The Jonathan We Voted For

Comfort Obi, Editor-in-Chief/CEO

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan must be a sad person. For Jonathan, it is not just raining, it is pouring. He is being hit left, right and centre. It is difficult to say if he envisaged such an unenviable situation when he went cap in hand asking, and appealing to Nigerians
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Archives:
When Will Buhari Stop? -January 16, 2012 Vol. 30 No. 13
Shina Rambo’s Satanic Confessions - November 7, 2011 Vol. 30 No. 3
The Isholas, Oyo And Waste - October 17, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 26
Ngozi, Her Prophet, And Prophetess - October 10, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 25
The Gang Rape: Where Is The Victim? - October 3, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 24
Police Minister’s Wrong Foot - August 22, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 18
The Marine Police Vs Abaniwonda - August 8, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 16
On Citizen Alhaji Jabita Fafiu - July 25, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 14
IGP Ringim’s Anger - July 11, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 12
IGP Ringim’s Anger - June 27, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 10
May 27: The Ifunaya Nwaba Story - June 6, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 7
What Is Buhari Saying? - May 2, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 2
Anene, Ngige and Akunyili - April 26, 2011 Vol. 29 No. 1
Jega: Jonathan’s Statesmanship - April 18, 2011 Vol. 28 Vol. 26
Why I Will Vote For Jonathan - April 11, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 25
The Bomb Scare Aboard Arik Air - April 4, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 24
The Lamentations of Danienl - March 28, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 23
Olulana: Man’s Inhumanity To Man - March 7, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 20
Bianca: Ezechukwu’s Callousness - February 28, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 19
Will The CJN Speak Up, Please - February 21, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 18
Prayers, Finally Answered - February 14, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 17
Nwodo: What's Wrong With the Igbo? -January 31, 2011 Vol. 28 No. 15
Imo: The Minister vs The House - December 20, 2010 Vol. 28 No. 9
Nkoyo Ibori: Insult Upon Injury - December 6, 2010 Vol. 28 No. 7
A Country of Beggars - November 15, 2010 Vol. 28 No. 4
Ibru: I Remember Maurice Ibekwe - November 8, 2010 Vol. 28 No. 3
Onovo’s Police Story - November 1, 2010 Vol. 28 No. 2
Kwara: Saraki's Farmland - October 18, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 26
Paulen Tallen’s Moral Burden - October 11, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 25
The Travails of Citizen Onovo - October 4, 2010 Vol 27 No. 24
Ogun’s House of Commotion - September 27, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 23
The Other Side of Patience Jonathan - September 13, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 22
The Nwajiofors: A Couple From Hell - September 6, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 20
Jay-Jay And His NECO Result - August 30, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 19
Bankole, Daniel, and Mrs. Daniel - August 15, 2010 Vol 27 No. 17
Orji Kalu’s Shame - August 2, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 15
On The ‘Ordeal’ of Doris Uboh - July 19, 2010 Vol 27 No. 13
Beyond the (Ex) Deji of Akure - June 28, 2010 Vol 27 No. 10
The Humiliation of Edugie Abebe - June 21, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 9
Finally, Our Sins Catch Up With Us -June 14, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 8
Tears for the Igbo - June 7, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 7
Magistrate Bashir Vs Ughegbe - May 31, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 6
Oshiomhole Vs His Friends - May 24, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 5
Obasanjo Versus CAN - May 17, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 4
Sani Ahmed Yerima’s Sacrilege - May 3, 2010 Vol. 27 No. 2
A Shameless Judge - April 12, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 25
Haba! Gbenga Daniel - March 29, 2010 Vol. 26 No.23
Eze, Lame, and The Police - March 22, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 22
Edo House of Shame- March 8, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 20
Obi: Victory So Sweet - February 22, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 18
Nigeria’s Pontius Pilate - February 8, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 16
Oh My God! Cecilia Ibru - February 1, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 15
The Bombing of Nigeria - January 25, 2010 Vol. 26 No. 14
Yar’Adua: Where Has Compassion Gone…? - December 21, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 9
Debasing the Nigeria Police - December 14, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 8
There Goes the Preacher - November 30, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 5
Night Vigils of Doom - November 16, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 4
Ogun: Men Without Balls - November 9, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 3
Ushang: What a Waste - November 2, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 2
Ngige, Please - October 26, 2009 Vol. 26 No. 1
