by Dolapo Adelana Governor Ayodele Fayose has said the presidency needs to stop treating Nigeria’s democracy as a dictatorship. The governor, who said this on Sunday stated that President Buhari has to allow the nation’s democracy to work else he would soon become like Emperor Jean Bedel Bokassa and Emperor Idi Amin Dada. Governor Fayose,... Read More

Ayodele Fayose, Democrac, Idi Amin, Presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari

December 7, 2016

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Opinion: Africa truly rising

by Anthony Ademiluyi After the return of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu from England in 1957 after a 13-year sojourn for his educational pursuits, his wealthy and influential father wanted him to put his education to good use by joining the family business. The former rebel had other ideas as he had a brief stint in the colonial... Read More

africa, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, ghana elections, Gnassingbé Eyadema, Idi Amin, incumbent, Mobutu Sese Seko, nigeria, Sani Abacha

March 27, 2015

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Simon Utsu: Let us use this moment to remember Pa Buhari

by Simon Utsu For a man who refused to show a crippled mother of two leniency for a drug peddling related offence as a military head of state, little leniency should be shown. We should let karma have her way. It is barely a day to the Presidential election. Just yesterday, Pa Buhari once again... Read More

Idi Amin, Muhammadu Buhari, Pa Buhari, simon utsu

October 5, 2014

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@MaxSiollun : Is it time for a female President in Nigeria?

by Max Siollun Ever since the political crisis fermented by former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua illness, the word “zoning” has taken on extra significance in Nigeria. The talk has been of whether the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s “zoning” arrangement would be applied to permit the emergence of a new President from the south, the north, the east, the south-south etc... Read More

Idi Amin, leaders, max siollun, opinion, Presidents, women, ynaija, zoning

August 25, 2014

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George Akume: Dear President Jonathan, stop behaving like Idi-Amin

by George Akume The constitutional power of impeachment is a sacred power that can be likened to the mystical Sword of Damocles, which dangles over the executive branch to keep it in check, but seldom falls on its principals. Sections 143 and 188 of the Nigeria 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides for removal of the... Read More

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April 16, 2013

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“You’re very charming, fresh, beautiful, intelligent & confident”: Idi Amin’s 1975 letter to Thatcher (READ)

I think Idi Amin had just acquired the title of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causeu) of Makerere University in preparation for leading the whole of Africa as the OAU chairman. The then President of Uganda was greatly moved by the beauty of Margaret Thatcher when her photograph appeared in the Daily Nation newspaper of Kenya... Read More

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