Author: Chidi Amuta
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Running on empty – By Chidi Amuta
A giant question mark seems to hang over the Nigerian political landscape. Everybody seems to be asking everyone else this single question: What is going on? Suddenly, all seems quiet and clueless from the choir of government. The affairs of state seem frozen into a humdrum of routine and miserable predictability.
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Babangida’s long exhale – By Chidi Amuta
Even after three decades of his untidy retreat to his Minna hometown, Babangida never forget the ‘public’ debts he owed to Nigerians. He owed Nigerian history an expose on his turbulent leadership . He owed the Nigerian populace an insight into his personal
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Tinubu and his many opponents – By Chidi Amuta
Barely mid way into his four-year tenure, President Tinubu has scored a contradictory political victory. He has succeeded in getting the political barometer of the nation to swing towards preparations for 2027 instead of pressuring him to deliver on the promises he and his party made in 2023.
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Courting global anti-Americanism – By Chidi Amuta
An unwritten paradox has defined the United States up to this moment. It is the only country loved by most of those who have never set foot on its soil. It is also the one nation most despised by many who have not visited it.
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Stampede among the opposition – By Chidi Amuta
Almost mid way into the Tinubu presidency, the face of the 2027 opposition to his perpetuation is on display. An untidy opposition is nearly on full display but in a perpetual stampede. Key opposition figures are lashing out at surrogates of the ruling party from different angles in a most uncoordinated matter.
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The limits of presidential absolutism – By Chidi Amuta
Barely one week into his refurbished presidential tenure, America’s Donald Trump seems poised to set new precedents in the model of the Presidency as the pinnacle of America’s democracy. From a bumbling and bigoted first term, the newly minted Donald Trump seems to be a refurbished version of his original version.
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“Haba! President Tinubu is building a lasting legacy” – A Reader Writes Back
Last week, this column was dedicated to a speculative projection of where the Tinubu administration might be by next May when it strikes mid term.
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What will May bring? – By Chidi Amuta
Our presidential political calendar indicates May 2025 as the mid term of the current presidential tenure. Every May 29th is some form of birthday for our democracy. Next May is mid term.
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West Africa’s season of farewells and question marks – By Chidi Amuta
Frances’s major military base in Cote d’Ivoire is billed to close down at the end of this month. The long -standing base, Port Bouet, is to be rid of its French troop occupants and is to be renamed General Quattara Thomas d’Aquinn base after an indigenous military figure.
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Merry Whatsapp Christmas – By Chidi Amuta
The same old “Jingle bells! Jingle bells!! Jingle all the way!!!” is again uniting Christians and non-Christians in the ancient ritual of Christmas.