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 […]
On good governance and accountability: Recipes for rescuing Nigeria (2), by Usman Sarki
“But an active despair has often triumphed over the assurance of indolent success”— Edward Gibbon The sense of active despair is the only resort that Nigerians are left with, to exhibit their repudiation of their state of anonymity and conditions of restless search for solutions to their pathetic and abject nothingness. Having been reduced to the […]
Is El-Rufai also among the prophets? Perhaps when he makes Obi president, by Rotimi Fasan
Since Nasir el-Rufai, the disaffected former governor of Kaduna State, lost his mojo after being played by his former friends in the All Progressives Congress, APC, he has assumed the status of a prophet. With all the petulance he can muster, he has promised to send President Bola Tinubu back to Lagos, away from the soft […]
Broadcast flakes in a season of optimism, by Okoh Aihe
Broadcasting has enjoyed some enormous coverage lately. Can you imagine that tweak or little speck of irony! The broadcast media itself enjoying the limelight in what may qualify as inversion of service delivery. From nowhere, a state governor generated a needless controversy by reclining on his imperial powers to order the closure of one of the […]
The Dwindling Standard of Education in Nigeria: The Way Forward (4), by Afe Babalola
WHY STUDENTS JOIN CULTISM Why do students join cultism? Many reasons can be proffered but I will attempt just a few. Some of the reasons are: i. Desire to obtain undue privileges ii. Desire to have a sense of power; influence and prestige among fellow students iii. Desire to command undeserved authority and respect within the […]
Receipts, not rhetoric: A trust reset for Nigeria, by Dakuku Peterside
Trust is the everyday currency of democratic life. When it drains away, institutions keep their seals but lose their weight. The recent Chatham House/NBS findings are not just gloomy numbers; they describe a social contract under strain. Almost half of Nigerians say they “greatly distrust” the police, and roughly a third deeply distrust the presidency and […]
