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It is almost a usual chorus trumpeting once more and again that in international politics, "might is right and justice is the interest of the stronger". This cliché has remained in the mind and heart of students of international politics for so many years. One particular norm or cliché the craftsmen and women of that earliest cliché have missed to provide is what happens in a situation of equal strength and balance of terror. I am sure they would recline and accept the objectivity of justice and sanctity of morality. It therefore simply speaks to us that international politics is an arena of bullies and power tyranny. This reminds us of the mechanisation of minds across the world by the powers that be. Especially, when any world power lasts so long in our consciousness, they seem to penetrate our substance and subconsciousness to the extent that we cease to ask questions about whatever they do. Most of the time, they assume the status and stature of moral police and become im...

The following are the outline of the leadership of Nigeria in terms of the presidency since the independence in 1960 - 2023; A. NORTH WEST  1. Maj. Gen. Murtala Muhammed 1975 (0.75 year) 2. Alhaji Shehu Shagari 1979 - 1983 (4 years) 3. Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari 1983 - 1985 (2 years) 4. Gen. Sani Abacha 1993 - 1998 (5 years) 5. Alhaji Umar Musa Yaradua 2007 - 2009 (2 years) 6. President Muhammadu Buhari 2015 - 2023 (8 years) NORTH WEST has ruled 6 times totalling 22 years or 34% B. NORTH CENTRAL  1. Gen. Yakubu Gowon 1966 - 1975 (9 years) 2. Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida 1985 - 1993 (8 years) 3. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar 1998 - 1999 (0.75 year) NORTH CENTRAL has ruled 3 times totalling 18 years or 28% C. SOUTH WEST  1. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo 1975 - 1979 (4 years) 2. Chief Ernest Shonekan 1993 (0.25 year) 3. President Olusegun Obasanjo 1999 - 2007 (8 years) SOUTH WEST has ruled 3 times totalling 12 years or 19% D. NORTH EAST  1. Alhaji Tafawa Balewa = 1960 - 1966 (6 ...

Gush! It's a dream world here Everyone seems tired They're worn out and weak The jubilant is so uncertain The other is angry but bizarre The players have same mind One celebrant today, another tomorrow  Innatism of notorious betrayals  We're victorious We're triumphant Those who shout are afraid What a celebration in fears Do they know what they want The crown of idiots won by one Won for mad ego and no more No home, no knowledge Not regally and no character Don't envy this overbalancing crown It'll be vain and null at last  Nihilism of mores is her substance Our culture is in quagmire Our land in shatters and tatters  We have rejected their overlordship  They won't reign over us Over there are men of mischief A band of betrayals disguised Holy at day, harlots at night A meeting of suspects Trust is a hard currency within They'll never be faithful Their unity is a chaff The weight is crass and empty Once they jubilated Then we saw who they're They...

In the run up to the renascent democracy in 1999, the country was rich with expectations and wishes. They were all for the good of Nigeria after the military era. The games for the succession began and the intrigues ran through. Unfortunately, while the then junta was out to ensure transition from the military to civil rule, it was indeed ill prepared. The preparation had no inclusion of any directional philosophy and what looked like it was well tuned to address the concerns and challenges to come. The junta had a cursory carpentry of the constitution and such became the sickness of the governments to come. Bedeviling the political party that won power, the PDP began on a badly set out race and ran it aimlessly for solid sixteen years. The end of that sixteen years witnessed the drastic horror; an experience that held but will never happen again. Though the Goodluck Jonathan administration has been praised by those who know almost nothing about leadership and whose lives and thought s...