“And as in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he is and does, so in historical struggles one must distinguish still more the phrases and fancies of parties from their real organism and their real interests, their conception of themselves from their reality”— Karl Marx The […]

I have had several reasons to take on His Excellency, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Executive Governor of Anambra State. For instance, I felt it was imprudent of him to truculently target Peter Obi the way he did during and after the 2023 political season. Obi was running for president, and Soludo was already a Governor. Soludo’s […]

 “When the roots are deep, there is no reasons to fear the wind”—  African proverb. A potentially damaging campaign against Nigeria is gaining ground in sensitive and influential circles at the international level, in particular in the US. Its  goals appear to be  to isolate and cripple Nigeria’s influence at the global level, limit its […]

Nigeria’s democracy is showing signs of fatigue where it matters most: at the ballot box. Voter turnout, a vital sign of democratic health, has declined from 57% in 2007 to just 26.7% in 2023—only 24.9 million of 93.47 million registered voters participated. These are not inert numbers; they are warnings. Many Nigerians now view elections […]

From last week continues the narrative that Nigeria’s adoption of the presidential system of government in 1979 created a monster as successive presidents since then serially abused the power vested in them by the Constitution, including using their presidential powers to rig election to their favour and that of their cronies.   The saying “power corrupts, […]