Sonala Olumhense

What is a Nigerian life worth?

Written by The Guardian/Sonala Olumhense Sunday, 07 March 2010 00:14

The night Umaru Yar’Adua returned to Abuja, it was like the Biblical thief in the night. He landed in Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in the small hours, and his air ambulance glided into a secure, closed hanger. A discreet ambulance reportedly pulled into the hanger to ferry the man home.

Komputer Keyboard Kombatants

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Written by Saharareporters/Sonala Olumhense Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:53

Two days ago, in an article entitled “No Military Interventions Allowed,” I argued against the prospects of a military coup in Nigeria. My article followed reports that certain elements within the army were preparing—or being prepared—for a coup, and that the Chief of Army Staff was taking measures to ensure a coup did not happen.

30 days of Jonathan’s interregnum

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Written by The Guardian/Sonala Olumhense Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:00

Exactly what should we celebrate of last week’s events? The assumption of Nigeria’s top political office by Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan is worthy of celebration only because, given the turbulent waters into which our ship of state had sailed, we simply needed to get out. Regrettably, Nigeria’s political establishment chose the convenient, not correct, way to do it.

And So It Came To Pass

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Written by Sonala Olumhense Sunday, 07 February 2010 15:50

And so, it came to pass that the 90th day was upon the land. And the 100th day was not far off. And still there was no sign of The Sick One, who continued to hide away in an alien hospital under alien laws, his ears blocked with alien cotton buds.

A Scream In The Streets (II)-The Guardian/Sonala Olumhense

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Written by Sonala Olumhense Saturday, 30 January 2010 23:08

Memo to: Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP); Campaign Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL); Association of Nigerian Professional Bodies; National Association of Nigerian Students; Nigeria Labour Congress; Save Nigeria Group, and The Man in the Street.Three months ago, I urged you to lead the way to a new Nigeria, using the instrument of mass protest. I argued that, working as one, you could mobilize Nigerians to dig our regressing and under-developing nation out of the soil and out of the past.

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