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 […]
Trump’s democratic misadventure, lessons for Nigeria
By Ikechukwu Amaechi JOSEPH Robinette Biden Jr, now sits pretty in the Oval Office as the 46th President and Commander-in-Chief of the United States, having taken his oath of office on January 20, 2021. Same day, Donald Trump became an ordinary citizen once again but not before descending into the abyss of infamy as the […]
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 […]
2023: Fashola lets South West cat out of APC bag
By Ikechukwu Amaechi THE debate on which zone produces Nigeria’s president in 2023, which is not new, has gained gravitas with the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Umahi claimed he defected because the PDP has never zoned the presidency to […]
#EndSARS: As Buhari bares his fangs
BY now, all those who have been living a lie, believing that our president, Muhammadu, can be anything but a Buhari, must have realised how naïve they were. The president’s reaction to the audacity of Nigerian youths clamouring for an end to police brutality and enthronement of responsible and responsive governance has been true to form – exactly as expected.
Buhari should walk his talk on police welfare
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Almost a month after #EndSARS protests rocked the country, Nigerians are still in a quandary about what to do next because the issues that led to the crisis remain unaddressed. The government that earned itself a breather by brutally quelling the protests is more interested in passing the buck. Which explains why […]
Speech that left Nigerians speechless and palliative hunters
Nigeria is in dire straits. What is going on in our country right now is so tragic in its absurdity that all of us should be weeping. Yet, here we are laughing away our sorrows.
Lekki toll gate massacre and limits of tyranny
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Something is seemingly romantic about the date. It is so seducing that you can hardly forget it – 20-10-2020 – a Tuesday. Yet, it was a black Tuesday. A day of death! That was the day Nigeria finally descended into the cesspit of chaos and infamy. That was the day Nigerian soldiers […]
INEC and Buhari’s in-your-face attitude
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Nigerians, particularly those who believe that their country could still be salvaged, are now very worried and scared. They are not scared of the dreaded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, which has been disbanded. They are worried for the future of their hard-won democracy. They are scared of the impunity of President Muhammadu […]
Teachers’ reward, no longer in heaven?
There is a refrain that a teacher’s reward is in heaven, an acknowledgement that he plays a preeminent role in nation-building even as he is being made to hold the wrong end of the national reward stick, particularly in Nigeria. It has not always been that way. Time was in this country when teachers were […]
Nigeria at 60: A diamond, no gemstone
By Ikechukwu Amaechi EXPECTATIONS were high. Drums were rolled out. Great speeches were delivered. And the future looked great, or so it seemed, when Nigeria gained independence from Britain on October 1, 1960. Sadly, 60 years after, the diamond jubilee, which ought to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, is at best muted for those […]
The Obaseki blowout in Edo poll
By Ikechukwu Amaechi IT was a real shellacking. Even those who predicted a Godwin Obaseki win in the Edo governorship poll on September 19 didn’t foresee a blowout. And four days after the result was announced, some are still pondering how Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a man reputed as a grassroots politician, took such a drubbing. He […]
