“They have not to recapitulate the past, but to build up the future”– Karl Marx In the discussion of the “National Question”, we Nigerians must not be reduced to recapitulating the past but actually to be seized with building up the future of our country. We must be made aware that the “National Question” remains a recurring […]

“And as in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he is and does, so in historical struggles one must distinguish still more the phrases and fancies of parties from their real organism and their real interests, their conception of themselves from their reality”— Karl Marx The […]

“Active valour may often be the present of nature, but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline“– Edward Gibbon To borrow the words of John Buchan in The African Colony, history “is always in the happy position of judging from the high standpoint of accomplished fact.” It is from such a […]

“Active valour may often be the present of nature, but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline”— Edward Gibbon In Nigeria today, where reckless ambition and the pursuit of wealth often overshadow patriotism, one man’s life still shines as a counterpoint. That man is  Muhammed Abba Gana, CON, former Minister of […]

“History will judge those who stood by and said nothing, when they could have done something“–  The Honourable Jeremy Corbin, MP Eighty years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the United Nations was created as humanity’s great experiment in collective security and shared destiny. Its Charter promised to “save succeeding generations from the […]

“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 […]

“In each successive revolution, the patient herd becomes the property of its new masters”–  Edward Gibbon The methodology involved in rescuing Nigeria from its state of listless drift and self-inflicted disaster, is to bring Nigerians back to their senses and to respect the tenets of good and effective governance that are obtaining elsewhere, as well as […]

“The right perspective asserts itself“–  E. D. Morel Rising through the United Nations system like a star, Kofi Annan’s light shone brilliantly throughout his career and life until his death at the ripe age of 80. His accomplishments as an international civil servant and consummate diplomat are better known than his equally virtuous life as a […]

“Where no resistance can be made, no courage can be exerted”– Edward Gibbon Kofi Attah Annan Busumuru passed away on August 18, 2018 at the grand age of 80. The world paid him a tribute unlike to any other statesman of his time. He was the quintessential gentleman and a man of peace recognised the world […]

“Economics have an awkward way of overriding all other considerations“–  John Buchan Recapitulating on previous  experiences will definitely give us the direction towards which we can posit an argument whether we should be optimistic or otherwise about Nigeria’s present and future prospects. For, without a recourse to past experiences, the ability to make an informed […]