Saying it as it is (3)
By Douglas Anele Many Nigerians are wondering why more than three weeks since the current fuel scarcity began nobody has been sanctioned. Maybe what is playing out is the sacred cow syndrome in which certain individuals because of their connections with people in power can do anything and get away with it, which is why […]
Metaphor of the tail wagging the dog(3)
Since Buhari became President, Prof. Sagay has been reacting to national issues as if he is the unofficial attack dog of this government… and he seems to lack the intellectual depth and circumspection expected of a seasoned Professor of law and a septuagenarian
Metaphor of the tail wagging the dog(2)
By Douglas Anele In my view, the arrogant anti-democratic conduct of President Buhari’s subordinates are largely rooted in his obsession with loyalty and penchant for disrespecting both the legislative and judicial arms of government because they are confident that the President will stand by them no matter what. Consider the on-going push-me-I-push-you between the Senate, […]
Metaphor of the tail wagging the dog
Democracy is imperilled if, out of worshipful respect and admiration for the President, dissent and criticism are aggressively discouraged or suppressed. Without criticism no genuine democracy can stand
The season of hyperbole
Most Nigerians are indifferent to whether Buhari came back forty-nine days or forty-nine weeks after his departure from the country. What matters to them is the struggle to find jobs or, for those working already, to manage their meagre income to enable them cope with economic hardship
Scientific discovery and its enemies(2)
Meanwhile, no philosopher of science or epistemologist has done more than Karl Popper to provide an epistemological rationale for the falsification of theories in science. Popper argued that although the quest for truth is the cardinal aim of science, no scientific hypothesis or theory can be conclusively proved to be true because none is completely immune from falsification.
