May 26, 2020Nigeria Has Been CorleonisedYes, Nigeria has been “Corleonised.” No film and novel have influenced the psyche of the Nigerian male as much as Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Many of the leaders of the various fields of activity in the country today dreamt of and mimicked the…Nigeria5 min read
Jul 9, 2019Intelligent Nigerians, Inadequate LanguagesUnsurprisingly, the typical Nigerian believes Nigerians are amongst the most intelligent people in the world. The reasons for this belief are varied, none of them empirical. Some attribute this widely held belief amongst Nigerians to the number of high profile Nigerians that have attended top universities in the world. It…Nigeria6 min read
Nov 11, 2018Spiritual Infections, Physical CuresI am increasingly taking the message of James Randi quite seriously, well beyond and above average, because of the decadent state of belief and irrationality that certain people adopt and adhere to in their quest to explain the unacceptable conditions of life they encounter. …Health1 min read
Nov 10, 2018Are Leaders or Followers to Blame for Corruption?Grimot Nane Corruption is unsatisfactorily defined as the “misuse of public office for private gain” because it suggests corruption only happens in the public sector [1]. But the definition also indicates that the power of [high] public office is the starting point for corruption. …Politics5 min read
Nov 10, 2018“Coconut Head” Corruption“There is no good name for a terrible disease” – Urhobo proverb “The solution to Africa’s problems lie solely in Africa” – George Ayittey Coconut Head Corruption (CHC) is a term derived from the vocabulary of George Ayittey, a distinguished U.S. based Ghanaian economist, and is used to describe the…Africa10 min read
Sep 7, 2018I First Talked to Her on a TrainThe sun was shining very bright but it was not giving London any warmth humans could sense. The warmth was coming later possible with love. Albanny Korrow like most other males on the train platform was dressed in bithermal attire which could be comfortable in both mild summer and mild…Short Story7 min read
Sep 7, 2018Nations Trapped by the Guilty Accuser SyndromeNumerous factors are acutely responsible for the persistence and worsening of the phenomenon of corruption in many so-called democracies. These factors include regulatory capture, lack of transparency, inappropriate political systems, vertical policy transplantations, weak rule of law, harsh economic conditions, the absence of political legitimacy etc. All these factors tend…Politics5 min read
