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Many Nigerians have nothing to lose

After being expelled from Malaysia, Singaporean citizens were bitter people who vandalized public property at any protest or riot. The public property included government-owned houses where people rented and lived, buses, hospitals and other social-service facilities. Later, the government involved the citizens to co-own the property by keeping some percentage of the people’s salaries as […]

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Jungle justices doesn’t bring social justice, it destroys the justice it sets out to create

What do enlightened parents do to their children when the children misbehave, fight or steal? They check their children’s conditions, the company the children keep and other factors that could have influenced their children. When a person is good, he becomes everyone’s relative: my sister’s friend’s cousin’s nephew’s roommate’s uncle is Chinua Achebe. Yet, when […]

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They have to sacrifice for the state, and not to put themselves first

Politicians from different parts of Nigeria continuously urge people to be selfless in the state, and not to put themselves first. Recently, two sitting governors have advised the civil servants in their states to forfeit some part of their pensions and salaries towards growth for the state. Other governors who have not publicly voiced this […]

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What is the present role of the local community leadership to the Nigerian society?

Before the arrival of the colonial masters, the individual communities that were merged together to form Nigeria were administered by traditional rulers. At that time, the traditional rulers and chiefs were completely in charge of the administration of the community lands and its resources. The traditional rulers set up the government structure for the communities […]

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NIGERIANS ARE NOT DNA CORRUPT

Many Nigerians have accepted the Media label that Nigerians are naturally corrupt from birth. Though foreigners view Nigerians as DNA corrupt, the acceptance of the tag by Nigerians is more demoralising. After a historical evaluation of humans, and Nigerians as peoples before the colonial corruption, I maintain that Nigerians are not as corrupt as painted. […]

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MISSING LINK in governance

The increased level of suffering keeps multiplying the level of desperation and suicide in Nigeria. While the masses suffer in abject poverty, the few who are close to the corridors of power swim in an excess. These few flaunt the excess money to the defeated masses. Hence, it appears that there is a missing link […]

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