“Little by little however, the process of generalisation takes effect” – Georgi Plekhanov THE process of generalisation is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse on the typology of governments in the sense of their being “good” or “bad”. This article seeks to contextualise the approach to examining governance from a particular ideological standpoint that seeks […]

“I saw not victory after the war, but a new and happier world after the victory” – John Buchan EVEN while prosecuting the Civil War, General Yakubu Gowon was thinking about how to win the peace that would inevitably ensue. In a radio broadcast to the nation on October 1, 1970, he outlined a nine-point programme […]

“I saw not victory after the war, but a new and happier world after the victory” – John Buchan Nation-building is an arduous task requiring great patience, intrepid courage and sagacity. It also requires an expansive disposition that accommodates diversity and differences of viewpoints and ideas. Aggregating diversity and achieving uniformity marks the culmination of a […]

“The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents”, –  Edward Gibbon Knight-errants in shining armour do occasionally canter out of the horizon, not from the pages of some romantic fantasy novels, but from necessity and historical vicissitudes, to rescue not maidens in distress, but their countries from calamities and ambitious adventurers. It was precisely […]

“But for General Gowon, Nigeria would not have been as it is today” –   Major-General Paul C. Tarfa  THE role of the individual in history has been explored by historians and philosophers alike over the ages. Thucydides, Polybius, Tacitus, Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun, Ahmed Ibn Fartuwa, Edward Gibbon, Georgi Plekhanov, Thomas Carlyle, and many others, have […]

“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.