Tinubu: Renewed hope or continued despair?
THE first casualty of war is the truth.” This statement has been attributed to so many philosophers, politicians, and writers, including one-time United States Senator, Hiram Johnson, in 1918, Dr Samuel Johnson in 1758, or even the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus around 550 BC. But the concern here is not who said what and when, it is simply about the quote’s striking poignancy to war as well as to politics, especially Nigeria’s.