“More haste, less speed”” –  English proverb THERE are no quick fixes in respond ing to a calamity of such a magnitude. Deliberate and systematic approaches must be taken towards remedying the situations as they unfold. Cool heads, stout hearts and solid visions of the future are needed, especially from the leadership and all those […]

“And We (Allah) caused streams to spring from the earth. Therefore, the waters from the earth and the heavens joined for a matter predetermined (long before)” – The Holy Qur’an (54:12) IF a disaster of such magnitude had happened in China, President Xi Jinping himself and members of the Communist Party of China, CPC, Politburo would […]

The underlying as well as visible problems that the Nigerian economic system has brought about consist of the disparities in access to resources and the share of wealth among Nigerians.

“Our controversies have been cluttered by squabbles”- V. I. Lenin PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu was perceptive and candid enough to acknowledge the economic nature of the challenges facing Nigeria today when he replied to “The Patriots” demand to abrogate the 1999 Constitution, enact a new one and adopt the report of the 2014 National Conference. […]

The agitation so far misses all the critical points, especially the linkages between the political evolution of the Nigerian State and its colonial antecedents and the incorporation of the entire country and its modes of production into the global capitalist economy, that transcends any other factors of national significance.

Calling the constitution of a country into question on the flimsiest of excuses is an exercise in negation of that country’s history and evolution as a viable and substantive political organ with sovereign attributes and independent inclinations

THE philosophy of reason is predicated on understanding of differences and seeking of accommodation. It is rather difficult and indeed impossible, however, to maintain equanimity in any debate if the original intent of the proposition is to cause offense or create malice and disaffection. An article which appeared in The Nation newspaper of June 26, […]

“LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. And our government has a responsibility to defend them, to promote them – here and everywhere,” “- Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State  WE began this series of articles by referring to the eclecticism of human rights that makes them so diverse and rapidly changing in both their context and their […]

“LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. And our government has a responsibility to defend them, to promote them – here and everywhere,” “- Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State  Shifting the burden of “human  rights” on to the states presents the challenge of responsibility, especially with regards to protecting the basic rights of citizens by their […]

“I’ve a grand memory for forgetting”- Robert Louis Stevenson THE 30 rights and freedoms out lined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, of1948 may be varied and touching upon many areas of human life and activities, but they are beneficial by and large to the proper ordering of societies and the establishment of […]