Nigeria: How Endangered Are We?

Posted to the web 18 August 2008 Sam Nda-Isaiah In a recent United States intelligence report, the authors feared for the continuous existence of Nigeria as we know it today in the coming years. The sombre report was based on estimates as could be gleaned from raw facts on the ground today. The analysis considered the numerous and disparate centrifugal forces badgering the nation at the moment. It examined the ever-booming business of corruption that has only blossomed from regime to regime and has defied reason. It mulled over the inexplicable crass irresponsibility of the nation's elite class and also pondered the Niger Delta imbroglio. Then, the Foreign Policy magazine, in its current issue, lists Nigeria among the very top in its Failed States Index 2008. Foreign Policy is an authoritative publication published by the... [read full story]