Fayose’s insufferable political rascality, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
Nigeria is at a crossroads – politically, economically and socially. There is no easy way out of the bind. You believe President Bola Tinubu’s preachment of ‘Renewed Hope’ at your own peril because blind trust is always a risky proposition. And that is what the administration wants Nigerians to do – trust blindly. They want […]
Yes, my 79-year-old mother was kidnapped
THE question I have been asked repeatedly since my mother, Ezinne Apollonia Amaechi, was abducted by three gunmen right inside her living room in my village on Tuesday, March 3, was if we paid ransom to secure her freedom. And my answer is yes, we paid because other than the grace of God which sustained her in captivity, payment of ransom was the only guarantee we had to ever see her alive again.
David Lyon: The governor that never was
Wherever he is now, David Lyon will be wondering what went wrong. And did things go awfully wrong for him? Yes, they did. If not, as you read this, he would have been a week old in office as the governor of Bayelsa State. But he is not. Instead, he is out in the political […]
When a PFA goes beyond the call of duty
WHEN the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Pensions Limited came on board six years ago, the idea was to have a Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, exclusively responsible for pension assets of all police personnel, according to the Pension Reform Act, PRA 2014.
Why are Nigerians living in denial?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Nigerians: WHEN the discourse is on Muhammadu Buhari and the state of affairs in Nigeria under his watch, opinions are sharply divided along ethnic and religious lines. My write-up last week on “What will be Buhari’s legacy?” expectedly elicited such strong responses. The president is a very divisive figure. Those who claim […]
Amaechi as Buhari’s poster minister
By Ikechukwu Amaechi, On Monday, January 20, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, was back in Lagos for personal inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan corridor of the Lagos-Kano rail project. The huge project costs billions of dollars. And it is almost a monthly routine for him to fly down to Lagos to tour the site. The […]
In 2020, Glo leads the way
TO many Nigerians, 2019 was not a year they shall look back with undiluted pleasure just like the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, moaned on November 24, 1992. It was their own annus horribilis (horrible year), just like 1992 was for the Queen.
As Ihedioha exorcises corruption spectre in Imo
SEVEN months ago, Imo State was the butt of all national jokes. Introduce yourself as an Imolite at any gathering and people would chuckle, borne out of pity. Today, a lot has changed. The Eastern Heartland is regaining its pride of place in the comity of Nigerian states. Ennobling stories are coming out of Imo, one good news after another, and Ndi-Imo are walking on the moon, literally. What a difference good and purpose-driven leadership makes.
Nigeria and Awolowo’s 33-year prescient prediction
SHORTLY after overthrowing Muhammadu Buhari’s military junta on August 27, 1985, Ibrahim Babangida set up what he called the Nigerian Political Bureau. The 17-member panel inaugurated on January 13, 1986, with Samuel Cookey, a professor of political science, as chairman was charged with the responsibility of refocusing Nigeria’s political trajectory by chiseling out a new socio-political order.
Henry Boyo, the economic howitzer, takes a bow
MARTINS Oloja, former editor of The Guardian, pulled me aside as I stepped into Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 19 for the seventh anniversary lecture of Realnews magazine and asked if I heard any news about Henry Boyo. It wasn’t an unusual question. All of us are members of the League of Nigerian Columnists, LNC, and interact regularly.
Still on the Bayelsa, Kogi governorship elections
My article last week on “As Bayelsans, Kogites go to war on November 16” elicited responses from those I call “unconscionable and angry internet interlopers” who hit people whose presentation on public discourse they cannot fathom.
