Products of the Wasted Generation!

by Eze Eluchie,

Octogenarian Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, once described his generation of Nigerians as a ‘wasted generation’.

What would be a proper title for the offspring’s, products of this wasted generation?

A generation who cower in the face of infamy;

...who rather than push back when pushed to the wall, will strive to scratch out more space from the wall;

...who rather than stand to challenge their ‘fantastically corrupt’ rulers, will bow in obeisance and worship to criminal elements.

We sure are on track to being the none-generation; a generation which posterity will wish never existed.

And our products?

It is never too late to redefine and refocus – the generation might yet be redeemed.

We might yet have some hope if we restructure and renegotiate the contraption that has held down a generation and people of universally acclaimed individual brilliance and intelligence.

Picture: Wasted!

2016 EUROVISION: Continued Vilification of the Russian Bear.

by Eze Eluchie,

The pettiness of the West in its relationship with Russia is getting quite worrisome, particularly when it is realized that Bears have a tendency to strike back when pushed to the wall.

From the maligning of FIFA over its choice of Moscow as host of the FIFA World Cup (under the guise of probe into corruption in FIFA, a FIFA which has corruption embedded in its ethos and creed since its inception), to aggressive efforts at rubbishing the gains of preventing the ouster of Syrian President Al Assad by extremist Islamist groups and now rewarding a song which makes reference to sordid events in Russia’s history with its Tatar ethnic group with the Eurovision Song contest prize for 2016, there appears to be a deliberate effort to provoke some sort of reaction from the Russian Bear that was near-mortally wounded by the collapse of the Soviet Union.

At a period when the world is facing perennial threats from extremist terrorist groups when unity of purpose amongst global powers is vital to ensure victory against forces who wish to impose retrogression on the world, it is unnecessary, bothering on being foolhardy, to continually seek to provoke an entity that ought to be an ally or in the very least a partner in eliminating extremists terrorists.

It is not unlikely that if the current posture to discredit, embarrass and vilify Russia continues, internal forces therein will opt for a backlash, that may be deemed disproportionate by some, against the several unfriendly acts. Such backlash will certainly not be in sync with efforts at defeating Islamist terrorism and sustaining global peace and harmony.

It is hoped that soon enough commonsense will prevail.

Picture: EUROVISION 2016 logo

Nigeria’s Ruling Oligarchs and Extremist Islamist Jihadists

by Eze Eluchie,

Ibrahim Uwais, son of Justice Muhammadu Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, who had joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed earlier today in a US airstrike on ISIS in Aleppo, Syria;

Umar Farrouk Abdulmutallab (“the underwear bomber”), son of Umaru Abdul Mutallab, a Nigeria Billionaire banker, is serving multiple life sentences for trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 enroute Detroit, Michigan from Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Christmas say, 2009;

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has severally posited his lifelong ambition and commitment to the implementation of Shari’a (Islamic jurisprudence and lifestyles) throughout Nigeria, and had warned the previous administration of President Jonathan that attacks against Boko Haram were attacks against northern interests;

Muslim Governors of Nigeria’s northern States have just okayed, in line with extremist Islamist philosophies, legislation effectively banning religious (Christian) preaching across northern Nigeria;

When one realizes the feudalistic nature of rulership in Nigeria's northern region and the reality that the scions of some of the rulers mentioned above, and their cohorts, have found themselves into the top echelon of administrative and political offices in Nigeria,, it is only natural to wonder how many of our 'top government' officials are sympathetic, or indeed closet members of extremist Islamist jihadist outfits.  

Routinely, hordes of Islamist extremists are encouraged and sponsored to stage public protests to express sympathy for extremist Islamist issues occurring in the Middle East or other areas far removed from Nigeria and the African continent;

Is the world missing any connections here between international extremist Islamist jihadists and the ruling oligarchs in Nigeria?

Yes! The international community appears to be playing the ostrich and at times unknowingly and surreptitiously supporting a hydra-headed monster that is bound to visit ill-will on all.

Is there anything that can be done to forestall repeating the carnage caused in the Middle East by extremist Islamist ideologies in the African continent generally, and West Africa in particular?

Certainly Yes! Containment and neutralization of oligarchs who feast on the pains and blood of their subjects has never been a problem to a determined international community.

Picture: Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais; and Billionaire banker, Umaru Mutallab.