The topic and the essay in this section was dictated by a classified advertisement published in The Guardian on Sunday on 11 October 1998 by the Integration Group of Nigeria. This group, as well as other groups quietly working round …
Category: NIGERIA
Nigeria on Fire : The New Beginning V
THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA The conclusion of ‘Nigeria on Fire’ (ebook) is that there is a need for SAP, not the Structural Adjustment Programme of the World Bank but The Spiritual Adjustment Programme designed by The …
Nigeria on Fire : The New Beginning VI (a)
The Moment of Truth The world is at the tail end of a miserable and wretched so-called Golden Age but named correctly by all fair-minded persons on earth as the Age of Greed. Fortunately we are again standing at the …
Nigeria on Fire : Nigeria’s Darkest Moment, 1985-98 (IV) – The Cult of Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, the two military demagogues, were not patriots in any debased sense, neither were they interested in protecting the North or anybody for that matter from any ‘foreign’ domination. They were merely two ordinary but psychologically …
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FLASHBACK: What is this business with the devil in Nigeria?
“He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon” Nigeria is at another crossroad in her endless journey into true statehood. This country seems to be going “round and round like a rat on a hamster wheel in …
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Nigeria on Fire : Nigeria’s Darkest Moment, 1985-1998 (VI) – Recalling The Nationalist Struggle
Nigerians, at this stage, need to be helped to understand the predicament of their situation by recalling the history of the nationalist struggle in Africa and particularly in Nigeria, prior to political independence. What were the main motives for …
Nigeria on Fire : Nigeria’s Darkest Moment, 1985-1998 (V) – Seeking Knowledge And Truth
Ignorance is the death knell of progress, Makes the rape of justice possible And the reign of mediocrity supreme. Knowledge is the cradle of civilisation Gives reverence to justice Makes the rule of law sovereign. Thirst for knowledge signals freedom. …
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