Running on empty
Running on empty: Taken together, political motions without movement have provided the Tinubu presidency with a growing camouflage of activity in a...
Tinubu and his many opponents
Tinubu and his many opponents: The paradox is that a large and unmanageable opposition is in the interest of Mr. Tinubu. He...
Courting global anti-Americanism
Courting global anti-Americanism
By Chidi Amuta
An unwritten paradox has defined the United States up to...
Stampede among the opposition
Stampede among the opposition
By Chidi Amuta
Almost mid-way into the Tinubu presidency, the face of...
Limits of the American king
Limits of the American king: American democracy is the result of an outright revolt and rejection of royalty and absolutism. Everything in...
What will May bring?
What will May bring?
By Chidi Amuta
Our presidential political calendar indicates May 2025 as the...
Return of the “Jaguda” President
Return of the “Jaguda” President: Trump is largely a bit of suspense theatre, an exciting departure from the humdrum drabness of politics...
West Africa’s season of farewells and question marks
In the coming months, it is a season of goings and comings in Nigeria’s immediate international relations. Our domestic political challenges may...
Merry WhatsApp Christmas
Merry WhatsApp Christmas: We can sum up the present realities of our nation in this Christmas season in the idiom of the...
Postcard from Damascus
Postcard from Damascus: For those in doubt, the threats that confront and could fell the Nigerian state are not far too different...
