THE LAW, THE ASS, AND THE POLITICIAN

The current horse-trading in which politicians are recklessly carpet-crossing is not new to us. Today’s post revisits the flagrant abuse of due process in this unholy game. Published on April 17, 1983 in the Sunday Concord, the article also examined the nauseating penchant for wasting the nation’s resources in useless court cases.

Today’s cartoon is a mirror of the pre-independence era. I had to issue a reminder to President Shehu Shagari that, while he was hobnobbing with the British monarchy during his state visit to Britain in the early 1980s, the Margaret Thatcher administration was paying deaf ear to the hue and cry over South Africa’s independence. Thank God, reasoned prevailed in 1994 when South Africa was accorded universal suffrage.

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BLOOD AND FIRE IN LYBIA: A REVIEW OF THE GADAFFI LEGEND

As hundreds of Lybians flood the streets in the eastern city of Beyida, asking for the exit of their leadership, it has become necessary to post my analysis of the leadership and imperialist style of Muammar Gaddafi in the Daily Times edition of January 16, 1981.

Within the same period, President Ronald Reagan became apprehensive of Gadaffi’s exploits, especially in the face of skirmishes over the Gulf of Sidra. Posted here also is a caricature of Reagan’s state of mind at the time. In fact, Reagan had to put paid to Gadaffi’s exploits with a surprise raid on Lybia on April 14, 1986.

GADAFFI AND NIGERIA

The article in today’s post also calls to mind, Gadaffi’s uninvited submissions during the impasse following President Yar’Adua’s ailment. You may recall that Gadaffi canvassed the splitting of Nigeri along sectarian lines.

Please help yourself to these historic materials.

GOD, A NIGERIAN?

Soon after the Babangida entry in 1985, Mr. Ray Ekpu who also had a column in the Sunday Concord, like I did, came up with an article titled: God is a Nigerian. Ray Ekpu based his judgment on the state of the nation when Babangida came in. However, I did a counter article in my Concord Laff column with a rejoinder titled: God is not a Nigerian.

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CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: CHANGE THE STATUS QUO WITH YOUR VOTE

CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: CHANGE THE STATUS QUO WITH YOUR VOTE: "Many Nigerians are angered by the ornate lifestyle of our politicians resulting from their highly overpriced offices. While a majority of t..."