Nigeria Decivilising
Nigeria Decivilising The complete metamorphosis of the butterfly is a thoroughly adequate analogy for civilisation: the gradual progression from egg to slug to pupa to imago . In the Nigerian…
Corruption
Nigeria Needs a Fearsome Electorate
Nigeria Needs a Fearsome Electorate Nigerians have, with habitual ease, allowed corrupt leaders and kakistocrats to enter positions of power and govern them. Either through coup d’état or fraudulent ballots.…
Who Will the EFCC Cadet Graduates Serve?
Who Will the EFCC Cadet Graduates Serve? People when no dey happy, people when know dey look – Fela Kuti, Overtake don Overtake Last week Ibrahim Malu, the acting chairperson…
The “Babangida Must Go” Protests
The “Babangida Must Go” Protests: A Missed Opportunity for Revolution Young, obscure student leaders in 1989 led the best chance of a revolution Nigeria had at the University of Benin…
Trapped by the Guilty Accuser Syndrome
Nations Trapped by the Guilty Accuser Syndrome Numerous factors are acutely responsible for the persistence and worsening of the phenomenon of corruption in many democracies. These factors include regulatory capture,…
The Crisis of Leadership: Part 2
The Crisis of Leadership: Part 2