Blogs by olusammy

 The elections are over, the winner declared, an election according to the international community was a step forward in the political life of Nigeria as the nation moves forward to a brighter future. We have a section of the country unhappy about the results and they go on the rampage, they claim the results were rigged. the truth is if they did took part in the election and kept  a eye on the process, maybe they might feel a bit better about the whole process but i must declare that I am rather naive when it come to Nigerian politics. As far as i can see the northern states should be thankful that they are part of the republic of Nigeria, when i look at the whole picture of how we see ourselves as a nation it is becoming clear that the northern states do not really see themselves part of the republic, it seems like they want create a nation of their own, as far as i can tell a Islamic state, which comes with all the benefits of sharia law and all that comes with it. The chopping

The Nation - 2011 Elections: villains and men of little vision

Democracy in Nigeria is something that would make a hell of a difference to the common man on the street ,if his vote mattered at all.and now we have these debate and we have a candidate who is refusing to debate, which would help the people decide who they would vote for, my question is simply ,how do we know who is worthy of our vote. the policy of corruption may take a long time grow out of Nigerian politics,but one must not be native ,all the common man would want to is a chance to live in a country that would make him proud to belong and corruption to reduce to the minimum. and a chance to bring up his children to be  able to compete with the rest of the world on equal terms. lets us is see what will happen as the time for the election to happen

The question i ask myself these days as we glide toward the end of the year, are we on the road to the end of the way we know thing to be. the uprising in the middle east the earth quake in the far east , New Zealand and now Japan, what are we going to get as the year goes on, the western powers are in the tussle over what to do next, in Libya and many in the US, want to get out of Afghanistan , the world is changing and we don`t know what to expect, are going to see more wars as Russia wants to retaliate against the the American by supplying the Taliban weapons through the Iranians,not that far off from what the Americans did to the Russians when they were in same position. are we going to see more disasters,more deaths As 2012 draws closer, i begin to recall all the tales of the end of time for all humanity, who knows what the future will bring for us, i suspect it is going to be interesting and in the same  vain i say to all who read this blog,  "HOLD ON TO SOMETHING ,IT`S G