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Op-ed Editor October 24, 2017

Opinion: In search of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian

by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love buzzwords - slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. One…

Op-ed Editor September 22, 2017

Opinion: 5 lessons from IPOB’s fall

by Jideofor Adibe In my column of September 7, 2017, entitled, ‘Nnamdi Kanu and the Redeemer Complex’, I made a few propositions about Nnamdi Kanu that now seem prophetic.…

Op-ed Editor June 2, 2017

Opinion: Obasanjo’s Biafra solution is dumb. Here is why

by Jideofor Adibe Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly called for dialogue with those agitating for Biafra. Speaking at the event, ‘Biafra, 50 Years After’ at the Shehu Musa…

Op-ed Editor May 25, 2017

Opinion: Why a military coup is unlikely

by Jideofor Adibe Many Nigerians have been expressing understandable outrage at suggestions that there might be a military coup in the country. It is obvious that despite the current challenges,…

Op-ed Editor May 18, 2017

Opinion: What if Buhari does not want to continue?

by Jideofor Adibe Secrecy, as they say, creates confusion and opens up space for wild speculation and conspiracy theories. Nigerians believe fervently in the adage that nature abhors a…

Op-ed Editor April 14, 2017

Opinion: Obasanjo’s corruption narratives

by Jideofor Adibe Obasanjo’s recent treatise on corruption in Nigeria is a must-read for policymakers because it essentially bought into what several academics and public intellectuals have been saying…

Op-ed Editor February 23, 2017

Opinion: The evolution of Yemi Osinbajo

by Jideofor Adibe Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been receiving deserved kudos for the way he has been holding forte since Buhari went on medical vacation in England on…

Op-ed Editor February 16, 2017

Opinion: The controversy over Trump’s Phone Call to Buhari

by Jideofor Adibe Virtually all the leading newspapers in the country reported on February 14 that President Buhari spoke to Donald Trump the previous day “at the request of…

Op-ed Editor February 2, 2017

Opinion: Understanding ‘executive orders’

by Jideofor Adibe Since formally assuming office on January 20, two things seem to have defined the Trump presidency: controversy and executive orders. The first was almost his first…

Op-ed Editor January 27, 2017

Opinion: Reality check- Nigeria’s sense of entitlement cannot stand empirical examination

by Jideofor Adibe This piece was inspired by the transcript of a speech given by Princeton Nathan Lyman, former US Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–89) and South Africa (1992–95) at Chinua…

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