FG Revolutionizing Agric in Nigeria – Lai

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Anchor Borrowers Programme and the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative are revolutionizing agriculture in Nigeria. The Minister made the remarks in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, when he led a Federal Government delegation on an inspection of Malam Alu Agro Allied Company Limited, which also hosts […]

Insecurity: Nigeria under threat of revolution

The video clips of the gruesome murder of Pastor Lawn Andimi and Roypvil Dalyop by Boko Haram was revealing and worrisome. It gave several people sleepless nights and made others to regret born as Nigerians and to have lived all these years to witness the present situation we have found ourselves courtesy of cluelessness, corrupt […]

HOW TO DESTROY A REVOLUTION

Madmen and tribal chauvinists are not exclusive to any ethnic group. I have been reading the posts by one Grandson Adeyinka telling the Igbo to leave Yorubaland between 23-25 October, following which as from 26 October, there will commence a systematic liquidation. To quote him, roads will be blocked; vehicles searched; Igbo people found; and […]

Study Notes on “Revolution” and “National Unity”

The importance and urgency of this subject to the Nigerian Left, at this time, demand that I begin the discussion with a series of clear propositions. And that is what I intend to do here. None of the propositions, in its essence, will be new to the movement or in the movement. What may be […]

The revolution will come – and Buhari will join it

What makes a revolution? Knowledge. Information. Awareness. Awakening. The biblical Moses was a prince in the ménage of the persecutors of the Hebrews – his people. He did not know their toil because he was far removed from them. He lived in the cloistered world of princes while his people retire to a night of […]

If there’ll be a revolution in Nigeria, the Almajiris not BBNaija-loving youth will stir it

If Nigeria’s young are timid, tractable and apathetic to economic and political issues affecting their country blame the anvil on which they are forged. The government, the formative schools, the universities and the predatory politics – all are the forgers of today’s youth. A system which lobotomises the young from nascency has already denied them […]

PEASANTS’ REVOLT, REVOLUTION AND DILEMMAS OF BIAFRA STRUGGLE

“Intelligence of the masses is too low Their forgetfulness very great They must be told one thing a thousand times” – Adolf Hitler Creating a nation out of a sovereign nation, either by the fiat of the United Nations, or by mutual consent; or by a convulsion of the affected nations by the splinter sections […]

Let’s Talk About Revolution

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest developing regions in the world. Population growth, expanding economic performance and a wealth of natural resources sit alongside dynamic political developments and an increasingly vocal civil society. However, diverse parts of the continent still struggle with dictatorial regimes, omnipresent corruption, and assertive malign foreign influences, sometimes bringing back […]

Nigeria: Restructure or rupture

Nigeria is standing on the edge of a dangerous cliff. It is just a matter of time before it tips over. Rather than the current emotional and politically driven call for a “Revolution”, we all really need to calmly analyse and situate the cause(s) of our problems. In any case, a revolution without a vanguard […]

Robert Mugabe’s Legacy: Revolution, Amity and Decline

Robert Mugabe is the sort of figure that always caused discomfort.  He was a permanent revolutionary, becoming, in time, the despotic ruler who frittered away revolutionary gain.  He played multiple roles in international political consciousness.  As Zimbabwe’s strongman, he was demonised and lionised in equal measure for a good deal of his time in power.  […]