Tag: Promise Adiele
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Interim government: DSS and reverse psychology – By Promise Adiele
Nigerian famed state security apparatus, the Department of State Services (DSS) recently nudged Nigerians, fatigued by the post-election grotesque dance of vicious malevolence, by remarking that it uncovered a plot to install an interim government in the country.
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Iwuanyanwu and the ‘political rascals’ rhetoric – By Promise Adiele
Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play ‘Waiting for Godot’ avails itself of multiple interpretative tools with a compelling grip on the moral imagination of the audience. As a timeless piece, it thrives on the hopelessness of the human condition dramatized by two vagabonds, Estragon and Vladimir who waited for a mysterious, titular Godot that never came.
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Explaining Peter Obi’s victory – By Promise Adiele
This is not a critical dissection of the recently concluded presidential election in Nigeria, an exercise globally acclaimed as a collective assault on the humanity of Nigerians and their civic beings. That political obscenity, through coordinated acts of criminality, raped the intelligence of Nigerians, summarily calling to question those who populate our public service and…
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Nigerian destiny: In the hands of the people – By Promise Adiele
Is destiny real? Can it be changed? Call it fate or predestination – destiny bulks bigger in the heuristic realm where humanity feebly exudes confidence and power. Many people understand it as the inevitable outcome of human endeavour within the context of existential ordering.
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Peter Obi: Obasanjo’s endorsement – By Promise Adiele
The creative impact of the epistolary literary mode has considerably waned in the 20th century. Popularized in Africa by Senegalese writer Mariama Ba through her novella So Long A Letter, the epistolary mode penetrates social fabric, ex-raying the relationship between two interlocutors – the writer and reader.
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The choice before Nigerians – By Promise Adiele
I first encountered the phrase “illusion and reality” during my formative years as a literary disciple in the Department of English, University of Lagos. Shakespeare’s classic Merchant of Venice provides an immediate platform for the critical explication of “illusion and reality”. In the play, beyond the covetous and mercantile disposition of Shylock, there is the…
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Tribute to Lionel Messi – By Promise Adiele
His football dexterity is awesome – sleek, smooth, slippery, elegant, and sure-footed. He engineers the game with admiring ease and a dignifying refinement that underscores his modest demeanour. Some people ascribe supernatural qualities to him, arguing his celestial provenance which reminds us of the Biblical assertion in Acts 14:11 – “the gods have come down…
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The Buhari famous declaration – By Promise Adiele
Declaration is an iconic word. It can be substituted with proclamation or announcement depending on the context. In various academic disciplines, declaration conveniently stakes a claim as a locution of reputable acclaim. I recall the famous self-rule declaration by Pa Anthony Enahoro in 1953. I also remember the Ojukwu declaration in 1967 which birthed the…
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President Buhari and his successor – By Promise Adiele
It is gradually becoming impossible to cope with life in Nigeria. Sometimes, one must invoke all the elementals of fortitude in the sanctum of the inward being to put up a pretentious smile. It is that kind of smile which deceives observers, creating the impression of wellness when all is far from being well. Hope…
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Nigeria: Hushpuppi for president – By Promise Adiele
His name is Ramon Olorunwa Abbas. At least he has a real name. But the world knows him as Hushpuppi, the Nigerian disingenuous internet scammer recently convicted in the US. For many people, Hushpuppi faces an inconsequential future, but current developments in Nigeria towards the 2023 elections suggest that there may, after all, be a…