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Op-ed Editor March 13, 2017

Chido Onumah: Canada at 150- Lessons for Nigerian youth

by Chido Onumah On July 1, 2017, Canada, the world’s second largest country after Russia, will be 150 years old. There is a year-long celebration of this milestone for a…

Azeez January 1, 2017

Chido Onumah: Ibori and a nation united by corruption

by Chido Onumah One of the highlights of the year that has just ended was the release from a British jail of one of Nigeria’s most notorious politically exposed persons…

Isime Esene August 7, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Why Atiku Abubakar deserves attention

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar last week restated his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, which he said had become inevitable. “I believe that restructuring will eventually happen whether we…

Op-Ed Editor June 5, 2016

Opinion: Understanding Atiku and his agenda

Given the candour and trenchancy of former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s views on the state of the nation last week in Abuja, federal officials may spend more time analysing his…

December 30, 2013

Chido Onumah: But really, is APC the new PDP?

by Chido Onumah Is APC a “progressive” party as the name implies, even in the limited sense of the word or just an association of those opposed to, not necessarily…

September 7, 2013

Chido Onumah: This house has fallen… goodbye Nigeria

by Chido Onumah In the eternal words of Chinua Achebe, “(Nigeria) is an example of a country that has fallen down; it has collapsed. This house has fallen”. “Except in…

August 3, 2013

Chido Onumah: A case for true federalism

by Chido Onumah It is this unregulated power that has created the twisted logic that makes it possible, for example, for Kano to have 44 local governments while Lagos has…

July 19, 2013

Chido Onumah: So, who killed Kudirat Abiola?

by Chido Onumah If al-Mustapha didn’t kill Kudirat Abiola or order her assassination, it would be nice to know what al-Mustapha and the regime he served so faithfully did to…

July 5, 2013

Chido Onumah: Why Buhari matters in the 2015 elections

by Chido Onumah Clearly, the South-West holds the ace in the 2015 elections. As a geopolitical bloc, it is more cohesive than any other zone. But the popular sentiment is…

June 21, 2013

Chido Onumah: Who will defeat Jonathan in 2015?

by Chido Onumah Clearly, President Jonathan has performed woefully; but when was the last time incompetence cost anybody reelection in Nigeria? Let me say from the outset that it would…

January 20, 2013

Chido Onumah: Nigeria won’t break up

by Chido Onumah Mr. President, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the reality is that Nigeria is only great in our imaginations. Nigeria is big for nothing! How many…

December 14, 2012

Chido Onumah: Memo to Okupe: What is President Jonathan hiding? (Vol. 1)

by Chido Onumah President Jonathan says he is a transformative leader. Unless he just wants to transform himself, I see no reason he should allow his asset declaration create so…

September 19, 2012

Opinion: In defence of President Jonathan?

by Chido Onumah Sometime last year, I had predicted that considering the bumbling character of his Presidency, President Jonathan may well be Nigeria’s last president. First, a caveat: I agree…

August 21, 2012

Opinion: Nigeria is negotiable

by Chido Onumah Two retired generals and former heads of state stirred up a hornet’s nest recently when they proffered solutions to the growing insecurity and hopelessness in the country.…

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