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So Why Did Jonathan Recognize The Libyan Rebels?

Can anyone give me a good reason why Jonathan thought it wise to recognize the Rebels very early? BEFORE the AU (Not that the AU means anything). * That NATO/Britain/US etc that lead the recognition are doing so for commercial reasons? * That Nigeria has absolutely NOTHING to gain by

When your enemy's enemy is not your friend.

* The West hated Gaddafi for political and more importantly financial reasons. * A little percentage of the population hated Gaddafi for political reasons (‘Freedom’ etc) * Extreme Islamic fundamentalists (Libyan Islamic Fighting Group amongst others) hated Gaddafi for not allowing their form of Islam reign The ‘Arab spring’ Libyian edition was an

Please Take These Facebook Pages Off Me!

Back in the days when facebook pages were still being ‘fanned’ and none of you knew what Twitter was, I had this little idea to create an Alumni based network for Nigerian institutions. One use case was when looking for a lawyer, jobs, business partner, house etc, you could check

Putting our Legislators to Work

When Babatunde Fashola signed the Lagos new Tenancy bill into Law on Wednesday (Yesterday), it occurred to me that the legislative arm of government is not only about sharing money, probing the executives or screening commissioners and ministers after all. Members of this arm of government are elected as per

Putting the Libyan opposition into perspective for Nigerians

Imagine for a moment Nigerians rose up against OBJ and we had Annenih and Olabode George leading the ‘opposition’ rebels. That is the magic that has happened in Libya. #shineyoureyes.

The Fall Of Gadaffi

Befor we all jubilate, let us ask ourselves if it is proper for armed groups within a country to be backed by foreign forces to topple the established government. My simple answer is no. If it is a yes, why are Myanmara and Zimbabwe not yet ‘liberated’ with their far

Tenure Elongation: The Inmates Have Finally Taken Over The Asylum

When I first heard of the plot for Jonathan to elongate the tenure of the Presidency it sounded too bad to be true. Only an insane person would propose to tamper with that aspect of the constitution while the country is boiling on various fronts and still smarting from the

Questions From Libya

The United States has now officially recognized the Libyan rebels as the true representative of the Libyan people. What nonsense! First of all let me make this very clear, I think Gadaffi is a mad man and should be sent to a hospital far away. Not too long ago; he

Hookes Law.

Hookes law states that if force is applied to an elastic body it will return to its original state provided it’s elastic limit is not exceeded. Although I am off Twitter and Facebook temporarily, I cannot avoid the news of the constant attacks by “Boko Haram”. After the numerous