Cheta Nwanze

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Rubbin ’Minds partners NHRC on Human Rights Conversations for Democracy Day

Nigeria’s leading talk show, Rubbin’ Minds will this Sunday hold the Democracy Day Talks in celebration of this year’s Democracy Day. Hosted by Lawyer and Media Personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the series will showcase and celebrate those who have been at the forefront in the fight for democracy in the country. Guests include Executive Secretary of... Read More

channels television, Cheta Nwanze, David Hundeyin, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, Dr Sam Amadi, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, human rights, National Human Rights Commission, Ndi Kato, NHRC, rubbin minds, Seun Oluyemi, Tony Ojukwu

November 15, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Shehu Sani, Chxta, Dr Dipo, Dr. Joe Abah on Abuja-Kaduna rail line and others

Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

Aminu Gamawa, Cheta Nwanze, dipo awojide, Joe Abah, Maleghemi Joseph, noisemakers, Shehu Sani, Tayo Sunmonu

November 24, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Why Nigerians are beginning to provide their own brand of justice

“You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? I forgo the vengeance on my son. But I have selfish reasons. My youngest son was forced to leave this country because of all this Solozzo business. Alright…now I have to make arrangements to bring him... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Jungle justice, Kikan vs Fulani, opinion

October 23, 2017

The Thread: “The manner in which Maina was terminated is illegal” | TwitterNG criticises Buhari’s action

There’s enough fodder on Political Twitter today, thanks to the controversial happenings over at Nigeria’s Civil Service. The man in the eye of the storm is Abdulrasheed Maina, who had been declared wanted by the EFCC and Interpol for stashing away over 2 billion naira Pension funds during the period he headed the Presidential Taskforce... Read More

Buhari's anti-corruption drive, Cheta Nwanze, Dambazau, Maina Civil Service, The Thread

October 19, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: This is why Nigerians don’t trust the Army’s free medical outreaches

by Cheta Nwanze It started with a WhatsApp rumour in Anambra. Now it has happened in Rivers, Kwara, Bayelsa, and Ondo states. In all three geopolitical zones in Southern Nigeria, and one in the North. Parents hear that soldiers are on the way to schools to provide medical care for their kids, and in reaction,... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Medical outreach, Nigerian Army, Operation Python Dance, opinion

October 6, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Oby Ezekwesili, Perkins Onome, Cheta Nwanze and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Perkins Onome, Today's Noisemakers: Oby Ezekwesili

October 4, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Femi Fani-Kayode, Cheta Nwanze, Aisha Yesufu and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

Aisha Yesufu, Cheta Nwanze, Today's Noisemakers: Femi Fani-Kayode

October 4, 2017

“Nigeria is officially back to a military regime” | NBC shuts down #AsabaMassacre show; TwitterNG reacts

Looks like PMB is running a totalitarian government now. The first thing he did when he returned from London was to warn Nigerians about crossing national red lines, declaring that legitimate and debates about Nigeria could only take place in the National Assembly. He reiterated the same thing again in his Independence Day address. The... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Gag on free speech, military government, NBC, nigeria, The Thread

September 7, 2017

The Thread: Saraki will change the game for 2019

It’s 17 months to the next presidential election, but TwitterNG is already fielding its presidential candidates. So far, we have Atiku, popularly endorsed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan. We’re not big on ceremony here, so we’ll just stick to her alias: Mama Taraba. [In case you missed it]: “Atiku would be the... Read More

2019 Elections, Cheta Nwanze, Constitutional Ammendment, nigeria, Politics, Saraki, The Thread, TwitterNG

August 26, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: This is Nigeria’s major problem

by Cheta Nwanze Let us begin this by acknowledging that our leaders are terrible. In doing that, however, we should also acknowledge the fact that as followers, we are awful as well. We should also bring out the oftentimes overlooked fact that our leaders, to a large extent, emerge from the followership. So, as a... Read More

Broken feedback loop, Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, corruption, Leadership, opinion, Politics, sycophants

August 15, 2017

The Thread: Here’s what Ambode should do about Computer Village instead

Every one knows Ambode has one goal for Lagos state: turning it into a mega city. And nothing will stand in the way of the governor achieving this- not danfo drivers, Otodo Gbame residents or current Computer Village occupants. Computer Village sprang out of nowhere to become the “major market for technology products”, Victor Asemota... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, computer village, small business, technology, The Thread

Cheta Nwanze: Fayose as a metaphor for APC’s “change”

by Cheta Nwanze Is Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, a good governor? Any one who can, without shaking, owe pensioners for 11 months straight, is definitely not a good governor. But can a bad governor do a few good things? The answer is definitely yes. And therein lies the irony. Ayo Fayose, for... Read More

Belief in Nigeria's education system, Cheta Nwanze, Fayose, Fayose vs Buhari, good governance, opinion

Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria is on the brink of an unprecedented revolution. Here is why

by Cheta Nwanze Dem belly full but we hungry A hungry mob is an angry mob A rain a-fall but the dirt, it tough A pot a-cook but the food no ‘nough -Bob Marley The poster above, was posted after Adolf Hitler had been appointed Chancellor of Germany by Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler insisted on... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, economy, opinion, Politics, Revolution, unemployment

Cheta Nwanze: There is something wrong with Nigeria

by Cheta Nwanze In 1997, Edmund Fitzgibbon, the Irish Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Warri retired. He had lived in Nigeria since 1964, being a priest in various places from Minna to Zuru to Kontagora to Port Harcourt and finally, Warri. Upon Fitzgibbon’s retirement, the Holy See in Rome appointed another Irishman, Richard... Read More

