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...surprisingly, disenchantment with the nation's political leaders runs deep. Nigeria has been a nominal democracy since 1999. But international monitors have questioned the fairness of the April 21 elections in which outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo was replaced by his favored candidate Umaru Yar'Adua, a previously obscure state Governor. "These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people, and the process cannot be considered to have been credible," said Max van den Berg, chief E.U. observer, after the vote. When Yar'Adua was sworn in as President last Tuesday, he vowed to improve...
...there are signs of change. A few nonpoliticians are running for office and raising the debate above pork-barrel politics. And there is no incumbent fighting to retain the presidency. Olusegun Obasanjo is stepping down after eight years in power - Nigeria's longest-ever period of democratic rule. It's not that he's leaving voluntarily, exactly. It says something for the strength of Nigeria's fledgling parliament that last year it derailed a plan to amend the constitution so Obasanjo could run for a third term...
...colleague Gilbert daCosta, "It is incredible for any church to even tolerate homosexuality and survive in Nigeria. Your church would be dead in the water." Akinola, however, has proven himself in the past to be a brave man. He took a strong and important stance against Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's bid for an extraconstitutional third term. He needs to be brave again and speak out against the penalties in the Nigerian bill. If he truly has concerns about human rights, he should express them with vigor. Failure to do so ought to prompt his new Virginian congregants to give...
...pains that Americans want to leave behind and deliver the triumphs they long for. American voters are asking for change, but just what kind of change is unclear to many people of the world. We'll have to wait, watch the model democratic institution at work and learn. Mamora Olusegun Victor Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria...
...pains that Americans want to leave behind and deliver the triumphs they long for. American voters are asking for change, but what kind of change is unclear to many people of the world. We'll have to wait, watch the model democratic institution at work, and learn. Mamora Olusegun Victor Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria...