Buhari’s toothache and a nation in its death throes, By Chido Onumah
General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will leave office on May 29 after eight uneventful years. We hope it is the last time we hear from a […]
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2023 elections and the road less travelled, By Chido Onumah
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost […]
Celebrating Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma: 1966-2021
By Chido OnumahIt has been a year since the passage of Innocent Chukwuma, my friend, brother, and Comrade. It looks like yesterday when I got […]
Ikengaonline: Salvaging the Southeast, By Chido Onumah & Osmund Agbo
“As long as my Ikenga is active, I can wrestle in the land of the spirits” – Igbo proverb. In precolonial Nigeria, the Igbo administrative […]
Open letter to the most senior Biafran in Buhari’s government
By Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah Dear Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama, We chose to write you instead of President Muhammadu […]
For Edwin Madunagu, a Revolutionary Icon, at 75, By Chido Onumah
Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu who turns 75 on May 15, 2021, has been a consistent voice for the radical transformation of Nigeria in the last […]
We have lost our Innocent, By Chido Onumah
Two weeks ago, I lost a comrade, brother, and friend, Innocent Chukwuma. Innoma, as I called him, was 55, and until a few months […]
Between Hushpuppi and Hushpoliticians, By Chido Onumah
The last one month has witnessed a celebration of crime and corruption in Nigeria, from Ramoni Olorunwa Abbas, aka Ray Hushpuppi, to the Minister of […]
Justice for Sambo Abdullahi, victory for whistleblowers in Nigeria
By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem Whistleblowers are the first line of defence against corruption, crime and cover-ups, according to a 2019 paper by the […]
Of victors and vanquished: Biafra, 50 years after, By Chido Onumah
January 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian Civil War and the official end of the short-lived Republic of Biafra. It […]
End of discussion: Deathly ban on free expression and the rise of fascism, By Chido Onumah
At a time Nigeria requires a robust conversation about its politics, economy, ethnic relations, unity, and indeed, future, the country’s over-indulged lawmakers, egged on by […]
MIL and the challenge of new media technologies, By By Chido Onumah & Olunifesi Suraj
Introduction Information rules the world today. More often than not, the type of information we receive affects our choices, our relationship with others, the quality […]
For Pius Adesanmi, for Nigeria! By Chido Onumah
Pius Adesanmi, Carleton University’s Professor of literature and African studies who died in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash near the town of Bishoftu, Ethiopia, […]
How do we deal with a ‘problem’ like the Igbos? By Chido Onumah
#TrackNigeria – First, a confession. I am Igbo, whatever that means! I was born in 1966, a year before the Nigerian Civil War that lasted […]
Global anti-corruption laurel for Nuhu Ribadu, By Chido Onumah
On Friday, December 7, 2018, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stood before a global audience in Putrajaya, […]
The unravelling of President Buhari By Chido Onumah
One thing supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari can’t deny is that many of those who oppose him today, almost three and half years after he […]
Gov. Okorocha: Of tyranny and discontent, By Chido Onumah
A very significant event—a peaceful mass protest against the misgovernance and mindless plunder of Imo State by Mr. Rochas Okorocha—took place in Owerri exactly a […]
Tackling Corruption In Nigeria Through Whistle Blowing, By Chido Onumah
I crave your indulgence to preface this speech by reiterating what all of us already know: that corruption is the number one enemy of our […]
Saraki’s Farcical Coup Of July 4th ,By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem
In reviewing the farcical coup—orchestrated by the president of the Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki—that took place on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, we were reminded of […]
A dying breed: Tribute to Emma Ezeazu! By Chido Onumah
Emma Ezeazu who was buried in Onitsha, southeast Nigeria, on July 4 was one the staunchest activists of the radical student and civil society movements […]
Buhari, ‘legislooters’ and the change agenda ,By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem
Wind the critically slurred legislative tape back to the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. It began sometime in 1999, you’d recall. That was […]
President Buhari: Dead End Or The Rebirth Of A Nation? By Chido Onumah
“We can’t continue to search the branches of a sick tree for the cause of its sickness.” – African Proverb As history unfolds in Nigeria, […]
Nigeria, History And The Clear And Present Danger By Chido Onumah
These are perturbing times. On the eve of what promises to be Nigeria’s fiercest election, one that has set the country on edge, it is […]
2015 Elections: The Easy Choice Before Nigerians ,By Chido Onumah
I do not think Nigerians have a difficult choice to make when they go to the polls on Valentine’s Day. It’s either they return the […]
As Another Civil War Looms , By Chido Onumah
Forty-four years after the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War, Nigeria finds herself on the brink of another civil war. Nigerians have waited in vain in […]