Oluniyi David Ajao

Political point of view

Economist, a well-respected magazine has just published a report about the recent elections in Nigeria. The report is titled: “Big men, big fraud and big trouble” and I have published parts of the opening paragraph, below:
EVER since Sani Abacha expired in the arms of two Indian prostitutes, possibly from an overdose of Viagra, in 1998, [...]

If there is one column I regularly enjoy reading in the Daily Graphic (Ghana’s leading daily newspaper), its certainly “From my Rooftop“, by Kofi Akordor. His articles are always very insightful, and straight to the point, letting the chips fall where they may. The one published on Page 7 of the Thursday May 22 2007 [...]

I received the message below via Yahoo! Messenger from an online Nigerian friend who is fond of forwarding messages. The thrust of the message is that each and everyone of those listed below have been persecuted at one time or another by President Obasanjo. This is funny, but then think about it and share your [...]

This concluding part of “Blogging the historic election“, highlights the blog posts by Nigerians, on Presidential elections.
Election day posts
We start with a post from Thinking…Imagining… In a post titled “Thank God Nigerians are not Suicide bombers!“, Segedoo highlights a recent attempt to blow up the national headquarters of the INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) head [...]

The news that the current Vice President of Nigeria (Atiku Abubakar) is being asked to leave his official residence within Aso Rock under the pretext of a renovation for me is the height of pettiness. How petty can a government get?
Of course, this is not the first time I am hearing that the building he [...]

It’s election time in Africa’s most populous country - Nigeria. Nigerian bloggers have been blogging their sentiments and observations of the election. This round-up gives a brief overview of election reports and views shared by Nigerian bloggers before, during and after last Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
Pre-election
Yomi Says blogs about pre-election campaign in Lagos state, Nigeria’s economic [...]

Politicians (especially in Africa) are always so eager to prove to their constituents that they are competent to lead, that they sometimes goof, indict, or even implicate themselves.
A classic example of this, is Governor Umaru Yar’Adua of Katsina State of Nigeria, who is also the ruling party (PDP)’s presidential candidate for the April 2007 elections. [...]