Ohanaeze at 50: AI-KO’s insider story, by Ochereome Nnanna
I first met Russia-educated Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma (AI-KO) in 2002 when I went to an Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo event in the Enugu residence of retired Justice Eze Ozobu. He had just emerged as the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. I was pleasantly surprised to see a young Abiriba man involved in the […]
All eyes on Tinubu
By Ochereome Nnanna THE Nigerian Bar Association’s 62nd Annual General Conference, which held on Monday at the Eko Hotel and the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, was an opportunity to eye over the major contenders for the 2023 presidential election. The theme was: “Democratic Transitions in the 20th Century Nigeria: 2023 and Beyond”. The NBA invited […]
Why the Atiku, Wike standoff matters
By Ochereome Nnanna THE three major parties – All Progressives Congress, APC; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP – are important to our democracy because the next president of Nigeria will emerge from one of them next year. In Nigeria, after God, the president is next in terms of power, authority and influence. […]
Risky politics of ‘placeholders’
By Ochereome Nnanna A NEW word has crept into our political lexicon. Before, it was known as “proxy”. Now it has a more glamorous moniker: “placeholder”: the act of sending a dummy to stand in for a candidate for a certain political office pending the completion of other “underground spiritual games” as Fela would say. […]
Tinubu’s Muslim/Muslim ticket obsession
By Ochereome Nnanna THE chances are that, by the time you read this article, the major presidential candidates – Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC; and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, would have announced their running mates. Of the lot, Tinubu’s matter matters […]
Buhari’s last-minute dissemble
By Ochereome Nnanna PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is a military tactic of creating confusion to achieve a short-term goal. This is unlike the “direct attack” methods used by his predecessors. Since 1999, two departing leaders have handed over power to their preferred successors. In 1999, […]
