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 […]
Nigeria: What does Buhari really want?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ON May 29, that is tomorrow, President Muhammadu Buhari will mark his fifth anniversary in office. Questions will concentrate the minds of many. What does the North want out of Nigeria? Is there an exclusive Northern agenda? If there is, to what extent does that agenda promote national unity? These questions could […]
Confusion reigns as govt obfuscates on Chinese medical team
By Ikechukwu Amaechi MANY Nigerians are still in denial over the COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging the entire world. And they are not just ordinary Nigerians. Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River and Yahaya Bello of Kogi have openly called it a hoax. To drive home his point that the coronavirus hullabaloo is a ruse, […]
FGPL: How not to resolve a nine-year dispute
By Ikechukwu Amaechi FOR starters, FGPL is the acronym for First Guarantee Pensions Limited, FGPL, one of the 20 licensed pension fund administrators, PFAs, in Nigeria’s pension industry. When the National Pension Commission, PenCom, snootily declared on Monday, May 4, that the decade-long FGPL crisis had been resolved, I remembered one of the famous admonitions […]
Between covic-one-nine and COVID-19
By Ikechukwu Amaechi I had a discussion that bordered on the novel coronavirus sometime in March with a childhood friend who lives in the US. He was scared that the pandemic which had exploded there may really get out of hand despite the US going into the crisis with what Fintan O’Toole, Ireland’s celebrated columnist, described […]
Imo: Hopelessness in the era of hope
By Ikechukwu Amaechi AS someone from Imo, it is extremely difficult to ignore the tomfoolery in the state in the name of governance, no matter how hard one tries. Since the Supreme Court torpedoed the inalienable right of the people to choose their leaders, I have refrained from commenting on the regrettable odyssey because yelling […]