Ahiara diocese, catholic church, Cheta Nwanze, ethnicity, opinion, Religion, The Vatican, tribalism

Today’s Noisemakers: Mike Pence, J.K Rowling, Pope Francis, Godwin Obaseki and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Godwin Obaseki, J.K Rowlings, Mike Pence, noisemakers, social media, Twitter NG

Cheta Nwanze: How Nigeria has destroyed its future

by Cheta Nwanze The story below just arrived in my email. It was sent by a nice young man, whom I met yesterday. Back in the day I was one of those pundits who’d sit down in my air-conditioned office and insult the government. It was almost a hobby. I’d find fault with what they... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, nigeria, opinion, Politics, roots

The Thread: The Soviet Union as a case study that giving incentives inspire productivity

Alfred’s thread inspired Chetan Nwanze’s thread. While Alfred argues that bonuses/freebies motivate laziness, Cheta avers it does the opposite. Do see below: 1/ One reason I like Alf is because he speaks my mind a lot. Read this thread. https://t.co/5FfGQtTgCY — Chxta (@Chxta) March 23, 2017 9/ Krushchev reconsidered. The quota system was removed, and something... Read More

Broken system, Cheta Nwanze, incentives, nigeria, Soviet Union, The Thread

Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria vs Venezuela, and this is not football

by Cheta Nwaze I am caught up in a major conundrum. I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, on a university campus. Power was near constant in my environment. English was the language of my environment. People were forward looking, and positive. This was in Nigeria. As a result, it was not difficult for... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, nigeria, opinion, ranking, Rwanda, Venezuela

Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria’s economic recovery is inextricably tied to her highways

by Cheta Nwanze The picture below was taken at Opoji Junction, Ekpoma. This morning. The location is roughly 800m from the Esan LGA secretariat. Along Nigeria’s A2. I travel a lot in my line of work. So I know a little about Nigeria’s highways. The major highways, South to North, are the A1, A2, A3... Read More

Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, Economic empowerment, Nigeria's highways, opinion, Osinbajo, Ports

Cheta Nwanze: What the Tor Tiv events say about our democracy

by Cheta Nwanze One of the major problems of the Nigerian state is that we do not even know what kind of government we run. On paper, we are a democracy, but in practice, so many bits and pieces of Nigeria are not. Just over a year ago, I wrote something for TheNerve Africa where... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, democracy, government, nigeria, opinion, Stephen Nyitse’, Tor Tiv

February 23, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Thin Tall Tony (BBNaija), Acting President Osinbajo, Obasanjo and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion

Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, noisemakers, Obasanjo, Pastor Biodun (COZA), Yemi Osinbajo

February 22, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: How to manage diversity in Africa

by Cheta Nwanze This report notes that: Africa’s post colonial history is fraught with stories similar to the Cameroon Anglophone struggle for self determination against a majority — in this case the Francophone Cameroons. In Nigeria’s civil unrest history, the culmination was the Biafran war whose agitations for an independence are still ongoing, decades after. Further... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Conflict, diversity, nigeria, opinion, self determination

February 18, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria’s ancient laws in modern times

by Cheta Nwanze “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — John Dalberg-Acton One thing I’ve talked about in the past is how archaic our laws are, and how much out of tune with current existence they are. I first became aware of this a few years ago when a man, John Obinna,... Read More

Audu Maikori, Cheta Nwanze, nigeria, opinion, Penal Code, Southern Kaduna

February 13, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: This EFCC’s madness

by Cheta Nwanze “The EFCC often fail to successfully prosecute high profile criminal cases because aside the fact that they conduct shoddy investigations before rushing accused persons to court, in some cases, up to 200-count charges are brought before the court, a procedure which makes mockery of the constitution and the laws” — Justice... Read More

Andrew Yakubu, Cheta Nwanze, EFCC, investigations, nigeria, opinion

February 6, 2017

The Thread: What is Nigeria?

The events surrounding the president’s health and the hush-hush treatment the presidency is giving it is, have Nigerians thinking that we are stuck in a repetitive political cycle. Do see below: However, as must always happen, the reign of the class of '66 is coming to an end. It is time for us, once again... Read More

Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, nigeria, protest, Reconsidering our union, The Thread

February 6, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Nigerians, can we stop the blame game?

by Cheta Nwanze Dear Yetunde, So here was I ready for marriage and dating a girl, Awele, whom I was head over heels for. It was great at the beginning. She was a looker, made nice meals, the sex was great. But as the relationship progressed, I found that she had a terrible habit. She... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, history, nigeria, opinion

February 3, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Blessed are the peacemakers

by Cheta Nwanze I feel good having averted some bloodshed today. So what happened? I won’t put the names, since they are at some level my kin, and they’ve agreed to resolve the situation amicably. More importantly, I’m trying hard not to reveal details of important family business. Something made me take an urgent... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, government, Nigeria's power problems, opinion, south east

January 27, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Is Nigeria on the verge of another 1966 crash?

by Cheta Nwanze Let’s talk very briefly about the boiling frog. The boiling frog is an illustration of death by a thousand cuts. Basically, the anecdote says that if you take a frog and put it in boiling water, the animal will jump out immediately. However, if you take the same frog and put in... Read More

benue, biafra, Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, civil war, Fulani herdsmen, Katugal, nigeria, opinion

January 26, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Building a nation

by Cheta Nwanze Let us talk about a young ‘un called Bala Chinda. He just got sent to nga in Jand, for a period of no less than 18 years. (A quick aside, I love the way the Yanks tell you “life”. You know that life means life, unlike in Jand…) The reason young Bala... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Justice, opinion, Religious violence, Shi'ites, Southern Kaduna

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