By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / Feb. 22, 2013 – Long ago, in my village church, an elderly woman was asked to pray. In her prayer, she strayed from the liturgical platitudes that mark such church prayers, and delved into politics. Obviously enraged by the then recent coup that overthrew the government of Shehu […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / Feb. 7, 2013 – A city is not just a collection of buildings, streets and public spaces arranged by architectural, engineering and urban planning standards. It encapsulates and expresses the totality of a people’s way of life. Therefore, Nigerian cities are invariably expressing the totality of the Nigerian […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Jan. 24, 2013 – A written constitution is not a prerequisite for democracy. Not surprisingly, some flourishing democracies have no written constitution and some failed democracies had some wonderfully crafted constitutions. Nigeria has had a number of well written constitutions. Lamentably, none of them has worked well. Still, […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 7, 2012 – A one time United States of American Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, once referred to Nigeria as the poorest oil rich nation in the world. What an oxymoron? How can a country be oil rich and yet, extremely poor? This is because her wealth […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 26, 2012 – A major problem of Nigeria is the oil money. Oil money is extraordinary in that it does not come from any national effort, toil or sweat. It comes not from any agricultural, manufacturing, scientific or technological endeavor. It results not from our resourcefulness, innovation […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 12, 2012 – Without being hyperbolic, I can state that leadership is everything. It is leadership that builds or destroys a nation. No wonder, the 18th Century French philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, wrote that “… no nation would be other than what the nature of its leaders […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 24, 2012 – Democracy ensures peaceful transfer of power because it recognizes the people as the ultimate repository of power. And as such, power is derived solely from the will of the people. Democracy does not guarantee the election of good leaders. However, it empowers the people […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 14, 2012 | Good leadership is not a function of age. The world has known great and outstanding leaders in different age brackets. Ronald Reagan was 69 years old when he became the President of the United States of America. He remained president until he was 77 […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 26, 2012 – The word, terrorism, conjures up images of rebellious elements, armed with guns and bombs, blowing up bridges, buildings and planes, and killing security personnel and innocent civilians. And since the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka took terrorism to new heights with their introduction of […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 15, 2012 – Recently, a minor event took me down memory lane and I felt nostalgic to the point of tears. In that my nostalgic mood, a song from the past came to my mind. It was a song by Candi Staton. I do not remember the […]
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