When Donald Trump first peeped into the Presidential wagon to say he wanted to run, the reception was mixed. America was united nonetheless by what we can call ‘Washington fatigue.’ People were tired of the bureaucratic gridlock, the diplomatic rigmarole and the congressional… Trump: The stumble after 100 days – By Chidi Amuta …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
The Tinubu presidency has shown utter disrespect for Nigerians. It is above all insensitive to the suffering and hardship of most Nigerians. Instead of rendering a sensible mid term account of its mandate, the administration is celebrating the onset of the 2027 presidential election… 2027: Rehearsing an Unlikely Coronation – By Chidi Amuta …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
Nigeria’s political landscape never ceases to astonish and amaze. In addition to our habitually surprising electoral outcomes, our politicians are dramatists of immense creativity. They have an uncanny ability to literally convert things into their opposities and still retain public… My party will swallow all yours – By Chidi Amuta …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
The Nigerian political opposition is scoring desired attention from the Tinubu’s disappearing antics. In apparent response to the growing outcry of opposition voices and the enlightened citizenry about the President’s prolonged absence in a bad time, the Presidency has just… Absent from Abuja, Present in Paris – By Chidi Amuta …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
Read full article Are we bound to this violence? – By Chidi Amuta on TheNewsGuru. For the better part of the last decade and half, Nigeria’s national security status has come to be measured by human casualties. Hardly any day passes without the news headlines featuring stories of gory mass… Are we bound to this … Read more
In recent weeks, we seem to have been wrestling with the very idea of democracy. After all, our political system has passed through the Westminster parliamentary system and over three decades of the Washington type presidential system. There is a prolonged assumption that we are… Our democracy and its vagrant elite – By Chidi Amuta … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has dealt a fatal punch on Nigeria’s democratic prospects. As the head of the executive branch, he has injured the judiciary and subverted the legislature in what promises to be a dangerous drift towards authoritarianism. On the Rivers crisis, the Supreme Court… Call me emperor, not just president – By Chidi Amuta … Read more