All posts by Grimot Nane, PhD
Odearism is thus the vocalisation of entrenched helplessness. The occurrence of death in Nigeria especially mass murder has become the epitome of Odearism.
Indulgence in Igbophobia will not provide Nigeria constant electricity, good education, good jobs, security, protection from hunger or a strong Naira.
Sen Nwaoboshi may appear unabashed about buying Guinea House for the price and manner in which he did but at nightfall he knows the EFCC will not be a kindly and easy authority to deal with when his petition gets to their tables
When Vincent Azie was made acting Accountant General of the Federation he had two choices; either to enjoy sinecure for privilege and power or do a thorough technocrats job in truth and with justice. Azie chose the latter. He did an impeccably fine job in auditing the nation’s accounts and found corruption everywhere, quantitatively i.e. with hard evidence
To give Buhari the benefit of the doubt, he may have searched well for an upright moral minister to do the job and ended up with picking himself as Minister of Petroleum Resources
How come Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the key influencer of the appointments in Buhari’s cabinet? What is Olagunsoye Oyinlola’s name doing on the ministerial list? Donald Duke, Babatunde Fashola, Chibuike Amaechi, Rabiu Kwankwanso, why are they on the list?
Many Nigerians have openly and silently questioned the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Loosely speaking, Buhari is more like the American personality Thomas E Dewey or Elliot Ness while Tinubu is more like Al Capone.
Nigeria is a democracy if not there would be no legislators today to make our laws. But Nigeria’s democracy is perhaps a grossly immature one.
There are many Nigerian and non-Nigerian Panglossians who believe the “Grand Nigerian Dream,” which sets up Nigeria to be a world economic power just around the corner, no matter how dismal the nation’s economic capacity or options are