By the above, I certainly do not mean what an average Nigerian would construe the title to connote. It is certainly neither referring nor demanding the dissolution of any political structure, as easily perceived in our clan. I know that the perception of the title in the context of our polity [...]
On a number of occasions in the past, I have addressed the issue of astronomical and debilitating cost of governance in Nigeria. For instance, in the edition of this column on September 22, 2022 “Cost of governance, Nigeria’s albatross https://www.sunnewsonline.com/cost-of-governance-nigerias-albatross” and in July, 2023 “Mr. President: X-Raying Oronsaye report for implementation https://sunnewsonline.com/mr-president-x-raying-oronsaye-report-for-implementation”, [...]
Our last week intervention was on the unsavoury of political violence in Rivers State under the title “And Fubara Removed His SIM Card From Wike’s Phone.” In that discourse, I drew the attention of us all to the emerging, if not established, pattern of godfatherism in the land. To a certain [...]
A few years ago, a novelist played a critical role in my appreciation of powerplay among leaders of society with his cast of child characters lost on an island after a shipwreck. It is the novel titled Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a British novelist and playwright. The beginning [...]