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 […]
Faith without works is dead
Again, while travelling to another destination within Nigeria, a conversation with a fine gentleman sitted next to me started after we were given a copy of a daily to peruse for the duration of the flight. The headline that caught our attention on the front page of the newspaper went thus: “67 million youths unemployed— Minister”.
Get ready for the trains o!
THE train, more than any other mode of modern transport, is an agent of social change. It not only moves masses of people and tonnes of cargo over great distances, but also ideas, attitudes, habits, traditions and values.
Survival in state of total darkness and near anarchy
In a week dominated by bomb attacks on the offices of Nigerian Newspapers – Thisday, Sun and others and the political reactions to the statement credited to the Nigerian Security Adviser, it is tempting to conclude that the future of the country is in serious jeopardy.
The politics of national security
PDP got it wrong from the beginning. The party started by saying Mr. A can rule, and Mr. B cannot rule, according to PDP conventions, rules and regulations are not according to the constitution. That created a climate for what is happening or manifesting itself in the country.
Killing the thief catchers
IT is a common phenomenon that when an administration becomes bereft of ideas, it begins to dabble into everything. The loss of one genuine purpose would lead to the pursuit of a dozen pseudo purposes.
