Follow the Nigerian Elections
April 14th, 2007 | Published in Democracy, Governance, Nigeria, elections | 2 Comments
… on these sites:
- http://Mimikoforgovernor.com/: Ondo state Deputy Governor arrested for electoral fraud. Mimiko, the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate appears leading with a comfortable margin.
- http://www.greenlightnigeria.org/: 14 dead in Niger-Delta
- http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/: Secret ballot behind bushes in Lagos
- http://www.saharareporters.com/: Ballot boxes hijacked in Ondo state
April 14th, 2007 at 8:59 pm (#)
[…] When there are hard evidence that no state in the nation was free of violence or electoral fraud, yet the President deemed the elections satisfactory. Is Mr. Obasanjo in touch with reality at all? Or maybe I need my head examined! Bookmarks:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]
April 20th, 2007 at 7:00 pm (#)
Yes gunmen can not stop Nigerian elections. You are damn right. They must not be allowed even if they can. Images of Nigeria in recent days have been badly damaged by the failure of the Africans to rally round Nigeria as we always do during our fellow continent nations difficulties.
The attacks from those fanatic Christians and Muslims to preach for moral grounds in a country in need first of unity and common goal is immoral. I have been visiting the African Muslim website esinislam.com for the past tow week everyday. I am depressed to read the Africans like these still cannot see the division the religions are causing in our problematic continent is much more deadly than any morality they teach.
Forget about Christianity. Forget about Islam. these are foreign faith and opposite of all that Africa stand for. Democracy? Well why not. It’s more modern than both Christianity and Islam. So we can relate. Although the recent articles from esinislam.com are gradually rubbing me my trust in democracy, the alternative, however, is a no go area. Wars, discriminations, hatred, tribalism, all in the name of religion.
Enough is enough. We have suffered enough from foreign ways of lives. Can’t we leave things for the Obas, Emirs, and Obis?
Well, that’s my point. Our own traditions.