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By Bisi Lawrence Notice was given earlier in the week that President Goodluck Jonathan would soon announce his interest in contesting the presidential ticket in 2015. Well, I could have sworn he had already done that to the satisfaction, or dismay, of all his actual and perceived foes included, as well as his cronies and lickspittles. Or else what have all the upheavals and alarums been about? The toe-to-toe stance between him and the Rivers State Governor, Amaechi, emerging from the grounding of the governor’s plane in Akure, was clear for all to see. It even overflowed to Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State when his own chartered aircraft was suddenly not found airworthy, once the governor was on board. It came to a head with the improper overt attempt to disrupt the Rivers State legislative assembly. The plan was not really to install a new leadership in the house, since no Nigerian, sane or irrational, would be expected to accept such a brutish and crude scenario offering of a “...

By Bisi Lawrence I   applaud the efforts of the House of Representatives whose ad hoc committee’s recommendation on the review of the 1999 Constitution has found their approval on the floor of the house. It was a fair appraisal of the yearnings of the people for a better future for the country. However, I find one aspect of the recommendation most appalling. It would appear, all in all, that those who oppose the immunity granted by the 1999 Constitution to the President and the State Governors while in office are sadly out of touch with reality. At the moment, these high officials who function at the highest pinnacles of our national and state administrations are not fenced off from prosecution in civil matters, but are protected from criminal prosecution. [caption id="attachment_329097" align="alignnone" width="412"] House of Representatives during plenary[/caption] Hence they still have to face any action instituted against them pertaining to the conduc...

*What a shame”—a rejoinder by Will Bozimo Willy Bozimo is no less than of an iconic stature in the pen-pushing trade. He does this page a cherished visit as  our guest writer this week with a rejoinder that is  vintage “WillyBEE”.Mr Bozimo writes from Asaba. Mr. Bisi Lawrence  of the Passing Scene column in the Vanguard newspaper is an elder statesman in the pen profession  and over the years, he had endeared himself to many of his fans who read him regularly.  I want to count myself lucky to be one of his great fans who had  benefitted  from  his well of experience  for his sober offerings on Saturday Vanguard. On June 1, 2013, he wrote a column titled ‘’WHAT A SHAME”  on page 16 and what attracted me to it was the picture of the Man of the moment, Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the seemingly embattled governor of Rivers State, who has been in the news. Veteran Bisi started off innocuously with the Democracy Day dance steps of innocent 10 year old primary school pupils doing their ...