This violence against the judiciary, By Fredrick Nwabufo
Lately, no institution of government has been the object of derision, blackmail, and threats like the judiciary. This venerable and inviolable magisterial conservatory has been […]
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May 29 and the limits of desperation, by Fredrick Nwabufo
by Fredrick Nwabufo At the heart of Nigeria’s troubled and enchanted existence is wild and minacious politics. Politics defiant of patriotism and national interest; politics […]
With President-elect Tinubu, southeast needs tact not threats, By Fredrick Nwabufo
In the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, I raised a stumper in a column — “If Peter Obi fails, as he certainly would, what […]
Nigeria’s past shouldn’t be today’s burden, by Fredrick Nwabufo
The post-election conversations have been a putrid salad of prejudices, recriminations, and elevated provincialism. Our wits, resolve, temperance, capacitance, and stability threshold as a nation […]
Bayo Onanuga is not your bigot, By Fredrick Nwabufo
I will make this brief. Scapegoatism is the merchandise of selective outrage. At moments of uncertainty and chaos, ‘’pallbearers’’ are pencilled down to bear whatever […]
Labour Party may end up like APGA – a failed experiment, By Fredrick Nwabufo
It may just be a bubble. A phantasm. An ignis fatuus. A castle on quicksand. It may not take long before the house caves in. […]
Peter Obi and those Onitsha-market polls, By Fredrick Nwabufo
Propaganda, lies, and chicanery have always been instruments of war. In World War 2, Germany actuated and deployed the most pervasive, yet incisive propaganda ever […]
National healing and the place of Tinubu, by Fredrick Nwabufo
Welding the sundered parts of Nigeria into an organic whole has remained a will-o-the-wisp. Since 1960, Nigeria has struggled with the possibilities and importunities of unity. The founding fathers of the country longed for a time when a variegated people will become an unbroken, congealed composite. They did not live to see this happen; yet, many years after Nigeria is still far from what the good progenitors envisioned.
How Nigeria can win in 2023, By Fredrick Nwabufo
2023 is a defining year. We, the people, will decide our fate. We will decide whether to retreat to the years of the locusts where […]
A call to deradicalise Igbo youths, by Fredrick Nwabufo
When ignorance secures matrimony with hate, indoctrination, propaganda, and lies the result is the blood revelries in the south-east. The killings have persisted. Young, promising […]