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Author: Chidi Amuta

  • Madness and the Succession – By Chidi Amuta

    Madness and the Succession – By Chidi Amuta

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    In an election season, the briefcases of political salesmen are full of assorted marketing pitches. Not even the most outrageous and unexpected ideas are off limits. Conflicting notions and ideas tumble and clash for headlines in a crowded and confused market place. The public is desperate for words of encouragement and perhaps something new and…

  • Overcrowding the Presidential Doorway – By Chidi Amuta

    Overcrowding the Presidential Doorway – By Chidi Amuta

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    Democracy was never intended to amuse nor was politics meant to offend. The ritual of periodic leadership renewal through elections was instead meant to be a serious business to guarantee the health of the polis. The Athenian and Roman senates were collections of people of knowledge and wisdom who were respected and also held the…

  • Referendum on a Hegemony – By Chidi Amuta

    Referendum on a Hegemony – By Chidi Amuta

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    We might as well sound the end time alarm bugle loud and clear. This is in the desperate hope that we can avert a national catastrophe. Whether we are Christians or Muslims, APC or PDP, Northerners or southerners, a common existential burden now hangs over us all. The future of the nation, our common heritage…

  • Digital Sex and Make-Up Wonders – By Chidi Amuta

    Digital Sex and Make-Up Wonders – By Chidi Amuta

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    The first is an obsession with sex as a form of national sport that unites young and old alike both online and in real time. The other is a new fascination with externals, with appearance and make belief. The latter is marked by the emergence of make-up artists as mobile illusionists and new aesthetics wonder…

  • Kukah and Caeser’s Untidy Robe – By Chidi Amuta

    Kukah and Caeser’s Untidy Robe – By Chidi Amuta

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    Bishop Mathew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese has a robust definition of his flock. His patriotism is predictable. His preoccupation with matters of good governance, responsible statesmanship and the welfare of ordinary citizens has become axiomatic. Above all, his abiding preoccupation with the ultimate moral burden of political leadership has been consistent and unrelenting.…

  • PDP: Politics of survival and bad manners – By Chidi Amuta

    PDP: Politics of survival and bad manners – By Chidi Amuta

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    Nigeria’s troubled opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), has scored a pre-election own goal. It has forced its presidential aspirants to retreat into factional enclaves . These are roughly: the Northern , Gubernatorial and Igbo formations.

  • For whom will Buhari vote? – By Chidi Amuta

    For whom will Buhari vote? – By Chidi Amuta

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    The race for Nigeria’s next president is progressing down to the wire. The two major political parties have held their conventions and chosen their end term executives. Most of the minor parties are yet to make their presence known let alone felt. Talks and speculations about mergers, fusions and electoral alliances remain just that: speculations.

  • Campus Babalawos and Cyber Ritualists – By Chidi Amuta

    Campus Babalawos and Cyber Ritualists – By Chidi Amuta

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    The current news from Ife is disheartening. A viral video doing the rounds of the social media has shown a parade of devotees of sundry traditional worship clad in all white and a motley other costumes invade the campus of the University in a protest mode. I understand the macabre parade is in aid of…