Rivers: An emperor’s road to harakiri
Rivers: An emperor’s road to harakiri
By Chidi Amuta
On May 17, 2024, this column published...
What will May bring?
What will May bring?
By Chidi Amuta
Our presidential political calendar indicates May 2025 as the...
Call me emperor, not just president
Call me emperor, not just president
By Chidi Amuta
President Bola Tinubu has dealt a...
“Renewed Hope,” failing expectations
“Renewed Hope,” failing expectations: Our present hardship did not come as a result of divine punishment. It is man-made. It is the...
For Mr. Trump, maybe good night at last
The imminent rejection of Mr. Trump at the polls would be a loud rejection not only of his decadent brand of conservatism...
Stampede among the opposition
Stampede among the opposition
By Chidi Amuta
Almost mid-way into the Tinubu presidency, the face of...
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...
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...
Courting global anti-Americanism
Courting global anti-Americanism
By Chidi Amuta
An unwritten paradox has defined the United States up to...
Our democracy and its vagrant elite
Our democracy and its vagrant elite: The guardian elite of a democracy consists of both the practicing political elite and the broad...
