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Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to President Jonathan   Dr. Reuben Abati began an epistle meant to save the president’s dwindling reputation in the face of his numerous woes. But apart from being a well worded piece from a master at the use of words, the write up failed essentially to make a saint of the villain that President Goodluck Jonathan has become to his critics. The former member of the Guardian’s editorial board who was a widely acknowledged critic of the government has since his conversion to the presidential faith, become an unyielding apostle of the virtues of that religion. But unlike Paul, his epistle fails to convert any of the unbelievers to the new religion. The president argues the epistle is of common descent, educated and likes the company of intelligent men. He does not take alcohol except wine on occasion and exercises very well. He is also a very detribalized and passionate Nigerian who has made the presence of women in his government a commonpla...

“Dell to Arik Air, come in please….” " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it ." George Santayana Dell Hell should never have happened but it did. It all began when global PC manufacturing giant, Dell Computers ignored a justifiably aggrieved customer. The customer, Jeff Jarvis incidentally was a blogger and owner of the already popular blog, buzzmachine.com. In June 2005 , the laptop he purchased from Dell Computers developed a fault almost immediately after he took delivery, leading him to lodge a complaint with the company. The unsatisfactory customer service he subsequently received compelled him to take his frustrations online and make his experience known to the public via his blog. It is probable that Jarvis did not expect the initial responses he got; 253 comments by fellow aggrieved customers. Dell Computers returned the laptop, still not functioning and what began as a rant gradually turned to rage and then hell for Dell Computers...

Every person in the calling of creativity sometimes experience a period in which ideas stop flowing momentarily leading to a lag in such creative activity. It is called different names in various fields. Writers call it writer’s block, football teams call it moments of desperation and even travelling experiences such difficulties known as traffic jam or better still go slow . Somehow, these lags do not last forever, they eventually clear up within a few moments, or hours and in certain cases weeks. In the end the person rises to new feats. One such office experiencing a lag on ideas and action is the leadership of Nigeria. The government is simply put experiencing its lowest ebb in terms of ideation and action. The country has never known this height of stagnation since its independence, not even in the Abacha years was Nigeria this stagnant on the drive to progress. President Goodluck Jonathan declared in self defence that the terror menace of Boko Haram has become a huge distra...

As the impeachment saga began raging a few weeks ago, many commentators have begun to assess the performance of the president since he stopped acting as president out of necessity and became the real life president. Many have reached critical conclusions that either suggests the president is doing a fair job given his very good excuse and others that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan deserves more time. None of the commentaries thus far has been written in praise of the president. Budget implementation, the bone of contention, is the grouse of the sponsor of the impeachment notice Hon. Gbajabiamila. According to him, the president has not fared well on the issue of implementing the 2012 Budget and as such should get the boot come September. The presidency on its part has reacted with figures and some more figures. It has also passed some of the buck back to the National Assembly and found a technical excuse that the budget was passed in April as reason for a failure in implementation. It...