Prof. Charles Soludo – The Philosopher King Sets the Stage – By Tochukwu Ezukanma (Audio version)

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Soludo: the philosopher king Sets the Stage – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Listen to Audio Version By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | February, 8, 2022 – The ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, believed that statecraft should be entrusted to the best and most enlightened men in society. He called them “philosopher-kings”. To him, it is only leadership by these “extremely erudite, exceptionally intelligent, and brilliantly imaginative” that can bring […]

Idolatry in Christian Garbs – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma  | Lagos, Nigeria | December 13, 2021 | The 19th Century German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, once wrote, “This valuation was brought to a peak by Jesus: with Him every man was of equal worth, and had equal right. He was in His deepest instinct a rebel against everything privileged; he believed and struggled unremittingly […]

Soludo Stands Out – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 4, 2021 – The Anambra State gubernatorial election is scheduled for November 6th, 2021. Quite naturally, different political parties and their political nominees are relentlessly, stridently campaigning for the election. As usual, every gubernatorial candidate wants to convince the people that he has an exceptional insight into the […]

Soludo: A Reflection – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 11, 2021: A onetime White House counsel, Richard Goodman, once characterized a great American, Robert Kennedy, as “a constellation of contradictions”. And the famed author, Harry Barnes, described the greatest of the patristic fathers, St Augustine, as a complex combination of opposites. Like most great men, Chukwuma Soludo, […]

Soludo: Burnishing the radiance of the Light of the Nation – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 17, 2021 –  According to a trite Nigerian parlance, “Politics is a dirty game.” As long, as it is left for dirty men and women, politics will remain a dirty game in Nigeria. The only way to clean up Nigerian politics is by the participation of decent and […]

We Are All Men of God – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma  | Lagos, Nigeria | August 12, 2021 – The Highlife maestro, Oliver de Coque, once sang, “Wherever I am, God gives me good music; when I am asleep, God gives me good music; when I am awake, God gives me good music”. In response to a question about composing songs, Michael Jackson replied, […]

The Solution is Not in Restructuring – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 12, 2021 – Recently, President Mohammadu Buhari took a verbal swipe at the agitators and proponents of restructuring. He characterized them as “naïve and ignorant”. The president’s scoff at restructuring and its advocates irked many Nigerians; and elicited their criticisms of him. The generality of Nigerians are passionate […]

Nigeria: The Unscramblity of a Scrambled Egg – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 18, 2021 – The different peoples of Nigeria made contiguous by geography, roped together by British colonialism, and bound by political and economic forces, and to a considerable extent, social and cultural agglutinants are so intertwined to the point of being scrambled together like a scrambled egg. Just, […]

The Problem of Nigeria is Elite Criminality – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 2021 – The crime rate in Nigeria is inconceivable; it literally blows the mind. Factoring in corruption, armed banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, ritual killing, Fulani herdsmen unhinged murderousness, etc, Nigeria must have the highest incidence of crime in the world. Routinely, our rulers bewail the spiraling crime rate; and attempt […]

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