As Tinubu plays God, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
Listening to President Bola Tinubu’s response to the plea of Nigerian Catholic Bishops that he should make the yoke of Nigerians lighter, I couldn’t help but remember the Biblical story of King Rehoboam in 2 Chronicles 10:1-15. After the death of King Solomon, Rehoboam, his son, went to Shechem to be crowned king and the whole […]
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If 2021 must be better than 2020
By Ikechukwu Amaechi TODAY, Thursday, January 7, 2021, is exactly one week since Nigerians, together with the rest of humanity, ushered in with gusto, a brand new year. Certainly, 2020 was the archetypal annus horribilis – a terrible year of disasters and misfortune. A year many wished never was. In the past one week, many […]
Kankara schoolboys and Buhari’s victory jig
By Ikechukwu Amaechi I AM yet to meet a Nigerian who did not heave a sigh of relief when the news broke on Sunday that the boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, were on their way home after spending six days with terrorists in the wild. By Nigerian standards, it was a […]
The North must solve the Buhari conundrum
By Ikechukwu Amaechi WHY didn’t students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State – who were rustled, literally, like cows by terrorists on Friday, December 11 – get clearance from the military before going to school that fateful day? That was the question I waited to hear from Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Assistant […]
As Ndigbo go to the polls on January 11
By Ikechukwu Amaechi NDIGBO will go to the polls on January 11, 2021 to elect a new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. It promises to be a consequential election. But why? Whoever wins will lead Ndigbo in what is perhaps the most critical period in Nigeria’s history. The country is at […]
Buhari’s poor leadership rouses slumbering North
By Ikechukwu Amaechi “The time of truth has come. This situation is no longer acceptable to any Nigerian. We can’t be mourning our citizens every day.” ANYONE who reads the comment above would instinctively assume it was made by known critics of President Muhammadu Buhari like former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose; former Minister of […]
