Reductionism and the national question: restructuring or grievance? (I), by Usman Sarki
“The co-existence of several nations under the same State is a test, as well as the best security, of its freedom.” — Lord Acton Nigeria’s convoluted debate on restructuring has endured for decades because it supposedly speaks to questions of power, identity, representation, resource distribution, security, federalism and belonging. Precisely because the debate has been […]
The Ozubulu Massacre
Within minutes of the report of the killing, the police Commissioner announced that the killings are connected to a drug gang war brought home to Ozubulu. If that were so, when did the police know this fact?
Love is better than Sacrifice
A man got his girlfriend pregnant. Therefore, he asked her to marry him. ‘But do you love me?’ the girl asked him. “What’s love got to do with it?” he replied. “Am I not doing the right thing by you?” However, the girl would not be moved. “Do you love me?” she insisted.
Buhari: Please come back home
There is a conspiracy theory that Buhari has since been well enough to return. If so, why he is still there? Perhaps this is a question that can only be answered by questions
The phenomenon of Biafra (3)
Repercussions of the big gap in education between the south and the north has been a leitmotif that manifested not only in the differential attitudes to the quest for self-rule but also in the post-independent determination of power relations in the country
I’m Sorry – Apology Etiquette
Do you apologize to please the other person or to satisfy your own conscience? Do you consider the way you are going to say your apology?
