Non-caliphate Nigerians seem to have no clue what time it is in their history. They are unaware that they have arrived at the fateful junction where, depending on how they vote on Feb 14, they will either go into slavery for untold generations to come, or set out on a path to liberation. They have sleepwalked into their moment of fateful decision. If they don’t wake up now, they could vote themselves into slavery. But if, by some miracle, they are startled or shaken awake, they have a chance to vote their way out of the slavery path on which they have been for 70 years.

My task today is to help them see that such is the case. In the first section “Discourse on our mumu”, I shall explore why most Nigerians have been oblivious of what the basic struggle in Nigeria has been about since 1945. I shall then, in the section “2015 Election issues”, examine the issues that are dominating this election. And show why the peoples of the New South should not allow themselves to be conned into voting for Buhari, the Caliphate candidate.

Introduction

Although there is no strict legal definition as there is for a refugee, but the United Nations Report - Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement defines an Internally displaced people/persons (also referred to as DPRE in many civil and military parlance) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to escape or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border. Please note that an internally displaced person (IDP) should not to be confused with the term "displaced person," which may encompass both internally displaced persons and refugees. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) asserts that internally displaced persons or IDPs as they are sometimes referred to are among the world’s most vulnerable or defenseless people. According to the UNHCR, by the end of 2014, a record-breaking 38 million people were forcibly displaced within their own country by violence.

Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere, Rector of the Ogun State Institute of Technology, IGBESA...just a mere figure head?

We would begin this editorial by sounding a very strong warning to all political officials in Nigeria that the days are fast gone when public officers think they can do whatever they like and get away with it or continue business as usual. All political officials and their cronies MUST hear us loud and clear that we shall from this side of the Atlantic henceforth, keep them on their toes and give them sleepless nights until they do what is right for the overall good of the Nigerian people.

PART ONE

BY JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM

Mai nini? Ba frovblem...Wata you talk? Ba tu ronci. Me no Inglis.

Walahi...me no bigot...Gaskiya, ONE NANJAYRIYA SO SAI...MUJE! Ba wahala...ALLAH! ONE NANJAYRIYA NE. Press lie...talk rubbish, haba!

THE CAR BUHARI DOES NOT WANT? Just a mere headline grabbing rubbish...if the President is that well meaning, he should have said henceforth, all things Nigerians and indeed, his Government will need must be produced locally and whatever we can't produce in Nigeria we don't need. This is how a visionary thinks. Put on your thinking cap, Mr President!

EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL SUMMARY

Executive Editorial which is intended as a summary of burning national and international issues is the brain child of the EDITORIAL BOARDS OF VIGILANCE AND SCORPION to draw the attention of the nation's rulers to sensitive national issues in a concise manner and as the two Boards' inputs to the governance of Nigeria.

By Chinweizu

Since Buhari was elected President, non-Caliphate pundits have been publicly offering suggestions on the changes he should make. These are changes the pundits think can fix Nigeria’s well-known problems: Corruption, the bloated and costly government structures, the lavish emoluments of legislators, and the like. Fooled by Buhari’s “Change” mantra, they imagine that what concerns them, fixing Nigeria in the interest of ordinary Nigerians, is also of interest to Buhari.

A Diaspora Note to PDP, Other Political Parties, Civil Liberties Organisations, Churches, Mosques, NANS, Student Union Governments, ASUU, NMA, NBA, All Nigerian Professionals, Nigeria Labour Congress, Market Men and Women, Artisans, Ex-Service Men and Women and ALL NIGERIANS!

BY JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM

There can be no more auspicious time than now for world leaders to opt for a more humane approach in their handling of the socio-economic and political issues in the world. The world and humanity in general are suffering from an acute depression of emotional neglect caused by many of the present prevailing socio-economic and political policies being used as reform models.

Featured Pic: The Peacock called Bola Ahmed Tinubu...Of a truth, pride goes before a fall.

Bukola Saraki, the craftily selected Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. No one hides a scorpion in their scrotums without being stung!

’Dear Government…I’m going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.’’ – Stieg Larson

What Is Corruption?

For the sake of clearing any iota of ambiguity and to disabuse the minds of proponents of the retired debate in Nigeria who contend that stealing is NOT corruption, a definition of corruption suffices. Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption watchdog succinctly defines corruption as ‘’the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It goes further to say that corruption can be classified as grand, petty and political, depending on the amounts of money lost and the sector where it occurs’’. Etymologically, www.vocabulary.com holds that corruption originated from a Latin word – com, or ‘’with, together’’, and rumpere, meaning to break. In other words, corruption is an action, outcome that breaks trustworthiness, good reputation. It further says that corruption encompasses a wide range of actions and inactions such as (1) Lack of integrity (especially susceptibility to bribery); (2) moral pervasion (the quality of not been in accord with standards of right or good conduct, (3) use of a position of trust for dishonest gain, (4) inducement of a public official to violate duty and (5) the process of decay; putrefaction.