Manifesto for a New Nigeria
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Prof. Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator To be black, no matter how straight or nuanced the story behind the blackness, is also in the end more to be viewed as African….. for good or bad. And though blacks dispersed around the world no longer represent a homogenous group, ….courtesy history and accidents…
By: Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator Justin Fadipe Centre Commonwealth of Dominica West Indies fadipeb@cwdom.dm Politics in Africa has always been and still is a uniquely brutish winner takes all contact sport; It is not unique because it is a hit or be hit macabre duel, ….politics everywhere is after all cast…
Gani The Porter … (February 2002) Down and out in Korea/Japan … (June 2002) What is New Nigeria? The hope of an emancipated populace of Nigerians. That altered state that is a departure from the Nigeria of 1960 to 2000AD. The people of Nigeria that actively seek that new tomorrow, today Who is…
A few years ago, I met up with a childhood friend who had become very senior within the NNPC hierarchy. He was staying in a pricey London hotel and I had agreed to meet up with him. In the course of our brief conversation, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the way in which Nigeria, and…
A Poem. A reflection on our world today. Why is the world so cruel Lord, Why is it so wicked, Why is the world so unforgiving Lord, Why is it so given to evil. Why are people so mean Lord, Why do they cause so much grief, Why is the world so hard to bear…
It is election time once again in Nigeria and political parties have begun to take positions for the contest ahead. Characteristically, some are putting more thought and effort into the conduct of the day of election, than building the relationships that should be in place before election day. This has been the modus of the…