by Chude Jideonwo I have heard this bit of nonsense constantly – seen it sometimes on social media, in comment boxes or random commentary: that because I actively, enthusiastically and unrepentantly threw personal and professional weight behind the election of a political office holder, I have somehow lost the moral right to speak out against... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Muhammadu Buhari, Office of the citizen, ootc, Sani Abacha

March 27, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: How do we recover – urgently – our dignity as Nigerians?

by Chude Jideonwo Let me tell you about my driver of seven years. The first sign of trouble when he was recommended was the fact that he didn’t have a job at the time. But he came highly recommended and so I asked to meet him. First question I asked him: Why wasn’t he presently... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, citizenship, democracy, nigeria, Office of the citizen, ootc

March 22, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: How it came to be that Jonathan is an option in 2019

by Chude Jideonwo I got a lot of panicked responses after my last piece; the panic focused on one small nugget of information buried within it: the fact that, as things stand today, former president Goodluck Jonathan is the strongest candidate that the People’s Democratic Party can present in 2019. So I decided to run... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, democracy, nigeria, Office of the citizen, ootc

March 20, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Will the third party candidates please stand up?

by Chude Jideonwo Nigerians talk a good game about third party candidacies, especially Nigerians on social media. They speak often about this utopia where Nigerians have had more than two options for president of Nigeria, and we could have chosen any of these options instead of what they consider less-than-ideal alternatives in our last... Read More

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March 15, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude JIdeonwo: How did Obasanjo allow his legacy get off the rails?

by Chude Jideonwo In the world these days, it is impossible to have a nuanced discussion about too many things. The lure of 140 characters disincentives the complexity that ideas sometimes demand, and until we evolve to that point where we can condense complicated thoughts into this inevitable format, we have to struggle a bit.... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, democracy, nigeria, Obasanjo, Office of the citizen, ootc

March 13, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Yemi Osinbajo’s performance is beside the point

by Chude Jideonwo You could feel the sense of panic when some of the enablers and voters (of which I am one, having personally and professionally supported him) of President Muhammadu Buhari heard that the president was returning to Nigeria last week. The question – uncomfortable, perhaps unseemly – hung in the air: why was... Read More

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February 27, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

by Chude Jideonwo A few days ago, I received this message in my email from a highly respected colleague with the Punch, which inspired this article: “Thank you for staying true to the cause. I have seen too many people transform into villains in recent years; but you have been steadfast and I couldn’t be... Read More

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#BBOG, bring back our girls, Chude Jideonwo, Goodluck Jonathan, ngozi okonjo iweala, Office of the citizen, ootc, TFAA, The Future Awards Africa, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

February 22, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Don’t be annoyed o, but please, who spoilt Nigeria?

by Chude Jideonwo There is something curious that you might have noticed. Something as strange as it is weird. And it should worry you. We don’t appear to know who ‘spoilt’ Nigeria. ‘Spoilt’ of course is the colloquial shorthand for all that ails our nation – corruption, poor leadership, stillbirth policy, diving quality of... Read More

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique, Buhari, Chude Jideonwo, IBB, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Office of the citizen, ootc, Yakubu Gowon

February 20, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Remember that thing Governor Ajimobi said?

by Chude Jideonwo Last month, the Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi shocked the nation. Footage of the governor speaking to students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) who had been grounded at home (for eight months from 13 June, 2016 due to a shutdown announced by the Rector), showed a white-hot rage: “If this... Read More

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Abiola Ajimobi, Chude Jideonwo, LAUTECH, nigeria, Office of the citizen, ootc

February 15, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: If we want to change our country, we have 15 lessons to learn from BBOG (II)

by Chude Jideonwo *This continues Monday’s piece on the 15 disciplines behind the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign. The discipline of leadership On 18 January 2016, the journalist Kadaria Ahmed tried out a few tweets about the BBOG movement. The sum of her thesis? Its leaders needed to change. According to her, the ‘activists’... Read More

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#BBOG, bring back our girls, Chude Jideonwo, nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, Office of the citizen, ootc

February 13, 2017

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: If we want to change our country, we have 15 lessons to learn from BBOG (I)

by Chude Jideonwo You know the tragedy already. The world does. And it’s one we have yet to recover from: 276 Chibok girls kidnapped from their schools under the watch of a functioning Nigerian government, and just under 200 of them yet to be recovered as we speak. Now, this is the point at which... Read More

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#BBOG, bring back our girls, Chude Jideonwo, nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, Office of the citizen, ootc

Office Of The Citizen With Chude Jideonwo: The high standards to which we must hold our leaders

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: How do we recover – urgently – our dignity as Nigerians?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: How it came to be that Jonathan is an option in 2019

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Will the third party candidates please stand up?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude JIdeonwo: How did Obasanjo allow his legacy get off the rails?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Yemi Osinbajo’s performance is beside the point

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Don’t be annoyed o, but please, who spoilt Nigeria?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Remember that thing Governor Ajimobi said?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: If we want to change our country, we have 15 lessons to learn from BBOG (II)

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: If we want to change our country, we have 15 lessons to learn from BBOG (I)

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