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 and its unserious, unproductive, holiday-craving population, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
But as bad as this picture is, it is not even the full story. In most Muslim-dominated states, Fridays have equally been appropriated as part of the weekend work-free days. Where it is not expressly so, workers at best work half-day, leaving for home after the Jumu’ah Prayer (Friday prayer).
In Owerri, Nigerian editors repudiated the idiocy of identity politics, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
It is no longer news that the just concluded national bi-annual convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, which held in Owerri, Imo State capital, produced Eze Anaba, editor of the Vanguard newspaper as the new president. In the next two years, he and 15 other officers will run the affairs of the elite […]
Dame Ihedioha: Mother whose heart was her children’s schoolroom, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Outlining the virtues of a Godly mother, Henry Ward Beecher, the 19th-century American Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer wrote: “The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” On Friday, June 16, the mortal remains of one of such mothers, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha, will be laid to rest in the pastoral Aronta community, Mbutu, Aboh Mbaise, […]
Hadi Sirika and the fraud called Nigeria Air, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Some people believe that Nigeria, our dear country, is a criminal enterprise. Those who perceive the political ideology construct – patriotism – from the prism of the three wise monkeys, a Japanese pictorial maxim which embodies the proverbial principle of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” aver that such a portrayal is […]
Buhari, the man who loathes Nigeria
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have bothered commenting on former President Muhammadu Buhari, the man who, rather than build, spent eight years in power dismantling Nigeria, brick by brick because for me, his voyage into oblivion is good riddance. After Buhari’s eight ruinous years, Nigeria really needed a breath of fresh air. Whether the […]
Imo: How not to police a state
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Penultimate week, I wrote an open letter to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, lamenting the travails of Ikechukwu Ojokoh, who is in police custody in Imo State. For those who may not have read my column on May 11, let me restate the facts. On Saturday, April 15, 2023, […]
Okowa’s wealth creation and entrepreneurship legacy
By Ikechukwu Amaechi IN climes where chest-thumping and infantile exuberance often trump hard work, creativity in the governance space and visionary leadership are always sacrificed on the egotist altar of underachieving wayfarers masquerading as political leaders. Nigeria is one of such climes. That explains why many a time, political leaders, particularly governors, bask in the […]
Travails of Citizen Ojokoh: Open letter to IGP Usman Alkali Baba
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Sir, LET me apologise from the onset for reaching you through this medium, considering that a private, albeit, official letter may have been more ideal. But two things informed my choice of open letter. First, I don’t want the letter to be lost in transit, mislaid in the miasma of officialdom. Second, […]
NPA and Hadiza Bala Usman’s puerile tales
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is in the news again over allegations made by the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman. Hadiza, the first female to be appointed NPA MD, one of the 13 agencies under the Ministry of Transportation, was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Dr Emeka Iwuagwu: Community service apostle takes a bow
By Ikechuwku Amaechi ON June 16, 2023, the mortal remains of Dr. Emeka Iwuagwu will be committed to mother earth in his hometown, Obohia, Ahiazu-Mbaise LGA, Imo State. It is a date dreaded by all because though he died almost a month ago, many are still not able to wrap their minds around the fact […]
The real threat to Nigeria’s democracy
By Ikechukwu Amaechi THOSE whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad,” says an ancient proverb. I agree completely. If you are in doubt, reflect on the bizarre actions of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. It will only take a mad man, destined for destruction by the gods, to pull […]
Still on Lai Mohammed’s treason allegation
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ON Tuesday, April 4, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, did in the U.S. what he knows how best to do – fib. Mohammed, in Washington DC on official engagements with some international media organisations, including the Washington Post, Voice of America, Associated Press and Foreign Policy Magazine, accused the Labour […]
Hypocrisy of the self-styed Nigerian progressives
By Ikechukwu Amaechi A FRIEND of mine sent me a text message the other day: “Ikechukwu, please stop this fight. This election has been won and lost and it is high time we moved forward. Lamenting over spilt milk is an exercise in futility and if you are close to Peter Obi, please tell him […]
Requiem for Nigeria’s democracy
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ON March 18, 2023, some Nigerians, incurable optimists I must say, still went out to cast their votes in the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections after the presidential and National Assembly elections fiasco of February 25, believing that Nigeria is still redeemable. Well, I am not one of them. I used […]
Toxicity of Tinubu’s Lagos politics
By Ikechukwu Amaechi AS I reflect on the happenings in Lagos State since the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, I cannot help but see the spectre of the 1994 Rwanda genocide unfolding before our very eyes. In the years leading up to the 1994 genocide, the Hutu-led government used all its propaganda machinery to […]
