“To be, or not to be, that is the question”- William Shakespeare THE convergence of liberal political ideas and laissez faire economic philosophy and their transportation into the realm of human rights, have blurred the distinction between right and wrong, and morality and immorality. The elasticity of interpretation of morality in certain lands and climes, […]

“”Failure is the mother of success”- Chinese Proverb  Multilateralism and the collective resolve of the international community to deal with the growing challenges facing the world today, will be put to the test, especially in ending conflicts and the suffering of vast numbers of people in Africa, in Palestine and the Ukraine. Other issues taxing humanity’s […]

“The due arrangement of men in the active part of the state, far from being foreign to the purposes of a wise Government, ought to be amongst its very first and dearest objects”- Edmund Burke Adversities carry within them the seeds of revolution, reform and progress. Such was the case with the fall of the regime […]

“Life demands that we attentively reconsider all our intellectual stock-in-trade when we step on to new ground”— Georgi Plekhanov, Socialism and the Political Struggle THE appropriation of patriotism is a conscious intellectual and political act that also transcends other boundaries, such as economic nationalism and social engineering. The realisation of the fact as pronounced by Aliko […]

“Great talents appear everywhere, whenever the social conditions favourable for their development exist”, Georgi Plekhanov, “On the Role of the Individual in History” THE overriding interest that I have in paying this tribute to the man Alhaji Aliko Dangote, lies in the fact that he has achieved a transcendental station in life that forcefully intrudes into […]

“The changes of the past 30 years represent tectonic shifts in how the world works, in our health systems, political institutions and social norms —“, UNFPA, State of World Population 2024 THE launch of the State of World  Population, SWOP, 2024 in Abuja, on April 24, 2024, calls for introspection about issues related to population […]

“To understand beyond a limited historical epoch, we must  step beyond its limits, and compare it with other historical epochs”, Karl Marx, Secret Diplomatic History The massacres that are going on before our very eyes every day because of Israeli operations, could have been stopped if there was a genuine intent to seek for peaceful settlement […]

IT is a forlorn hope and an unattainable dream to expect the West to conduct its affairs according to the impulse of humanity and principles of humanising behaviours that are intrinsic to other nations and peoples. For too long, the West had relied on force as a driving impulse in its conception of relations with […]

“My practice of reflection had also convinced me that there is nothing on earth that turns quicker on its pivot than political idealism when touched by the breath of practical politics” – Joseph Conrad  MEMORIES are the greatest  assets in the survival of nations. Poland was kept alive in the minds of Poles for a […]

“My practice of reflection had also convinced me that there is nothing on earth that turns quicker on its pivot than political idealism when touched by the breath of practical politics” – Joseph Conrad  Field Marshall Helmut Von Moltke’s dictum that “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s […]

“Great talents appear everywhere, whenever the social conditions favourable for their development exist” – Georgi Plekhanov(On the Role of the Individual in History) AND what is left of the internationalism of the workers’ movement?” asked Frederick Engels of August Bebel. In like manner, we should ask, and what happened to the workers’ and students’ movements […]

“No egg can remain intact when a bird’s nest is overturned” – Japanese proverb Apropos of this, a radical transformation of ideas, philosophy and attitudes is required in this age of accelerated globalisation and incessant scramble for Africa’s resources. This attitudinal transformation should be around the establishment of the basic premises about the identities of […]

“He who has a mind to beat his dog, will always find a stick” – Chinese proverb THE glaring indifference and total insensitivity that the leaders of the Western countries have shown towards the systemic and wholesale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, calls for an introspection about what being human is all about. The idea that […]

“Dalon yaye, cham ma muraduwo”! (If it’s milk, it does not matter whether it’s from an ox) – Kanuri proverb THE desired objective of democratic elections is to create legitimacy, order and stability in government. This paramount objective should be predicated on the approved wisdom and recognised capacity of the personalities and institutions charged with […]

“Upon the different forms of property, upon the social conditions of existence, rises an entire superstructure of distinct and peculiarly formed sentiments, illusions, modes of thought, and views of life” – Karl Marx THE idea of democracy is rendered practical by the participation of the people in the process of election of their leaders and […]