NO TO ‘ALLIANCE FOR MEDIOCRITY’ “Nkem bu nkem, nke anyi bu nke anyi” is an Igbo adage for “what is mine is mine to maintain, and what is ours is for anybody to maintain” which explains the idiom that ‘a cow that belongs to the community dies of hunger’. This is because most members of […]
According to Richard Dowden, one area in which Nigeria seems to be deficient is political leadership.[1] Nigerians have never agreed – or been given the chance to agree – what Nigeria is.[2] It is a country of several ethnic communities that have co-existed at gunpoint for about 56 years. Nigeria has experienced a civil war […]
How important is the nation’s population advantage to its inhabitants? On the 15th of November, 2016, former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, insisted that “unity in Nigeria was not negotiable”[1] which remains consistent with a wartime slogan (to keep Nigeria one) that ‘justified’ the Biafran war. He insisted that the division of Nigeria will […]
Who are the ‘some’ people that are enjoying the present state of the country, and may wish to keep it is as it is? This is an attempt to answer the question “Why restart when some people are already developed and are enjoying?” Arkad, the richest man in Babylon maintains that “No man’s family can […]