When these Militants were in full swing, I thought to myself, did these guys really know what they were up against?
Didn't they know how many billionaires the Nigerian Oil Industry had produced?
Didn't they realize that over and above the problems of the Niger Delta were the very very huge and vested interests of the Western World Powers in Nigerian Oil? The situation in the Niger delta always had an immediate impact on Global Oil prices.
Of Course, had it been these technological Giants had managed to come up with an alternative to Crude Oil, all of this will be Nigeria's business. Period!
It would only be a matter of time before the Nigerian Government will revert to a Military solution, which has always seemed to work for them, so why change?
The local and foreign interests being hurt were simply too powerful for a peaceful solution to the militancy to be the dominant idea.
The Militants, being true Nigerians, are mostly now singing a new tune now that they know the government is "serious" about ending the Militancy by any means necessary.
The Amnesty is being lapped up like ice cream, as if to confirm that most of the Militants were themselves opportunists seeking their own share of Nigeria's largely misspent oil booty.
Problem is, will this Amnesty Solution be permanent?
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He was warned not to take the job, by no less than Segun Odegbami among others.
Having gotten respectable silver medals at the Under 21 soccer tournament in 2005 and the 2008 Olympics, skies seemed the limit for this obviously thorough minded Nigerian ex-international coach.
He had soooo many enemies within Nigeria's soccer establishment who were simply waiting for him to fail, and fall.
Why he had to settle for this U21 side I cannot fathom. They were not strictly his boys, so the loyalty factor may have been at a minimum, especially when he removed the erstwhile captain, one of the acclaimed Yemi Tella boys from 2005 Under 17.
Now he will have to be lumped together with other 'local coaches' when the debate about Foreign Coaches inevitably resurrects.
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I'm not trying to be alarmist here. Afterall, so many fears were raised about 2003 and 2007, and despite the widespread electoral malpractice in these elections, Nigeria still stands.
But the signs are not too encouraging.
I wonder what role the ex militants, who are obviously getting disgruntled, will play. Last word was that they were harassing citizens.
Would it be a first if we ask the international community to organize this election for us?
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