


Akpabio and the allegory of tortoise, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

Cashcraft and CBEX: Two of a kind in Ponzi netherworld, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

Cleaning up Ogoniland, the HYPREP way, by Ikechukwu Amaechi


FCCPC should let MultiChoice be, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

“Igbo coup” and Babangida’s good turn to Nigeria, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

How best to immortalise Ayo Adebanjo, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

ARCON bashing and the danger of a single story, by Ikechukwu Amaechi



Buhari’s cock and bull story, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

No tears for Mudashiru Obasa, by Ikechukwu Amaechi


Tinubu, a president in denial, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

As governance confounds Okpebholo, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

The peace Ukrainians deserve, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

Decriminalising Nigeria’s democratic estate, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

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What does it take to speak for President Tinubu? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Ordinarily, the innocuous question – who speaks for President Bola Tinubu – should be a non-issue because it ought to be a given. But these are no ordinary times. In Tinubu’s bumbling emi l’okan dynasty, where the end justifies every means and jejune politics trumps governance, absurdity is the norm. Such intrigues, in the warped estimation […]

Chris Anyanwu’s Bold Leap, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
ON December 2, 2024, Nigerians will converge at the main auditorium of the National Universities Commission for the public presentation of Senator Chris Anyanwu’s autobiography, Bold Leap. To be sure, this is her third book. She wrote the first, The Law Makers, Federal Republic of Nigeria, while she was NTA correspondent at the National Assembly […]

Trump’s victory, the true colour of democracy, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
ON Wednesday, November 6, Donald Trump, the 45th U.S. President, pulled off what, to all intents and purposes, is an extraordinary political comeback – an exceptional feat that has catapulted him once again to the enviable position of the president-in-waiting. On January 20, 2025, he will take another oath of office as the 47th U.S. President. […]

Who will call Nigerian politicians to order? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
I am worried that Nigerian leaders have captured the Nigerian state, taking beleaguered citizens hostage in the process and yet carrying on as if all is well. I am even more worried that the grossly abused citizens, afflicted with the debilitating Stockholm syndrome, rather than standing up to their abusers are actually coping, having over time […]

Lekan Ogunbanwo: Walking the talk on national unity, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
SOON after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula were unified to create a single nation on March 17, 1861, Massimo Taparelli, the Marquess of Azeglio, popularly called Massimo D’Azeglio, a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, famously remarked: “We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians.” D’Azeglio, who was Prime Minister of Sardinia, was worried about […]

Who will tell Mr President? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Who will tell Bola Tinubu that his 16-month-old presidency has reduced Nigeria to a living hell? Who will tell Mr President that there is great suffering in the land? Who will tell him to stop insulting Nigerians by his off-handed comments? Who will tell Tinubu that Nigerians are reeling from his ill-digested reforms and the […]

Nigeria’s democracy on Tinubu’s leash, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
AS a journalist, I admire cartoonists, the visual artists who draw and create engaging captions, for their genius. They are not only creative and original, but also investigative, often incorporating humour, wit and satire in their works. When they are in their element, they graphically capture the imagination of the audience, as the trending cartoon in […]

Egowure Anyanwu-Okahia: A mother-in-law like no other, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
When I came home on Saturday, August 31, 2024 to meet my wife, Chioma, lying on the bed with bloodshot eyes, I was alarmed. When I asked what the problem was, she retorted: “Check your phone.” She accuses me of bad telephone etiquette – not reading text messages and responding timeously – with a warning that if […]

Edo governorship election and the ‘umpire’ called INEC, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
I HAD very instructive discussions with two A-list Nigerian politicians before and after the Edo State governorship election; the first being on Wednesday, three days before the poll. Both men have held positions of immense responsibility in government both at the state and federal levels. The first politician dismissed those who believed that given the pedigree […]

Only justice will guarantee peace in Edo on Saturday, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
ON Saturday, September 21, Edo electorate will elect a new governor who will superintend over the affairs of the state in the next four years. In other climes, that is a simple task. Agreed, contestation for power is a serious business not meant for chicken-hearted fellas, but the heavy lifting is done out on the […]

Ahmed Bako: Intellectual masturbation as inaugural lecture, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
WHAT caught my attention when the flyer of the 50th inaugural lecture of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto surfaced in the social media late August was the theme: “The Igbo factor in the history of intergroup relations and commerce in Kano: Opportunities and challenges revisited.” The lecture, to be delivered by Ahmed Bako, a Kano-born […]

The Ighodalo promise in Edo State, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
Sadly, the former governor has embarked on the same ill-fated trip once again throwing caution to the winds. Lacking in basic political decency and decorum, Oshiomhole, uncouth as ever, takes pride in assaulting the sensibilities of Edo people.

Still on the Utomi, Amosun foxtrot, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
Nigeria has remained the way it is with leaders acting with impunity while in office because they know there are no consequences even out of office.

Joe Ajaero: NLC presidency under Tinubu’s watch, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
The idea is to put Ajaero away, if possible, for a considerable length of time because he is seen as the most potent obstacle to their anti-people policies.

As Tinubu redefines protest to mean ‘movement to effect change of regime by force’, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
AFTER quelling what, to all intents and purposes, was a peaceful protest by economically challenged Nigerians over insufferable high cost of living, President Bola Tinubu has moved quickly to consolidate his grip on power. Taking a page from the archetypical fascist playbook, he summoned a meeting of the National Council of State, NCS, on Tuesday, to […]

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