Tag: Nigeria

Of Nigerians and Truth

Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment
Most of my work has been in criticism of my President, yet, a democrat that he is, he doesn’t blink. When he said corruption was not the number-one problem of Nigeria, we all disagreed. Well, i don’t; not anymore. Recent happenings have proven otherwise: our problem as a people goes way beyond corruption. Corruption, as pervasive as it has become, is merely begotten of, and… Read more

The Hypocrites I know

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I have always maintained that the problems of Nigeria go way beyond the Presidency, but Buharists no let us hear word. So, today, i shall throw caution to the wind and share with you a typical class scenario by these same people that want change. I will be hunted for this, but I just cannot care less as I hope you will see classic similarities… Read more

Of Nigeria and Mathematics

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There is no doubt that Nigeria has had a longstanding romance with Mathematics, the mother of all sciences. Since 1914 when Lugard merged the protectorates, unequally, as though equal, calling that which was not as though it were, Nigeria and Nigerians have been solving, rather inconsistently, the two-thirds of simple numbers. For instance, if the North is about twice as large as the South, and… Read more

Hero or Villain

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Recently I witnessed why we, a great nation in Wonderland; a corrupt nation at heart; and a weakling in reality, continually blaming more serious nations for our inadequacies and military deficiencies, cannot but be right where we are: aimless, voiceless, dying… our legislators collecting exorbitant salaries; our executives looting our treasury, and complicit in the evanescence of our oil; and our Naira falling, in need… Read more