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The Helicopter Crash that killed: Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi, Gov Patrick Yakowa, Dauda Tsoho, Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal Commander, Muritala Mohammed Daba   and Lt. Adeyemi   O. Sowole: The dearth development of Niger Delta as seen by Rotimi Oyetunji.   Gen. A O. Azazi & Gov. Patrick Yakowa I hold that Nigeria is on trial again, but the nation seems not to understand her sign or time. 　 A Governor from the North and a General from the South died together after mourning the death of an elderly Bayelsa State. 'Come and join me on board', the General beckoned to the Governor -traveling through oil-filled land without roads, served by innocent dutiful officers and aides.   Together they walked, talked, communed. Together they died, their blood mingled never to be separated: splashed upon trees, grass, soil, and waters never to be recovered. The smoke from their burning skin ascended up to the skies as eternal testimony: because there we...

Hardly any day passes that we don't wake up to hear or read of Boko Haram's bombing of churches mosques, market, cars, offices and homes, worst still killing and maiming of hundreds of innocent women, men and children. Few days ago,  PGEJ, called on religious leaders to pray for peace and unity of the country even as he decried the daily newspaper headlines that people wake up to read - Boko Haram bomb, here and there. This is not only worrisome even as I can't stop asking myself: what exactly does Boko Haram want? Obviously Gen. Azazi wasn't the problem after all. Prior to his removal, every attack by Boko Haram was blamed on the NSA, with many critics calling for his head as though he is the Police, Army, SSS, etc. They sold the dummy that the position of the NSA was a "birthright" of the Northern Oligarchy, so putting one of their  own there will be good enough appeasement. Today, we know differently. It was simply a ploy to edge out one of our own....