Unongu Shares Mind

With the recent mass uprising and public mutiny in the Arab world in Africa, which has led to the ouster of Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak of Tunisia and Egypt respectively, there are speculations and suggestion of the Arab-styled uprising in Nigeria. when one takes a look at the ills in the Nigeria brought about by the insincerity and dishonesty of leaders from the Wards, LGAs, up to the Villa, one cannot help but wish for a revolution, the like of Libya. However, when I pause and ponder on the geopolitical maze of Nigeria, taking into consideration the very rich diversity that make our coming together seem almost impossible at first sight, I beg to totally digress. I am of the view that revolution, no matter the kind, cannot happen in Nigeria. Before you start criticizing me, I plead with you to come along with me as we attempt to take a spectroscopic flight of analysis into the geopolitical contraption of a state called Nigeria. For starters, what is a revolution? According to the ency

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, also known simply as Colonel Gaddafi ; born 7 June 1942) has been the leader of Libya since a coup in 1969. From 1972, when Gaddafi relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya " or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution in government statements and the official press. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders and he is one of the longest serving rulers in history . He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Libya, then Tripoli, became an Ottoman province in 1551. Gaddafi is reported to have amassed a fortune for himself and his family of 60 billion dollars, including shares in Tamoil and one of Italy´s largest banks Unicredit. In February 2011, major political protest