A State of Gelotology in Nigeria – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2012 – If lice are not completely gone from one’s clothing, one’s nails will not be free of blood. (If the causes of one’s problems are not removed, the problems will persist.)   These days in addition to professional comedians, I listen to our leaders, […]

Gyang, Ikechukwu & Adekunle–Balkanizing Nigeria – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Sept. 3, 2012 – In recent times the Nigerian polity has continued in its usual stride, with both leadership and the led. Mere cosmetic measures, short termed solutions to long term problems designed with a view to averting stampedes and convulsions. Right from the dawn of the […]

Olympics, Secession or Electricity-All Na Wash – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | August 20, 2012 – “A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune…”  – Anonymous. In local parlance there is a word called ‘wash’. It actually has a relationship with some of its original dictionary meaning, especially in informal terms. […]

Throwing Big Stones at The Nigerian Project – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | August 4, 2012 –I will start this weekend’s admonition by a tale told by an unknown author. It is originally called the pebble and the ripples. A man was sitting by a lake. He was throwing small pebbles into it from time to time. A young boy […]

Before We Impeach Jonathan, Of What Good…? – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | July 31, 2012 – No matter how beautiful an ostrich egg is, if it doesn’t hatch, cannot be eaten, then it’s no good.   One fundamental thing one notices that we lack in governanceand government is the word good. Many Nigerians talk and agree that goodgovernance is […]

Fire On This Mountain…Run Dana, Run Nigeria – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | July 11, 2012 – Chicken cannot at this late date bemoan its lack of teeth, and when it sees the snuff seller, it enfolds its wings. (Everything at its proper time and when one sees potential danger approaching, one should take precautions). I am writing this week’s […]

You Can ‘Rule’ Nigeria From Anywhere Because… By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | June 27, 2012 – One does not show the squirrel the way to the river. (Telling someone what he or she already knows is silly.) I will start my weekly admonishment, with this stereotype question in Nigerian local parlance-Where do you come from? Are you from Adamawa, […]

Nigeria: In Need of a Change of Name? – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson |Jos, Nigeria | June 13, 2012 – Names… From Ebele, Abati, Sambo, Fashola, Oronto…, I am yet to see anybody who does not have one; the English language calls it a noun. Everyone and everything has one, from the very popular to the virtual unknown. Most people have a vague idea […]

Nigeria–Leadership, Pep Guardiola, Clarkism & 2015 – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | May 30, 2012 – Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. Peter Drucker. It’s almost stale that a Nigerian died after the Champions league final match in which Chelsea downed FC Bayern in Munich, or that in […]

Abdul-Rashid Omo Yekini: An ‘Own’ Goal – By Prince Charles Dickson

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies–Elie Wiesel I have waited for all to pour in the tributes, lamentations, all the ‘had I know’, ifs and how come. Plenty lies, praise, buck-passing and as usual the good morning at night of government and its officials. All the half-truths, propaganda and truth that we […]

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