Friday

Dialectics of ‘revolution’ and ‘democratic evolution’

eddy Feb 05, 2021

At the height of the armed insurrection against the American State in Washington on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, one of the armed rebels was recorded by the BBC as saying: “This country was founded on revolutionary principles. But it became civil when they got what they wanted.” The particular insurrectionary act was the armed attack, […]

Facing 2021: Notes to the Nigerian Left

Edwin Madunagu Jan 22, 2021

The last paragraph of my last published article for the year 2020, titled “Study notes on state and state failure” (December 22) started with a number of questions to the Nigerian Left. Please note that, our wishes notwithstanding, we do not see or present the Nigerian Left, as of today, as an undifferentiated entity. Rather, […]

The Guest, Coro, Didn’t Come To Play

Azu40 Jan 01, 2021

It’s true that Coronavirus is not among the top five most deadly diseases in Africa today. But it’s also correct that at this time, we know far less about the COVID-19 pandemic than we know about malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, Ischaemic heart diseases, meningitis, tuberculosis, or HIV/AIDS. Yet, we’re fooling around with COVID-19 and making convenient […]

Kauran Bauchi: Unquantifiable leadership working like a hurricane

Sanusi4sure Dec 25, 2020

As preparations are reaching advanced stage to mark the first two years in office of Sen. Bala Muhammed as governor of Bauchi State on May 29, 2021 and celebrate success, one remembers the 35th President of the United States of America, late John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose early days in office were so eventful that history […]

WHY JOE NWORGU SHOULD REPLACE NNIA NWODO AS OHANAEZE PRESIDENT GENERAL

Lawmefor1 Dec 11, 2020

From all indications and barring any surprise last minute entry, here are the aspirants seeking the seat of Chief John Nnia Nwodo, the incumbent President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. The General Election of the apex pan-Igbo organization comes up in January, 2021. So far, the Ohanaeze presidential hopefuls are: Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, Prof George […]

In Search Of Lai Mohammed

Azu40 Nov 26, 2020

I have known the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for a long time, I think. Before I got close, I was first drawn to him when he was chief of staff to former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, even though I had known him earlier at the Nigerian Airports Authority. But […]

Understanding Nigeria’s Obsession With Rawlings

Azu40 Nov 20, 2020

The saying that a prophet is not appreciated at home may well be referring to former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings, who died last Thursday from COVID-19 related complications, three weeks after his mother was buried. Ghana is in seven days of mourning, but Nigeria is crying more than the bereaved. Among Nigeria’s political elite, there […]

Dim Halos: Suppressing the Cult of Pope John Paul II

Dr. Binoy Kampmark Nov 20, 2020

As chief conductor of the saint factory, Pope John Paul II was always going to be, in time, canonised. Almost 500 saints were created under his watch. The previous 600 years had seen 300. But declaring him a saint in 2014, a mere nine years after his death, was speedy by the standards of the […]

Social Order; How Ex-Human Rights Activists Failed Nigerians

JEROME-MARIO UTOMI Nov 13, 2020

In the month of December 2019, an opinion article entitled; Sowore, And Silence from Unusual Quarters’’ by this author appeared in some national dailies. It precisely focussed on the protracted roller-coaster relationship that existed between the Nigerian Department of Security Services (DSS) and Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, former presidential candidate, and […]

The November 3, 2020 US Election: What a Trump or Biden Victory Could mean for Africa

Matambo22 Oct 30, 2020

As November 3, 2020 draws nigh, the rest of the world is on tenterhooks, waiting to see who will emerge victorious between the incumbent president Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his opponent. The outcome of the election will ineluctably have an impact on Africa. A Trump victory might sustain what has been the status quo […]