''; ''He said his dad told him he must return to write an essay about his experience at the House of Looters, but now he could not write about what he saw. What he saw was just too shameful and disgraceful.''; ''He saw legislooters at work, at their best and at one another's throat.'' more >>

OFFOARO - POET WITHOUT BORDERS

Nigerian-Americans killing their spouses in the US - 1

GODSON OFFOARO, Owerri, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - In the mid nineties through the early 2000's, Nigerians with the aid of the Visa Lottery literally invaded the US. ... Now, the chickens are coming home to roost. The bubble is bursting. There is a new fang of social upheaval in many Nigerian-American homes. The wives' eyes have been 'opened.' What they bargained for originally, are not what they are now seeing, leading to an unbridled escalation in matrimonial disharmony. And, now, unfortunately to the untimely deaths of many Nigerian-American wives through homicide. more >>

Nigeria’s invitation of the Israeli Mossad to help it tackle kidnappers in the South East: A sign of failure (2)

TEMPLE C. UBOCHI, Bonn, Germany (Nigeriaworld) - Some people don’t want peace to reign in Aba, that’s why they are exacerbating the tension in the town after the kidnap incident that made national headline. The kidnappers and armed robbers are serving the same “masters”. This column hopes that the Inspector General of Police and the Mossad will hang on longer in Aba to “welcome” the armed robbers. It’s time to decide who owns the land once and for all. We can’t just allow kidnappers and armed robbers to be operating at will, without any challenge.... more >>

Kidnaping in Nigeria and prejudice

UGO O. ASOBIE, (Nigeriaworld) - Two days ago, after the four kidnaped journalist were voluntarily released by their captors, but before the police arrested any of the kidnappers, the Abia State Government deposed and is prosecuting an Ngwa traditional ruler ... The actions and utterances of the Abia State Governor and the Nigerian Inspector General of Police regarding kidnaping in Nigeria, seems to be tainted with prejudice, because, they passed judgement on the identity of the kidnappers without any credible facts to support their claim. more >>

Genocide, Biafra and forgiveness

OSITA EBIEM, (Nigeriaworld) - Over the years I have come across certain individuals of the Igbo/Biafran extraction who admitted to having lost one or more loved ones to the genocide but who on being asked what they intend to do to obtain justice for the murdered ones and forestall any future occurrence would say that they would want to forgive and let the past be. These individuals are pathetic because we see in them a people who have hardly evolved away from the instinctual level of existence. more >>

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES

Are there any preparations to make before entering into prayers?

SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - Yes, there are, because we are meeting with the only One who is Supreme. more >>

Anti-corruption: Leadership/followership dimension and its implication for national development

JONES OLUWOLE ALUKO, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - The general belief in Nigeria is that the country has not been blessed with selfless leaders since independence. The leaders have been seen as self-centred, very corrupt and highly insensitive to the problems of those they govern. This phenomenon has brought untold hardship to the people with attendant massive unemployment, job insecurity, lack of social security systems, unexpected retirement and retrenchment of workers, inability to pay gratuities many years after retirement, inadequate pension benefits and to worsen it, failure to pay pensioners their dues regularly. more >>

Religious leaders have a hand in the governance of Nigeria

CHRISTOPHER C. ONYEKURU, Barcelona, Spain (Nigeriaworld) - Right from the unset of the third republic, Pastor Bakare had foreseen what would be descending on the homeland and prepared himself spiritually to speak up against these few individuals in the helm of affairs whose minds are so clouded by the voracity and competition toward amassing the wealth of Nigeria that their public service acumen has kept drying out. more >>

Rescue of the kidnapped journalists: Emerging questions

JOSEPH OGBONNAYA, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - The kidnapping of the journalists raises the issue of the remote causes of such violent crime. Why were youths involved in this? Why kidnap for ransom, why kidnap at all? Various government officials reacted when the high rate of unemployment was fingered as the major cause of such crimes. Some asked whether lack of employment is enough reason for one to engage in kidnapping. Some pat themselves on the back and alleged that government is not expected to provide employment for all its citizens. more >>

Hmmm!!! Nigeria with Nuclear Power Station

OLUSEGUN AROWOLO, Berlin, Germany (Nigeriaworld) - Enumerating the hazards a nuclear power plant could cause will take a whole book to explain. So, let us talk about Nigerian factors. How will a nation that has no maintenance culture, that cannot maintain ordinary roads and other uncomplicated infrastructures in the country will be thinking of building a nuclear power station? Has Nigeria been able to manage and maintain ordinary refinery? Look at Kanji Dam and Niger Bridge, both which could go down any moment. more >>

Superficial nature of South African citizenship: Agony of Black African settlers

PETER E. NWAFOR, Johannesburg, South Africa (Nigeriaworld) - Over a period of time, the hostile attitude towards naturalized black South African citizens who are genuinely committed, towards contributing their quota regarding the progress of the country they consider their home, particularly Nigerians, is somewhat dehumanizing and degrading, putting into picture the role migrants have played in the history of the country and its cosmopolitan disposition as well as its exemplary position as arguably the best constitutional democracy in the world. more >>

Equity and management

OSITA EBIEM, (Nigeriaworld) - When confronted with the fact that since the rich after all worked very hard to acquire their wealth and are therefore entitled to all they have got so why should they share with the less privileged? These people argue that after all we are all children of the universe and based on that birthright everything in the entire universe belongs to all of us equally. And when anyone takes a bird’s view of the different world societies these disparities can be heart-rending and even perplexing. more >>

FEMI AWODELE'S HOUSE CALL

Home Improvement Series CXLIII - Note to singles

FEMI AWODELE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Some months ago I really felt I needed to write a note to singles through this forum because a young lady (church goer) had confided in me about a known leader (pastor) who is married approaching her for an affair, she could not believe it and needed someone she thought was “real” to share with. Then almost a month to the date, another young lady wrote to me about how to handle sexual advances in church from a married person in leadership over her. more >>

BABS' MUSE

Hunger, failed newspapers and editors, and a nation

BABS AJAYI, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - ''They were committed fighters who put the people and the nation first.''; ''They paid a big price individually and collectively and they fought until the madness of Maradona pushed most of them out of the country.''; ''Do you remember they were not alone; they had company, the company of Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpo, Dan Agbese, Yakubu Mohammed, Nosa Igiebor, Bayo Onanuga, Kola Ilori, Babafemi Ojudu, Kunle Ajibade, Onome Osifo-Whiskey, Kunle Ajibade.''; ''A few of the names you mentioned have joined the jeun-jeun group. They have sold out.''; ''I know, I know, but the editors of today are even worse.'' more >>

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