Gov. Suswan’s Burden - October 19, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 26
Ibori Vs Ribadu: Evidence, Please - October 12, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 25
Yes, Ribadu Was Here - October 5, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 24
Peterside, Sanusi and Soludo - September 21, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 22
The Under-17 Age Scandal - September 7, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 20
The Boko Haram Tragedy - August 17, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 17
Okiro: A Hell of a Send-off - August 10, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 16
Mohammed Bello Haliru's Insult - August 3, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 15
Priye Iyalla-Amadi: Salute to Courage - July 27, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 14
Ogun: Shameless Lot - July 20, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 13
Go, Etiaba Go - July 13, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 12
Ogunade, Dele Giwa, et al - July 6, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 11
The Murder by Osun Nurses - June 29, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 10
Thinking of The Ogoni 4 - June 22, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 9
Adiza: Will Mrs. Shema Step Forward - June 15, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 8
God, Let This Be False!-June 8, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 7
Between Lagos and Eze Ndigbo - June 1, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 6
Mutiny: Let The Soldiers Go - May 25, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 5
Ayoka Adebayo: Not a Heroine - May 11, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 3
The Shame at Our Airports - May 4, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 2
The Police Vs Magistrate Akintayo - April 27, 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1
The Chris Ngige Nonsense - April 20, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 26
Liars, All - April 13, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 25
AAUA: The Shame of A University- April 6, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 24
Mercy Johnson's Story - March 30, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 23
The Oladeji Miracle Baby - March 23, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 22
Gov Amaechi's Death Penalty - March 16, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 21
The War in 2011 - March 9, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 20
The Police as our Friend - March 2, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 19
Divine and El-Shaddai Nursery School - February 23, 2009 Vol 24 No. 18
To Alaere Alaibe - February 16, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 17
The Police Vs Queen Okoye - February 9, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 16
The Mrs. Nwachukwu Tragedy - February 2, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 15
Iwu Vs Nnamani - January 26, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 14
On Pastor Adeboye's Tale - January 19, 2009 Vol. 24 No. 13
The Police Vs Funmilayo Abudu - Decenber 29, 2008 Vol. 24 No.10
The Loveth Balogun Murder - December 22, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 9
A People Without Souls - December 15, 2008, Vol. 24 No. 8
The Old Way of Life - December 1, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 6
Okere: An Admiral's Burden - November 24, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 5
Obama: Beyond the Excitement-November 17, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 4
The Case Against waziri - November 10, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 3
Gani vs Ajasin University - November 3, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 2
Buhari: E Never Beg Me - October 27, 2008 Vol. 24 No. 1
Allen-Briggs: Between Jonathan and Sankey - October 20, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 26
The Lamentations of Sam Edem - October 13, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 25
Mbeki: The Lessons for Nigeria - October 6, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 24
Channels TV: The Need for Caution - September 29, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 23
The Trouble With Ibori - September 22, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 22
The Yar'Adua Death Watch - September 15, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 21
Sam Edem vs The Native Doctor-September 8,2008 Vol.23 No. 20
Kolawole: The Star Dims - September 1, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 19
Inspector Ogbosain Vs ‘Pilgrims University' - August 25, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 18
Ribadu And All That - August 18, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 17
The Chagourys: What is Their Offence?-August 11, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 16
The Sagging Fad - August 4, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 15
Our Rampaging Soldiers - July 28, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 14
The Scam in Ogun State - July 21, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 13
The Children are Home - July 14, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 12
Ejiwunmi: His Lordship Rises! - July 7, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 11
The Thieving NIPSS Participant - June 30, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 10
