July 28th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Democracy, Governance, Nigeria, elections
Guardian just published an piece on the still-simmering electoral verdict in Ondo-state. The editorial is written by Professor Akinnaso, one of Dr. Agagu’s colleagues. Excepts:
This may be the last time I will address you as governor and the last advice I will give you in that capacity. My advice is that you should not appeal […]
July 25th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Democracy, Governance, Nigeria, elections
For more than 12 months, I and several others have been waiting patiently for this day to come to pass. Shortly after the results of the 2007 flawed elections became known in Ondo state - where the incumbent, Dr Agagu won the election ‘miraculously’ - I have waited for justice to prevail.
Today, justice come around […]
July 25th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere
The incumbent Dr Agagu has been sacked by the election tribunal!
Details to follow!
July 24th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Democracy, EFCC, Education, Governance, Niger-Delta, Nigeria, elections
The Nigerian state appears gray and stuporous at the moment. Check this out:
Corruption continues
In the last 8 weeks, some big wigs have been docked over financial misappropriation - two former aviation ministers (Babalola Borishade and Femi Fani-Kayode) and an ex-governor (Michael Botmang). There are also fraud allegations against the sitting governor of Oyo state.
In […]
July 23rd, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Conflict, Corruption, Governance, Nigeria
It is becoming increasingly difficult to blog on Nigeria from a positive perspective. This is one of the reasons:
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pays $6 million to Niger Delta militants as “protection fee’ monthly, the House of Representatives Committee on Finance investigating the alleged non remittance of revenue collected by government agencies from 1999 […]
