What manner of amnesty?
By Olusola Balogun
Sunday, June 28, 2009

“I hereby grant amnesty and unconditional pardon to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the commission of offences associated with militant activities in the Niger Delta | Read Story

• My deal with Kalu
• Nigeria: Ten years of tottering democracy
• Don’t turn Niger Delta to another Middle East
• We need electoral reform that’ll outlive us
• Fresh trouble in the hallowed chamber
• 2011: Dicey battle for PDP in South West
• You can’t compare Vision 2020 with Abacha’s Vision 2010
• Mega party can’t work
• Is this house falling?
• Ekiti: More posers, fresh controversy
• Furious ex-Ekiti governor, INEC is useless, corrupt
• Nude protest dangerous – Ifa priest
• Ekiti: Winners and losers
• AC wants state of emergency
• Ekiti: Battle for territorial control or expansion?
• PDP wants to win at all costs– Afuye, Action Congress lawmaker
• Why election observers were attacked in Ekiti
• PDP vs Tinubu in Ekiti : How the battle was won and lost
• Slain INTELS top shot: Family alleges cover-up
• Nigerians should imbibe voting culture –Agbakoba
• Former coup plotters and democracy
• PDP inviting the army
• Gladiators battle for NDDC’s soul
• Ogun crisis more about money – Nnoron, CNPP chieftain
• Kudos, knocks for ex-governors
• As PDP holds convention…
• PDP’s destructive pull
• There’s no democracy in AC — Aluko
• Death for kidnappers
• Mark on rebranding spirit of the elites
• Gathering storm in Rivers
• AC 'll die without Atiku
• Eso Panel: Odili trying to distort facts -Amaechi
• Plot against Yar' Adua, a hoax - Lai Mohammed
• Anambra 2010: Obi VS The Gladiators
• Nigerians abroad our worst enemy
• There may be no election in 2011 — Agbaje
• Ex-governors threatening Yoruba unity — Odanye
• Electoral Reform: Yet another bumpy path
• Quote me, Yar’Adua can sack Iwu
• Anambra 2010: No party can beat APGA
• No controversy, Oshiomhole remains LP Governor
• PDP: Losing grip in South west?
• Mimiko to Ondo people:You’ve done your bit, I owe you now
• Why we’re committed to rural area transformation
• Senators as image makers for Iwu
• E-K-I-T-I: 90 days of tension ahead
• Abia Appeal Court Verdict: After storm, comes calm
• Daniel’s worth will be appreciated later
• Agbakoba’s regret: Gani, Falana and I should’ve taken Mbeki’s offer
• Mamora's bill on Tobacco pandemic
• Fresh quest for peace in Niger Delta
• Atiku’s return to PDP, no big deal
• Why we’re still in Yar’Adua’s govt
• If El-Rufai had known...
• Personal ego vs national assignment
• OBJ/Atiku parley, political insult to Nigerians
• Ekiti 2011: Fayose can’t return — Sen Arise
• Ekiti 2011: Oni’ll hand over to me — Fayose
• Gov Sambo and I have no problems — Makarfi
• Ndigbo can’t play second fiddle again – Prof Okonjo
• Ekaette can’t lead Niger Delta Ministry — Okurounmu
• Help! Cabal has taken Kaduna State governor hostage
• Peace has returned to Abiriba, Ohafia, says Ogboso, LG boss
• The woman beside Obama
• Rep Dickson bombs Sylva: Says, ‘You’ve failed Ijaw nation’
• Yar’Adua’s govt lacks focus — Matori
• Obama: Massive security @ inauguration
• Trapped in burning car...
• Ekiti: Fountain of crisis & violence
• My poor hostage value saved me
• MILLS: The humble teacher and destiny
• Persons, institutions, issues that would shape the year
• Soludo, Sanusi: Huge roles to play
• Jos Killings: Much ado about probe panels
• GULLY EROSION: Anambra community sends SOS to Obi
• Year of kidnappings, rapes, murders
• Ribadu: How the hunter was hunted down
• AKUNYILI: On the wrong horse
• Come rain or shine, Obi’ll be re-elected governor
• Good, bad & ugly year for political parties
• Udenwa as gift to Imo State
• Supreme Court: Hair’s breadth victory for Yar’Adua
• Quote me, Buhari won ’03 & ’07 presidential polls
• Rights activist warns Oshiomhole: ‘Sycophants, praise-
• War over Ministerial nominee
• Ajimobi vs Alao-Akala: Cautious optimism as battle shifts to Appeal Court
• Additional state for South-east, a must
• The gathering cloud
• Politics of budget
• OBJ boys on the cross
• Bafarawa explodes, reveals...
• At Camp Neya, corps members hail Kalu, chorus: ‘Here
• Cash and carry Rep
• PDP can ask Yar’Adua to resign if
• Yar’Adua’s ministerial list
• Soon, the Oshiomhole hurricane’ll reach Bayelsa
• As Iyabo’s ‘provocative’ dance provokes Daniel
• Audacity of Hope!
• Ochendo T.A. Orji: A true steward @ 58
• No plans to impeach Bankole — Rep Jega
• Legislators and fear of constitutional review
• Americans vote for world’s most powerful man
• Maryam Babangida to OBJ, Ribadu: No condition is permanent
• We must reform PDP
• Who is afraid of Clerk
• Adesanya anointed Fasonranti as Yoruba leader
• N’Delta Militancy:Why military will not strike
• Edo, Ondo guber Appeals: Task before Justice Abdullahi
• Ekaette’s war on child rights act
• Treasury looters & EFCC nightmare
• North will rule till 2015
• Nigerians need new Constitution, not review
• Clapping with one hand
• *See archive