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Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 2 – The Extortion

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:August 26, 2015
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Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 2 – The Extortion

University campus grown fraternities (UCGFs) recently have, as a rule and mode of evolution, taken their preaching about government “badness” and their prescriptions of the “common good” to ever-dizzying heights. UCGFs have the fullest right to critique any part or aspect of the government it seems worth their while. However, for the corruption that happens within the realm of the government, UCGFs are vocal. The UCGFs have to look at their reckless yet systematic practices of corruption within the boundaries of their organisations. UCGFs are a sophisticated corruption virus in society. (more…)

Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria – The Claims

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:August 17, 2015
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Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria - The Claims There are many “university campus grown fraternities” (UCGFs) in Nigeria today, some old and some new, but they all claim to be…

Pyrates: Original Anticorruption in Nigeria

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:August 5, 2015
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Pyrates: Original Anticorruption in Nigeria

In 1953, the Pyrates Confraternity (PC), an all-male campus fraternity, began at the University of Ibadan (then a college of the University of London) by seven men. The most famous of the seven being Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. University education in Nigeria was just half a decade old and was an uncertain colonial experiment. PC they were to establish several chapters at other universities ever since. (more…)

“Escravos”: Elite Anti-Colonialists?

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:August 5, 2015
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“Escravos”: Elite Anti-Colonialists?

If you have the privilege to visit Warri, the former “oil city” of Nigeria in Delta State coastal Southern partand ask about the organisation that calls itself “Escravos,” it will not take you too long to find out who they are and where they assemble regularly. You will be told a lot of stories but unless you happen by sheer serendipity to meet a member who would either not tell you anything or who will inform you of the astronomical greatness of the group including its “proud” anti-colonial, pro-democracy and freedom fighting exploits, you will not get a real feel of the group.

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Fraternities and the Tolerance of Psychopaths

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:February 8, 2015
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Fraternities and the Tolerance of Psychopaths

The Nigerian university campus grown fraternity (UCGF) tended to start well but end up acquiring a good number of psychopaths. Most members of these fraternities are serial victims of these psychopaths (sometimes the same ones) who eventually and permanently hold the reins of power. Why would educated men endure being repeat victims indefinitely? Richard Dawkins’ Self Gene holds the answer; these fraternities are enclaves that contain cheats (psychopaths), suckers (victims) and grudgers (resistors to psychopaths). The tolerance of Cheats in fraternities reveals far more about them than is sanely desirable.

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Fraternal Criminality as Charity

Post author:Grimot Nane Zine
Post published:December 25, 2014
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Fraternal Criminality as Charity

One growing and disturbing phenomenon of Nigerian university campus grown fraternities (UCGFs) is their transformation into “charities”. It is a purely criminal phenomenon. Set up by criminals purely for the benefits of a cabal of criminals who run these fraternities. It is just another ruse for fraternities to hit the goodwill of funders of charitable agencies with criminal and fraudulent activities in the name of do-gooding. (more…)