In this piece, I want to indulge my love for philosophy by dabbling in the thoughts of stoicism as a…
Browsing: nation-building
Arthur Miller, a prolific American playwright and essayist, once described a newspaper as a nation having a dialogue with itself.…
Political scientists define “nation” as a people with a shared sense of history and identity. The aspiration is to turn…
I’ve always insisted that both actions and inactions will always have consequences, no matter how long it may take them…
Back in the days, as an undergraduate interested in nation-building and enthronement of true political leadership in Nigeria; I cherished…
Yesterday, at the main Auditorium of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, the 10th edition of the Zik Lecture series…
In William Shakespeare’s classic Julius Caesar, the chief protagonist, a Roman statesman and general boasted deafeningly to his wife Calpurnia…
Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to continue to demonstrate an unflinching commitment to the growth of…
Nigeria is turning out to be one huge hope betrayed for Africans and the Black Race generally. Unless Nigeria gets…
For a country to be ideally independent, such a country has to be self-sufficient. When a country has difficulty in…
On Tuesday, July 7th, 2020, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila led House of Representatives; going by reports introduced consolidated two bills that…
A nascent political association is currently springing up in Nigeria with a seeming ambitious 17-point freedom agenda. The group, Chamber…
The Nigerian nation state has, since inception, become a workshop in nation building. Many development rolling plans have been formulated…
NATION BUILDING Find the first part of this article series here. Are our leaders to blame for the state of…
NATION BUILDING It goes without saying that Nigeria is not currently the type of nation that we would envision for…
Today’s reflection was inspired by Buhari’s recent reiteration of the determination of his government to run ‘an inclusive government ’.…