Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]
Governor’s Forum for what?
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum which has been in coma since its controversial chairmanship election in 2013 appears to have resurrected a few days ago with the election of Governor Yari of Zamfara State as its chairman. Similarly, Governor Shettima of Borno State is taking over the chairmanship of the Northern Governors’ Forum. While both governors and their admirers can rejoice over the subject, there is doubt if the developments matter to anyone else. Put differently, of what use is a governors’ forum in Nigeria’s circumstance? To start with, governors being the greatest oppressors in Nigeria do not need a union to protect them.
Negation of the negation (1)
The German philosopher, Georg W.F. Hegel developed a dialectical logic that, contrary to the principles of traditional Aristotelian logic, extolled contradictions as an inherent mechanism in the development of reality. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels adapted Hegelian dialectics to formulate the theoretical framework for a philosophy of revolutionary social change called dialectical materialism. An important component of dialectical materialism is the principle of negation of the negation
Taking Exams (2)
When I was a new believer, the Lord told me a parable. He said a father came home from work one day to discover that his little daughter ran away and hid from him instead of running towards him and embracing him as she used to do. What was the matter with the girl? Someone had convinced her that her Father was a murderer. As a result, she was afraid for her life. Maybe her Father might want to kill her too.
LASTMA is a coherent argument against state police
Any real encounter with Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials leaves you with only one impression – area boys in government uniforms. And true to type they stalk, hound and hunt in packs with the ferocity typical of wild cats. Vultures are patient , they circle and feast on carcasses . LASTMA’s preferred mode is more hyena -like. Isolate or entrap one or two confused , naïve or luckless motorists and pounce.
Lust-induced suicide
Sometime ago, the photo of a young lady who hanged herself in an uncompleted building surfaced in the media. The accompanying story alleged that the she committed suicide because her boyfriend left her for another girl. Before then, there was a story of a male youth corp member who, either in anger, anguish or disappointment, committed suicide because his female friend got engaged to another man.
