A Metaphor: Ending Corruption in Nigeria
A Metaphor: Ending Corruption in Nigeria In 2001, a high-ranking military officer, a commodore, reluctantly offered me a literary metaphor for solving the problem of corruption but warned me earnestly…
Corruption in Nigeria: Is it Curable? Part Four
The Evolution of Banditry in Nigeria: Markets, Independence, Oil Boom and Settlement Years The two most obvious periods of steep rises in corruption in independent Nigeria were the oil boom…
Corruption in Nigeria: Is it Curable? Part Three
The Owners of Nigeria Technostructure In Nigeria, there exists a non-market non-governmental extortionist technostructure that is nameless, but for convenience, we shall call it the ONT (i.e. the Owners of…
Rancour: An Ode to A Lost Oppressor
Rancour: An Ode to A Lost Oppressor When I nurse the hurts inflicted on me by friends and brothers within the spectre of brotherhood on so many occasions, it becomes…
Corruption in Nigeria: Is It Curable? Part Two
Contrary Institutions: A Brief Description Why is it that institutional reform as touted by the international and local anti-corruption industries always fails in tackling the problem of corruption in Nigeria…
Wikileaks: The Hard Lesson So Far
Wikileaks: The Hard Lesson So Far “Financial asphyxiation” or some synonym is going to be a buzz word that will be popular with politicians (silently) and activists (openly) in future……