Not Winning Is Un-Nigerian #NigeriaParticipationNotMedals is a meme that could soon trend online as a feel-good factor of compensation for Nigeria’s poor performance in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nigerians need cheering up, lots of it. A haul of medals from the Olympics could have given Nigerians much needed respite from…
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Corruption
Soyinka: Cryptic Interpreter
Soyinka: Cryptic Interpreter The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka is an exercise in expanding the awareness of the realities of postcolonial Nigeria. We cannot understand Nigeria as a linear story like Cinderella or Macbeth. The story of Nigeria in the postcolonial era is beyond plot. Postcolonial Nigeria is an endless stream…
Corruption
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution Not till a revolution happens do men believe in it. – Confucius. When money stops flowing in the streets blood will flow in the streets. – Gerald Celente. When Nigerian activist, Yele Sowore, declared Tinubu’s election as president would hasten Nigeria’s much needed revolution many thought it…
Governance
Postcolonial Songs – Neoliberal Overtake
Postcolonial Songs – Neoliberal Overtake Overtake Don Overtake Overtake by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Fela na Kpoti. We know the Man well enough. The songs of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, simply known as Fela now have both international appeal and relevance perhaps hitherto not recognised. The most relevant now is Overtake Don Overtake Overtake…
Corruption
Nigeria: New Golden Age?
Nigeria: New Golden Age? President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wants to return Nigeria to its Golden Age of former times. We would all love that, except it reminds us of Buhari’s promise to revalue the Naira till it becomes at par with the US Dollar. It happened and we enjoyed it….
Elections
Yankius: Stingy & Generous Politics
Yankius: Stingy & Generous Politics Penny Wise: O Yank! How come we don’t hear from you anymore? Don’t you have a candidate you support? I support Obi. Yankius: I am not interested. Penny Wise: In that case I have only one simple question for you. Yankius: Go ahead. Penny Wise:…
Corruption
Economic Sectors – Not Complementary
Economic Sectors – Not Complementary: Nigeria No agreement today, no agreement tomorrow – Fela Kuti Capable societies are those that have enforceable institutions of public value, while incapable societies lack them at national and local levels. Such nations are mainly in the Global North. It is easy to identify nations…
Elections
ASUU Demands Are So Simple
ASUU Demands Are So Simple How can a sapiocidal (killers of the most intelligent) government have credibility? The industrial action of the ASUU of 2022 is an unlikely revelation of how much incapacity and insensitivity the Government of Nigeria (GON) hides behind. A government refuses to pay the salaries and…
Governance
Pauperising Professors: Pay Them!
Pauperising Professors: Pay Them! What is the Adamu Adamu Syndrome? National disgrace is something the Buhari government neither understands nor cares about. The world is looking with laughter, though. A nation that claims to have the brainiest people on the planet. The latest national disgrace is Nigeria’s professors, lecturers, and…
Corruption
Does National Security Expire?
Does National Security Expire? The Anarchy The anarchy brewing in Nigeria is near complete. Noting the security problem in Nigeria is dire is not news. It has become a daily and worsening fact. Wear is Nigeria’s national security? No one person or institution is safe from violence in the country…