My Thoughts Exactly

My Thoughts Exactly

From abnormal to post-normal: The Trumpian New World (Dis)Order

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, Antonio Gramsci   I recall vividly that I was in N

Northern Nigeria and the perfidy of politics

“No longer anything but a decoration which is useful for nothing,” Paul Cambon   The withering description of a once-revered political figure in

“I remain loyal”: Beyond slogan and rethinking loyalty in Nigeria’s politics (III)

“All things are possible in politics”, Douglas Reed   After two weeks of examining the language and practice of loyalty in Nigerian politics, one

“I remain loyal”: Loyalty on sale and the cynical currency of power in Nigeria (II)

“When self-interest comes into play”, things get stagnant, Japanese proverb   There are few commodities as endlessly traded in Nigeria’s politica

“I Remain Loyal”: Nigeria’s Anthem of political survival (I)

“Warnings are vain, the printed word is futile, experience teaches no lessons”, Douglas Reed   There are certain phrases that never die in Nigeri