Archive for January, 2010

RODHAM CLINTON’S SPEECH: A CHALLENGE TO NIGERIA AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

During the Bill Clinton years as the President of United States, I was an avowed follower and admirer of the Clintons because of the charisma, effectiveness and aura of effective leadership President Bill Clinton brought to bear on the world’s socio-economic landscape. Even when the Lewinsky saga raged, I fasted and prayed for the Clintons […]

Democracy on trial in Nigeria

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

In all human history, effective leadership is about sacrifice, responsibility and accountability (SRA). Therefore, in an ideal democracy, leaders are supposed to put the people first and deliver dividends of democracy to the people based on the principles of SRA. That is why in successful democracies; there is effective educational, health, judicial, electoral and social […]

Terrorism, extremism and fundamentalism

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Terrorism is the application of destructive and other violent methods in the pursuit of radical ideologies. It is an extreme application of force and coercion to intimidate and subdue opponents.  Though terrorism targets certain institutions, nations and persons, its overall effect is often devastating to the human race. Terrorism destroys both its perceived enemies and […]

GRACE IN SYSTEMIC FAILURE: THE CASE OF NWA FLIGHT 253

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Systemic failure could be said to be the shutting down of multiple components of a system that hitherto functioned optimally or sub-optimally. In medical practice, this would involve the failure of multiple organs and the patient would be at grave risk.
Reasonable and responsible world leaders were amazed that flight NWA 253 would have been doomed […]