Cashcraft and CBEX: Two of a kind in Ponzi netherworld, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
In the wake of the disappearance, on Monday, of Crypto Bridge Exchange Smart-Treasures, widely known as CBEX, a digital asset platform, grief and regret have enveloped the land and understandably so. In the coming days, some will commit suicide, having watched, in some cases, entire life savings, pensions and hope for a more secured financial […]
As Wike plots to “fail” Ireti Kingibe, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
THE Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, is a cantankerous old fossil – irascible, quarrelsome and testy, no doubt. Whether as a local government chairman, chief of staff, minister or governor, he is bad-tempered, cranky and grouchy; a man not only at war with himself but perpetually with others. This is not the quality of a […]
Rivers of impunity and absurdism, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
IN his 1961 book, The Theatre of the Absurd, Martin Julius Esslin, a Hungarian-born British journalist and professor of drama, lamented what he called absurdism, “the inevitable devaluation of ideals, purity, and purpose.” Esslin, who died in London, United Kingdom on February 24, 2002, aged 83 years, couldn’t have had the oil-rich state of Rivers, Nigeria, […]
When is the next public holiday? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
IN my column on April 11, 2024, titled, “Nigeria, a country in love with public holidays,” I lamented that “the idea of unending public holidays is not only absurd but also sickening” in reaction to the Federal Government’s ‘magnanimity’ in awarding Nigerians an extra day for the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations in early April. As it is always […]
Who is afraid of Fidelity Bank? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
A LOT of mischief is going on in the banking sub-sector of Nigeria’s financial ecosystem since the Central Bank of Nigeria, on June 3, 2024, announced the revocation of the banking license of Heritage Bank Plc. The not so subtle campaign by some faceless groups to demarket an otherwise solid financial institution like the Fidelity Bank […]
May 30 and the power of remembrance, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
In his article titled, “Biafra Day: How not to honour the fallen heroes,” my friend and colleague, Emeka Alex Duru, lamented the bizarre attempt of some misguided Igbo youths to keep the spirit of the dead alive by killing the living all in the name of a utopian Biafra. “Causing harm to the living, putting the future […]
