Promise Adiele

Promise Adiele, PhD., Mountain Top University, Ogun State, Nigeria. X: @drpee4

Wike as a Synecdoche of Nigeria’s Political Class

Before embarking on a crucial exegesis of Nigeria’s hall of infamy, mostly populated by politicians and public servants of different hues, let us explain...

One Term: Rethinking Peter Obi’s Latest Submission

I have decided to coin the title of this week’s essay like a typical title of a literary academic paper. Writing academic papers is...

The Looming Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria

Nigeria is gradually tottering on the slippery slope of ethnic conflict reminiscent of the carnage that culminated in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Sadly,...

Buhari’s Death: Celebration or Mourning?

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s former military head of state and elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead. He was given a state...

Between APC and ADC: Whither the Masses

Nigeria’s political atmosphere is saturated by a type of fever which lacks any suitable nomenclature. Those at the centre of the current situation in...

Gen Z, Religion, and the Morality Question

There is a widening revolution in our world spearheaded by the demographic cohort globally referred to as Gen Z, short for Generation Z. This...

NYSC at 52: Issues and Perspectives

In 1999, when I went to the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos notice board to check my posting for the National Youth Service...

Nigerian Politics: Puppets at Work

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