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It is impossible to control government if you have no idea of what government is. Today what people generally see as “Government” in Nigeria is not a government at all...
One of the tell-tale signs of a government at odds with itself is the outbreak of paranoia within its ranks. Outbreaks of this nature often infect the apparatus and body of government, to such an extent, that its different parts become suspicious of one another...
Lugard’s appointment to the Governorship of Hong Kong kept him from Nigeria for six years. During that time, the conviction grew in England that it was necessary to amalgamate Southern and Northern Nigeria into one great Protectorate...
There is something about the way Nigeria operates that often seems to defy proven theoretical assumptions and the working patterns of most of the rest of the world...
How does one begin to understand the psyche of beggars? Not your usual street beggars who due to no fault of theirs have to brave the elements in search of their daily bread. I’m talking about your uniformed or corporate beggars...
Those of us living today, not those living in the 1900s, have to decide which kind of union we wish to live in. We are responsible for the kind of future we leave for our children...
God's Warriors, the documentary premiered by CNN last month, when viewed in the Nigerian context, provides some deep lessons on the relationship that exists among the faiths and the role religion has continued to play in our socio-political life...
The power of ideas is enormous but the power of prophecy is awesome. Those who have rigged elections or caused elections to be rigged on their behalf, the guilt shall come upon you...
In diplomacy, it pays to make haste slowly. In statecraft, the application of rational, human intelligence has more merit than the use of military force or the threat to use force, which violates international law...
Togo is a country that rivals Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Somalia, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo and many other countries in terms of corruption, misrule, abuse of power and many other unsavory attributes that characterizes African politics. I guess great things come in small sizes, too!
How can a society hand over its head on a platter to a conqueror because he asked for it? How can a people yield their gods to be decapitated or burnt at the conqueror’s fires simply because the conqueror just showed up, knocked on the door and politely asked for that?
The problem is not so much that the government is winning the war against corruption, but the impression that the war itself is not being fought with sincerity of purpose, the right tools and resources or seriousness...
France and Greece are electing politicians that have rejected austerity policies which African leaders gladly accepted in 80s and 90s...
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