Straight Talk

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin, Ireland Email:peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “I’m afraid, base on my own experience that Fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”...Jim Garrison “We seem to be long way off from the kind of fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so far from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power, and we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible.”... John T. Flynn “Racism and hatred of foreigners constitute a direct violation of the basis of freedom, democracy and the rule of law,” Wouter Bos. The rise of far- Right parties and its ideologies are sweeping across the Western world just like the Arab Spring which the world witnessed not quite long ago in the Middle- East. During the period of the 20th century, some states in Europe were consumed with leadership syndrome of Fascism it was established basically for various philosophies of ideas. Within t...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “Our critics make us strong! Our fears make us bold! Our haters make us wise! Our foes make us active! Our obstacles make us passionate! Our losses make us wealthy! Our disappointments make us appointed! Our unseen treasures give us a known peace! Whatever is designed against us will work for us!”...Israelmore Ayivor Since the end of the Nigeria/ Biafra civil war in 1970, the Igbo political mainstream activities have consistently and gradually diminished in the country. In Nigeria, the Igbos were being seen as a race with distinctive and dogged minded people which implies, whatever is their set objective must surely be accomplished. Even some may describe them in local language as ‘people with strong mind.’ This connotation might be possibly viewed in a negative or in a positive perspective. Some said that they are people with commerce oriented ideas. Some said Igbo’s are lovers of mone...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “He who has great power should use it lightly.”... Seneca If one should reflect critically into spheres of events, since Buhari took over power in May 2015 eventually it could be said that he has not done well in his 15 months Presidency. The much-anticipated change Nigerians clamoured for remains unattainable. Buhari was looked up to be the Nigeria’s Moa Tse-Tung who was expected to revolutionise the country’s decayed system and make it a corrupt free society that would in due course bring a permanent change in the economic and political landscape of the country instead, his administration indulge in political witch-hunting and poor economic planning. This reminds me of what Friedrick Nietzsche said “whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” “It is true that nobody is above the law but p...

  Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “Every nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate”...Mehmet Murat ildan. In the history of every nation there’s time for a bumper period and there comes an era of adversity. And it comes a time a nation’s economic strength surge and thrives and more so a time of economic paucity thus depending on that country’s leadership. The year 2015/2016 could be described as annus horribilis in Nigeria oil sector. History has it that anything that has a beginning must equally have an end. An era begins and someday an era ends that’s one of the philosophies of life. Consequently, the endowment of crude oil in Nigeria has been a pain on the country. The resources that suppose to be a blessing has caused so much sorrow and anguish. It has reduced the nation’s creditability to nothingness and created disunity, social injustice, greed, and inequality. One could hastily c...

Written by LUCAS ANUFORO, Dublin Ireland Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com “There are those who are legitimately corrupt, who cannot admit that legitimacy allows them to corrupt legitimacy, and to legitimately corrupt others.”...Justin.K McFarlane Beau  “For a nation to be corrupt free, that culture must first be created through the proclamation and propaganda of a correspondent value system.”...Sunday Adelaja Since Nigeria got her independence in 1960 no government had ever tried to fight corruption. All successive administrations were at one time or the other, the benefactor of this cancerous disease that has eaten deep into the country’s system. The year 1983 saw the emergence of anti- corruption crusade tagged ‘War Against Indiscipline’ (WAI) led by the current President Muhammud Buhari who was the then military head of state that overthrew the civilian government of Shehu Shagari conversely, his administration was short lived when Gen.Ibrahim Babaginda to...