by Nnimmo | Feb 13, 2020 | Analysis, Climate Change, Environment, Food, Militarism, Stories
The desert locust storms hitting East Africa indicate unfolding horrors. They are also a metaphor for other terrors on the continent. Pictures of swarms of locusts, crawling, flying, mating and stripping greenery in the East and Horn of Africa region appear like...
by Nnimmo | Jan 16, 2020 | Governance, Policy, Stories
The cabal toga is not one most people wish to wear in public. In recent months, we have seen concerted efforts to redefine the cabal as a political concept in order to give it a palatable connotation. In spirited pronouncements on popular television talk shows, we...
by Nnimmo | Dec 27, 2019 | Culture, Stories
Don’t Call Me at 9 O’clock. Once upon a time, there were very few television stations in operation in Nigeria, and they only operated for a few hours a day. In those days most stations came on in the afternoon and went off at about midnight. The stations would open...
by Nnimmo | Sep 4, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Policy, Stories
Is xenophobia the new face of Apartheid? Nigeria was a radical Nation when it came to fighting for the liberation of Africa from the grip of colonialism and apartheid. The nation was radical when it came to taking positions against the apartheid regime in South...
by Nnimmo | Aug 30, 2019 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories
Education on Watery streets. There are some things that are better learned by personal experience than by stories we hear from other persons. However, it is also true that we do not desire to learn or experientially learn everything. There are things we would rather...
by Nnimmo | Aug 17, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Militarism, Policy, Stories
These are Revolutionary Times. A revolution becomes necessary when it becomes obvious that bringing about change will take too much time. This underscores the reason why a revolution necessarily is a challenge to business as usual. It could challenge political...
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