Yes, my 79-year-old mother was kidnapped
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
The question I have been asked repeatedly since my mother, Ezinne...
Aisha Achimugu and folly of the Nigerian elite
It is sheer foolhardiness for people who had little or nothing before they went into government or became friends to those in...
The ‘Jagabanisation’ of Lagos politics
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
On Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared
President Muhammadu Buhari winner of the February 23...
Buhari, Aso Rock’s non-essential staff, returns ‘home’
Could it be that appreciating the fact that he has become a non-essential staff at Aso Rock, Buhari heeded the British call...
Why Buhari will fail on Saturday
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Nigerians
will elect a new president in less than 48 hours from now. Both excitement and
anxiety permeate...
As Air Peace pilfers from customers
As Air Peace pilfers from customers: Pilfering from clients in the name of non-existent infractions is outright dubiousness. It is sheer sleight...
Is another war for ‘Biafra’ inevitable?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
As Thomas Paine, the English-born American philosopher, once wrote, there are times that try men’s souls....
Imo and the politics of transition
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
The allegory of the tortoise that willfully refused entreaties from concerned friends who desperately tried to...
Ministerial slots for sale?
Never in Nigeria’s history has the “business” of selling ministerial slots and other appointments been so openly brazen. Sadly, those accused of...
Imo Governorship: 65 candidates, one choice
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
As Nigerians vote again on March 9, all eyes will be on Imo State for two...
