The noise about PDP’s zoning
Zoning, the byword in Nigeria’s unsettled and unsettling political environment, is not about to go to sleep. If anything, it is reverberating by the day. At every level of our political arrangement, zoning has become such a constant variable that it is beginning to assume a life of its own. Continue Reading
RE: Chidi Amuta’s ‘Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee!
Dr. Chidi Amuta’s article titled “Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee!”, published in his Engagements column of August 24, 2025, is yet another example of the troubling genre of political revisionism masquerading as critique. While Dr. Amuta is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to distortions and selective Continue Reading
RE: Chidi Amuta’s ‘Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee! BACKPAGE | 4 hours ago RIGHT OF REPLY –Setting the Record Straight on Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan By Ikechukwu Eze Dr. Chidi Amuta’s article titled “Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee!”, published in his Engagements column of August 24, 2025, is Continue Reading
Cooking democracy: Is INEC chef or mere waiter?
In the kitchen of Nigeria’s democratic experiment – where the smell of reform and the smoke of recycled promise swirl together – the Independent National Electoral Commission has once more delivered a dish so audacious it has left the electorate confused and the opposition holding their guts. Yiaga Africa’s question, Continue Reading
ASUU and season of strikes
We appear to be in a season of strikes. That is understandable. The cost of living is so high that many families are battling with hunger and other deprivations. Rather than get succour from the government, these families become victims of more biting policies they never bargained for in life. Continue Reading