THE FRAME

In 2005, Obasanjo wished to convene a National Conference and there was much talk about restructuring.  Jideofor Adibe, publisher of the London-based The African Renaissance,now a columnist with the Daily Trust Newspaper requested me to submit an input for publication in the journal. He gave me the contribution of Prof. Ibiyinka Solarin, a Nigeria living and teaching in the University of Texas, to review for that purpose. It seems nothing has changed for over a decade now. I intend to share the essay with you on these pages as it appeared in the African Renansance. It was originally titled,  Re: Nigeria: Towards A Better Union. Re: Nigeria: Towards a Better Union Many a times, historians, analysts and system thinkers tend to forget the need to locate the history of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the history of the world when it comes to analysing the nature of the socio-political crisis   bedevilling the nation. They overlook the fact that it is always what hap...

On May 30, 1967, following a chain of events in Nigeria, and following weeks of serious consultations between Ojukwu who was the Military Governor of the then Eastern Region and a cross section of the people, Ojukwu made that historic announcement which proclaimed the sovereign state of Biafra. The day he made that proclamation, the hall at Enugu was filled to capacity. The finest brains from this part of the country were there. Leaders of thought, Traditional Rulers, soldiers, members of the academia, etc. In his opening speech that day, Ojukwu said... "YOU, THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN NIGERIA... After outlining several powerful preambles, he said... HAVING MANDATED ME TO PROCLAIM ON YOUR BEHALF AND IN YOUR NAME THE EASTERN NIGERIA TO BE A SOVEREIGN STATE, NOW THEREFORE, I LT. COL CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF EASTERN NIGERIA, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY AND ABOVE RECITALS DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY PROCLAIM.... Ojukwu was a wise man. He studied history at Oxford. He u...

Has any of our leaders especially the governors etc ever read this leadership classic letter to Malik al Akhtar by Imam Ali, the fourth Caliph? If our political leaders can submit to this advice, our country will be good and our people will be happy. ******-******-******** HOW TO LEAD PEOPLE JUSTLY AND FAIRLY - A Letter of Caliph Ali bin Abu Talib to Malik  Al-Ashtar.......A leadership classic and a must read for all! "Know, O Malik, that I am sending you to a land that has been through many regimes, both just and unjust. People will look at your administration with the same critical eye with which you have looked upon previous administrations, and will speak of you in the same way as you have spoken of those other rulers before you…. Remember that righteous men are recognised by what God utters about them through the voice of His creatures. Let your most cherished treasure be your accommodation of good deeds, and this treasure can be collected only through keeping your ...

Manage the life as it is, the disease that caught up with us, trying to downgrade our efforts while humanity give no room for remedy. Brand or how. Brotherhood become so low and nobody give a damn of what, We thought of self aggrandisement and failure to acquire the self assertion then the egocentrism lead our permutations. The extreme lack of knowledge of life,  add a conflagration to every conflict and the serendipity  is with the Vim of having a dream to make sure we have the best.  Our Youths is our concern,  and our primary determination is to be a flag bearers of our burden.  Let us confront the boredom and however to adopt the brinkmanship.  I pity that so-called  of many youths organizations that represents nepotism, issuing out a reality of our division and the useless partisanship that will only drag us to the centuries of barbarism and hatred. The 1994 Rwandan Intrahamway genocide was promoted by the indolent groups of youths...

“It is either I do not understand economics and how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning, I was listening to the radio and the lady on air went on and on about how she thought CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele was incompetent and should be sacked because the Naira was now exchanging at 309 or so to the USD. “That view pretty much echoes the sentiments expressed by many people I know and it amazes me that there are Nigerians who actually think there is some magic POLICY that can make the Naira strong in the near term. If my economics and my understanding of the way the world works are right, then that is as far from the truth as Jesus Christ is black. “The simple fact of the matter is that apart from oil that accounts for over 90% of our revenues, we really don’t have much of an economy. We hardly produce anything, we import even toothpicks, so ex...