Posted 14 March 2013 by Transparency International Secretariat Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation, calls on President Goodluck Jonathan to rescind the pardon granted to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of the oil-rich state of Bayelsa, who was convicted for money laundering and other serious corruption offences in 2007. “This decision undermines anti-corruption efforts in […]

Jonathan stirs storm over controversial state pardon for Alamieyeseigha, others Idris Akinbajo Published: March 13,2013 Jonathan’s campaign poster for presidency: Picture from emotanafricana Library, Depo Adenle at Ibadan: A promise, & a colossal betrayal! – TOLA,   http://premiumtimesng.com/news/124407-jonathan-stirs-storm-over-controversial-state-pardon-for-alamieyeseigha-others.html

On October 26, 2011, this blog carried   http://emotanafricana.com/2011/10/26/that-dowdens-lecture-at-nigerias-51st-anniversary/ a feel-good paper for President Jonathan for Nigeria’s 51st anniversary, a paper I described as “dancing a little to the left and then to the right” for which I wrote “Dowden did pay for his lunch – pardon me – his air tickets, a VIP treatment which […]

There does not seem to be an end in sight to the wastefulness of the Jonathan administration if, as the story of the link below indicates, the President actually took 200 aides – hangers-on or genuine aides – to an AU meeting at Addis Ababa. Among the entourage was supposedly Bola Sagaya, a woman I […]

“I can tell you that Obasanjo and Jonathan went round and bought the people who were going to attend the convention in their states. When the delegates came for the convention in Abuja, again they bought them. The governors ensured that they appoint people to mark the ballots. Are you saying that the PDP primary […]

It seems push has finally come to shove as the saying goes:  a group of leading Nigerian citizens has been reported as asking Jonathan to send his cabinet members packing!  Judging from the names mentioned as constituting the group, they are all eminent Nigerians and cut across ethnic lines. May be, finally, the idea that […]

http://saharareporters.com/video/how-vicious-mountain-fire-church-security-molested-arrested-and-detained-saharareporters-crew-#comment-541077 Submitted by tola adenle on January 9, 2013 – 02:52. Many Nigerian churches are extensions of state institutions State Security Service (SSS) personnel and policemen carrying AK47 threatening media reps with death at “church” service when these people should not be there beyond preventing the senseless bombing of churches?  Nigeria as the world knows […]

“Azazi: End of a dream”, By Aliyu U. Tilde – Aliyu Tilde Premium Times, December 31, 2012 The remains of former security adviser, General Andrew Azazi, were committed to mother earth yesterday at Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. That was the last station of one of the chief players in the game of Nigeria’s national insecurity during […]

Kuwait, gba wa, o! – Kuwait, PLEASE save Nigerian masses from homelessness! From emotanafricana.com picture gallery.  Credit:  Depo Adenle, November 2011 at Ibadan, Nigeria One keeps on wondering how deep in the sewer Nigeria’s elected and selected leaders will drive us before Nigerians storm into the streets, weeping for the shame they continue to bring […]

Credit:  http://www.punchng.com emotanafricana.com’s collection; Credit, Depo Adenle, 2011. AND, The Collapse of Society’s Institutions that would, in other societies, serve as checks: Nigerian pastors, a.k.a. Nigeria’s “men of God” most of whom can best be described – as I started describing them many years back – “men of Nigeria’s god” which is money, are already […]