We have used history in this discourse mainly as a guide to signpost the point of the fall of Africans from spiritual grace and as a tool for intellectual exploration and analysis of the reasons for the fall. This writer …
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The Dishonourable Africans V : Leadership Practices in Post-Colonial Africa
The turning point for the world against colonialism came on the heels of the Second World War. The War unintentionally brewed the great idea that jeopardised the philosophy of colonialism along the initiative that prompted Britain to defend the rights …
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The Dishonourable Africans – Covering Note and Introduction
Dear African Brother/Sister COVERING NOTE II : MILLENNIUM REFLECTION ON AFRICA I hope you have read the first publication under the millennium reflection on Africa titled, The Hypocrites in Africa. As mentioned in the covering letter to that publication, these reviews …
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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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Nigeria on Fire : Nigeria’s Darkest Moment, 1985-98 (III) – The Ruin of Civil Society and The Politics of National Unity.
Nigeria as an emerging State or a pretender nation-state has had her share of narrow misses and escapes from premature death. This remarkably tragic short history is like the story of all human life as captured in the biological …
Nigeria on Fire : Nigeria’s Darkest Moment, 1985-98 (II) – The Ruin of Government Institutions.
A government is the political arrangement deliberately set up or that naturally evolved for the administration of a society. It is the constituted body saddled with the protection of life; with the making and maintenance of law and order; …