Behold Our Redeemers
By Chidi Amuta – On President Tinubu’s ministerial nomination list, I am surprised at our surprise. I am even more […]
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A Life in a Day at 70
By Chidi Amuta – Tomorrow, I shall be 70. I call it the 70th checkpoint. A friend calls it climbing
Putin, Mercenaries and African Democracy
By Chidi Amuta – In the dying months of the Buhari administration, an upsurge in terrorist activities in the Nigerian
Tinubu’s Road to Somewhere
By Chidi Amuta – Within a fortnight in power, President Bola Tinubu may have set the tone and tempo for
Appointments: Beyond the Stampede at the Entrance
By Chidi Amuta – This is political appointments season. It is also a season of migrations to Abuja and the
Mr. President, Mind the Gaps
By Chidi Amuta – Between an inaugural speech full of quotable nuggets and his reflex actions in just one week
Beyond the Radiance at the Square
By Chidi Amuta – The bare concrete parade ground of Eagle Square will tomorrow be animated by the symbolism of
Henry Kissinger at 100: Diplomatic Centurion
Chidi Amuta – His distinctive deep baritone with a heavy German inflected accent testifies to a man of world historic
Democracy’s Untidy Offspring
By Chidi Amuta – The politics of democratic transition is hardly ever a beauty pageant. Oftentimes, the dazzling brilliance of
The APC on the Cross
By Chidi Amuta – The ruling All Progressives Congress is entitled to roll out the drums in an orgy of
From Sudan, the Perils of Bad Manners
Chidi Amuta – In a tragic sense, Sudan is somehow lucky. Its leading political figures, who also happen to be
‘OBIdients’ and the Gangster Conspiracy
By Chidi Amuta – Of all the cards that I carry around with me, none is a political party membership
Nigeria Expects
ENGAGEMENTS By Chidi Amuta – Yesterday’s governorship election closed a season of anxiety over democracy in Nigeria. After 24 years
The Moment to Rescue ABIA State
By Chidi Amuta The governorship election on Saturday 18th is more decisive for Abia state than many others. It is
Return of the Tribesmen
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta In a bid to retain power beyond 2015, former president Goodluck Jonathan ran a campaign with a
Atiku vs Tinubu: Dance of Naked Emperors
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta What began as a promising campaign season is about to end up as a roving circus of political
Peter Obi and the Northern Challenge
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta – Politicians on a nationwide campaign for the top job in the land are condemned to a
2023: Of Polls, Projections and Partisanship
ENGAGEMENTS BY with Chidi Amuta – Nigerians are a very impatient people. Our hunger for instant outcomes should have made us
Ending the Carnage in the South-east
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta – The general atmosphere of violence and anarchy threatening to overwhelm the South East portends ill for our
2023: What If Machiavelli Votes?
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta – Ordinarily, the hidden hands of an ancient Italian devious thinker should have no relevance to Nigeria’s 2023
The Rise of Tyrant Governors
By Chidi Amuta – An urgent threat hovers over Nigeria’s democracy. It is not just the spectre of bad elections
My Crowd is Bigger than Yours
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta The crowds of power wear amorphous but identical faces. It does not matter whether they are the
Enemy at the Door
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta – On the matter of ensuring national security by all means necessary, I accept being called
Peter Obi and the Last ‘Big Men’
ENGAGEMENTS by Chidi Amuta The outcome of our presidential nominations season has produced a new landscape of mixed blessings. The
Atiku’s Dance, Buhari’s Song By Chidi Amuta
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta Shortly before the outcome of the recent PDP primaries, a video clip of Atiku Abubakar dancing in casual
Long Week of Power Bazaars
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta In a little over another week, a great deal of the political cacophony all over the country will
Overcrowding the Presidential Doorway BY Chidi Amuta
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta Democracy was never intended to amuse nor was politics meant to offend. The ritual of periodic leadership