Jane Chima

Below is what Dr. Reuben Abati wrote yesterday criticising those(former government employees) asking for accountability from the current government. Note that this article was written yesterday in his power as a Special assistant t the president. Jenny. A Loosely bound group of yesterday’s men and women seems to be on the offensive against the Jonathan administration. They pick issues with virtually every effort of the administration, pretending to do so in the public interest; positing that they alone, know it all.  Arrogantly, they claim to be better and smarter than everyone else in the current government. They are ever so censorious, contrarian and supercilious. They have no original claim to their pretensions other than they were privileged to have been in the corridors of power once upon a time in their lives. They obviously got so engrossed with their own sense of importance they began to imagine themselves indispensable to Nigeria. It is dangerous to have such a...

The article below was written by Reuben Abati in May 2010 when he was still a Guardian editor. Jenny. "IT is very easy in a Presidential position in Nigeria, nay Africa, to get carried away with the ceremonies of office, to be largely overwhelmed by the fawning attention of sycophants and opportunists, and as the intensity of this increases, the man of power begins to imagine himself a superman, and he soon forgets his primary assignment and begins to enjoy the office for its own sake and what it can bring. It is both a practical and psychological pitfall, the drama of which has been played out all too often in many African states, to the great discomfort and disadvantage of the people. It looks like President Goodluck Jonathan is beginning to fall into that pit. He needs to watch his steps. During the inauguration of a new Federal cabinet in March, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as he then was, seemed to have demonstrated an awareness of this same pitfall when he promi...

Weeks ago, I came accross a column written by one of my mentors, Professor Ayo Olukotun, and I thought I'd share especially with all that's going on in today's politics. Enjoy. Jenny. “The reading habits of politicians matter because in what they choose to read will be found what they think and what they will do” – YARN MARTELL (CANADIAN NOVELIST) As the opening quote sourced from award winning Canadian novelist Yarn Martell suggests what politicians, presidents especially read or fail to read are of profound importance to gauging the quality of their minds, worldview, imaginative depth and what decisions they are likely to take. In 2011, candidate Jonathan appeared to grasp the importance of the reading culture of leaders when he launched “a bring back the book” campaign featuring a carnival and presentation of his book entitled “My friends and I”. The book was reviewed by Dr. Reuben Abati; Special Adviser to the President on media. Ennobling as that campaign w...

Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud.but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hopefor. Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. The first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man; a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope – not blind optimism or wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty;hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long. Eight years later, that hope has been tested – by the cost of war; byone of the worst economic crises in history; and by political gridlockthat’s left us wondering whether it’s still possible to tackle the challenges of our time. I know that campaigns can seem smal...

Cynthia Osokogu’s killers took pictures while sexually assaulting her,  Police detectives at the Area E Command, Lagos have said  .  “The pictures are contained in a recovered black Compaq 610 laptop belonging to Nwabufor Okwuomo, one of the suspects who lured the deceased to Lagos.” Some of the photographs showed girls tied with rope and their mouths covered with cello tape with objects inserted in their private part.  The laptop is also said to contain over 50 nude photographs of female victims who have fallen prey to the suspect. The late Cynthia’s naked photographs also showed bites and wounds inflicted all over her. It's okay to have fun but we have to be careful of who we have fun with. Be self conscious. We live in a dangerous and wicked, wicked world, a world where a father impregnates his daughter. Living life to the maximum should be limited, so that life won't be cut short. May God help us.

We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind. I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before the election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression. A man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs were created and saved, there were still millions more waiting, trying to feed their children and keep their hopes alive. I want to nominate a man cool on the outside but burning for America on the inside. A man who believes we can build a new American Dream economy driven by innovation and creativity, education and cooperation. A man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama. I want Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States and I proudly nominate him as the standard bearer of th...