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How TB Joshua wants his 50th birthday celebrated
Dear Editor, Renowned Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua turns 50 on Wednesday June 12th 2013. In his
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Posts by : Chido Onumah
June 12: How can we forget? (2), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “I betrayed my very genuine friend for 25 years. From the day we met, there was rapport. I had my friend there waiting... read more
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June 12: How can we forget? (1), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “Reading about the June 12 period, for obvious reasons, is difficult for me, even now, 20 years after. It is difficult to think... read more
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The Achebe I knew, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par excellence of contemporary Nigerian society”- Chinua... read more
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Let’s negotiate Nigeria, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “There is nothing exclusive in the term unity; unity for Nigeria holds out the best chance for progress when that unity is a... read more
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President Jonathan as “Big Brother”, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “How does the WiT project fit into the country’s existing intelligence programme and security initiatives?” Typical of the Jonathan regime, it took the... read more
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The “fake universities” syndrome, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah Last July, shortly after the horrific Dana Air crash that killed over a hundred Nigerians, I did a piece titled “Murder Incorporated”. The... read more
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What does Obasanjo want? By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah “If you do not know Obasanjo, you would probably mistake him for a global expert sent by the UN…” …... read more
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Can APC cure Nigeria’s headache? (2), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of the new mega party being proposed... read more
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Can APC cure Nigeria’s headache? (1), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah As the merger of the country’s major opposition parties crystallized a few months ago into a mega party known as All Progressives Congress... read more
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Please, pardon President Jonathan, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah Nigerians are justifiably outraged at the pardon of Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, ex-governor of Bayelsa State. Alamieyeseigha was governor from May 1999 until... read more
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IBB’s two party solution, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, also known as IBB, must be a deeply-troubled man; a retired general haunted by his past. There is no other... read more
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The Risen First Lady By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah I join millions of Nigerians in giving thanks to God for the miraculous survival of the country’s First Lady, Dame (Dr.) Patience... read more
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No country for petty thieves, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah Nigerians are outraged, justifiably so, at the shenanigans of the country’s judiciary which led to the ridiculously light sentence and eventual freedom last... read more
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The Assault on Public Education, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah There has been a hue and cry about the collapse of public institutions and infrastructure in Nigeria, particularly since the visit to the... read more
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The Nigeria Police Force as a Metaphor, By Chido Onumah
chido onumah The media buzz last week was President Jonathan’s “unscheduled” visit to the Police College Ikeja (PCI), Lagos. As a public relations stunt, it... read more
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Nigeria won’t break up, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah: Perhaps, as a latecomer to the jamboree that is the Jonathan administration, you are not privy to certain things. Or is it a... read more
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Nigeria won’t break up, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah How many times have we heard the expression “Nigeria won’t break up”? This clichéd expression has become the chorus of Nigeria’s ruling elite; an elite that will... read more
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Jonathan 2015: Let the Race Begin, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah If there was any lingering doubt that campaigns for the 2015 presidential election have started in earnest, that doubt was erased with the... read more
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Jonathan and his praise of corruption, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah: Jonathan is in bed with corruption, having failed to publicly declare his assets, apportioned over a N1bn to the Presidency for feeding, expanded... read more
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Our Not-so-distinguished Senators, By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah Distinguished Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark is a very lucky man. Indeed, he is one of the luckiest Nigerians dead or alive. In... read more
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Memo to Doyin Okupe: What is President Jonathan Hiding (2), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah The onus is on the president to declare his asset publicly since he is wont to talk about transparency in his administration. …... read more
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Memo to Doyin Okupe: What is President Jonathan Hiding? (1), By Chido Onumah
I refer to your press conference of Thursday, December 6, 2012, in which you tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to do a cleanup of President Jonathan’s anti-corruption... read more
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A governor, three ministers and their burden, By Chido Onumah
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, created a media firestorm last week when he proposed that the civil... read more
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The fuel subsidy conundrum (Part 2), By Chido Onumah
I ended the first part of this piece last week by asking on whose side President Jonathan was on the fuel subsidy debacle: the Nigerian... read more
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The fuel subsidy conundrum (Part 1), By Chido Onumah
Chido Onumah tackles President Jonathan on his new arguments over fuel subsidy saying the president is not on the side of the working and toiling... read more
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