Niger Delta's Fake Mothers - June 16, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 8
The Enoma Family Scandal - June 9, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 7
The Animals in South Africa - June 2, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 6
Imo: The Loss of Innocence - May 26, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 5
Lamentations of Ahmadu Ali - May 19, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 4
Tu-Face: Where is His Mother? - May 12, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 3
The Iyabo Case - May 5, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 2
The Shame in Imo - April 28, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 1
Osunbor's Example - April 21, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 26
Grange's Strange Story - April 14, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 25
Where is OBJ's Wada Nas? - April 7, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 24
Spitting on Yar'Adua's Grave - March 31, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 23
PDP: The Losers - March 24, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 22
Eucharia's Runaway Husband - March 17, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 21
A Bouquet for E.K. Clark - March 10, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 20
Danjuma's Sour Grapes - March 3, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 19
The Sermon, by Mbadinuju - February 25, 2008 Vol. 22 No. 18
A Ridiculous Allegation - February 4, 2008 Vol 22 No. 15
Gov. Chime's Insensitivity- DECEMBER 24, 2007 VOL 22 NO. 11
Fayose's Return - December 17, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 10
Senator Gada & Co - December 10, 2007 Vol 22 No. 9
And Nigeria Lost - December 3, 2007 Vol. No. 8
DIG Yekini Jimoh (Rtd) - November 19, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 6
Akunyili, Adedibu and the Police - November 12, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 5
Rivers: Ribadu, How Now? - November 5, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 4
Etteh's Death Knell - Ocotober 29, 2007 Vol 22 No. 3
Gov. Chime vs Kogi Students- October 22, 2007 Vol 22 No. 2
Enwerem: Dishonouring the Dead - October 15, 2007 Vol 22 No. 1
Rivers: Thanks, David Mark - October 8, 2007 Vol 21 No. 26
The Lamentations of Buhari - October 1, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 25
Ubani: Matters of the Heart - September 24, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 24
Between OBJ and Alams- September 17, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 23
Etteh and All That - September 10, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 22
Edwin Clark's Agenda - September 3, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 21
Beyond Okiro and Dokubo - August 27, 2007 Vol 21 No. 20
The Ibori Assets - August 20, 2007 Vol. 21 No. 19
While I Was Away - August 13, 2007 Vol 21 No 18
Uwazuruike: Burden of His Igboness - July 2, 2007 Vol 21 No 12
Oyo: An Honourable's Ordeal - June 18, Vol. 21, No. 10
Ndigbo: How Now? - June 11, Vol. 21, No. 9
Between Tinubu and Pedro - May 21, Vol 21, No. 6
Citizen Theodore Orji - May 14, Vol 21 No. 5
Election '07: Short Notes - April 30, Vol 21 No 3
The Araraume Mess - April 23, 2007 Vol 21  No 2
On Actress Wunmi - April 9, 2007 Vol 20 No 26
NAFDAC Vs Onitsha Drug Marketers - April 2, 2007 Vol 20 No 25
Let Yar'Adua Be - March 19, 2007 Vol 20 No. 23
Atiku, Just Go - March 12, 2007 Vol 20 No. 22
Adedibu: The Police vs The SSS - March 5, 2007 Vol 20 No 21
On the EFCC Advisory List - February 26, 2007 Vol 20 No 20
Dokubo: A No-Win Situation - February 19, 2007 Vol 20 No 19
Let Odili Be - February 12, 2007 Vol 20 No 18
The Adedibu Shame- February 5, 2007 Vol 20 No 17
Ndigbo and the Census - January 29, 2007 Vol 20 No 16
Agbroko:Nigeria Be Not Proud-January 22, 2007 Vol 20 No 15
The El-Rufai Hurdle - December 22, 2007 Vol 20 No 12
Fire in Tinubu's Backyard - December 18, 2006 Vol 20 No 11
Between Atiku and Pontius Pilate - December 11, 2006 Vol 20 No 10
Alamieyeseigha: Time to Let Go - December 4, 2006 Vol 20 No 9
Dariye: Good Riddance, But... November 27, 2006 Vol 20 No 8
Etiaba: First Female Governor – Yes, No! November 20, 2006 Vol 20 No 7
Borisade: Time to Quit - November 13, 2006 Vol 20 No 6
Anambra: Dishonourable Members All - November 6, 2006 Vol 20 No 5
Fayose: A Comedy of Errors - October 30, 2006 Vol 20 No 4.
The Ekiti State Madness - October 23, 2006 Vol 20 No. 3
EFCC: After the Storm - October 16, 2006 Vol 20 No. 2
Our South African Shame - October 9, 2006 Vol 20 No. 1
Our Lives: Just Hell - October 2, 2006 Vol 19 No. 26
At Last, the Bubble Bursts - September 25, 2006 Vol. 19 No 25
Honorary Degrees: Thank You, Ezekwesili - September 18, 2006 Vol 19 No 24
Between IBB and Hajiya Vatsa . September 11, 2006 Vol 19 No 23
Anita Hogan's Shame September 4, 2006, Vol 19 No. 22
The Uba Brothers - August 28, 2006, Vol 19 No. 21
Back, Sad, and Worried - August 21 2006, Vol 19 No. 20
Iyabo Vs Fola Adeola - August 14, 2006, Vol 19 No. 19
Ehindero's Home Truth - August 7, 2006, Vol 19 No. 18
Obi-Okoli: Set The Mother-Killer Free - July 31, 2006, Vol 19 No. 17
Nigerians Vs Night Buses July 24, 2006 Vol 19 No. 16
A Nation of Convoys   July 17, 2006 Vol 19 No. 15
Oyo's Theatre of the Absurd - June 19 , 2006 , Vol 19. No. 11
 Remi Obasanjo: Hell Hath No Fury.. . June 12 , 2006, Vol 19. No. 10
Governor Kure's Insult -June 5 , 2006, Vol 19. No. 9