By Frederick Nwabufo The advancement of any society revolves around its politics. A system, putrefying and governed by chaos, tells much about the politics of that set-up. A society cannot rise above its politics. Human, economic and social development begins with the right politics. Where politics falters, the country fails. In ‘The Partitioning of Nigeria […]
By Frederick Nwabufo The quota system in Nigeria was conceived to address an inequitable system, but the prevailing “unjust system” betrayed the purpose for which the quota system was ideated and actioned. The quota system, principally, is not an unjust system. And it does not confer advantage on the north against the south. Much of […]
By Sunny Igboanugo There was this drunken lawyer that I met back then in Asaba, Delta State. It was during the tribunal case involving then governor, the late Olorogun Felix Ibru and Eric Opia. Ibru became governor on the back of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), as against Opia’s National Republican Congress (NRC), the two […]
By Frederick Nwabufo Those plunking for secession and advancing hate for the north may not know that the region was once a convenient political ally of the south-east. The political establishment of the 1960’s was governed by the north and the south-east in expedient nuptials — before the January 1966 coup which opened Pandora’s Box. […]
By Femi.Adesina President Joe Biden has a favorite sign-off at the end of every major speech: “May God bless America and may God protect our troops.” In August 2020, when he gave a speech at the Democratic Convention, Biden ended that way. Same for his November 7, 2020 speech after he won the election. And […]
By Frederick Nwabufo The Yoruba are exceptional people; precocious, tactful, urbane, and temperate. They are about the most sophisticated of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. They know when to pounce when to retreat, and when to negotiate. For the Yoruba, it is about the collective. It is always about the whole. Group interest does not […]
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has listed eight times Primate Elijah Ayodele’s prophesies “hit the crossbar.” Adesina listed Ayodele’s failed prophesies on Friday while reacting to the latest prophecy that Nigeria would disintegrate between 2035 and 2040. Adesina, in his article titled Some Prophets See Nothing, however, advised Ayodele […]
By Frederick Nwabufo Insecurity and political crisis have beneficiaries and sponsors. For the political class, it is fair game to exploit and deploy every instrument in the combat repository for provincial ends. The enormity of insecurity and crisis in Nigeria does not happen without some partisan instigators. Our ruinous politics is at the heart of […]
By Frederick Nwabufo The media naturally should serve only the public interest. What determines ‘’public interest’’ may be amorphous, but safety and security are principal elements of communal interest. The security of the nation and its people can be said to be a staple of shared interests. Therefore, national interest is a subset of public […]
By Frederick Nwabufo Avarice and prejudice drove European conquistadors to carve up much of Africa like cake. With the gradual end of the transatlantic slave trade spurred by the industrial revolution in Europe, the trespassers, possessed by capitalist fiends, sought sources of raw materials for their industries and markets for their manufactured products. These encroachers […]
