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 unity of purpose rather than the present hollow approach to unity for sake of unity. …

Let’s negotiate Nigeria, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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“How does the WiT project fit into the country’s existing intelligence programme and security initiatives?”
Typical of the Jonathan regime, it took the effort of investigative journalists – this time, the reporters at Premium Times – to alert …

President Jonathan as “Big Brother”, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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 thrust of the piece was that the government ought to take the larger blame for …

The “fake universities” syndrome, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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“If you do not know Obasanjo, you would probably mistake him for a global expert sent by the UN…”

You couldn’t miss the headline. I am referring to the conclave of gerontocrats that took place earlier in the …

What does Obasanjo want? By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of the new mega party being proposed by the country’s main opposition parties.

The reality is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

Can APC cure Nigeria’s headache? (2), By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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 (APC), I received an email from my friend, Richard Mammah, who wanted to get my …

Can APC cure Nigeria’s headache? (1), By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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Nigerians are justifiably outraged at the pardon of Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, ex-governor of Bayelsa State. Alamieyeseigha was governor from May 1999 until December 2005, three months after he was detained in London on charges of money laundering. …

Please, pardon President Jonathan, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, also known as IBB, must be a deeply-troubled man; a retired general haunted by his past. There is no other way to explain his constant attempt to intrude into our national psyche after ruling the …

IBB’s two party solution, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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I join millions of Nigerians in giving thanks to God for the miraculous survival of the country’s First Lady, Dame (Dr.) Patience Goodluck Jonathan. It is not every day you read such cheery news about a First …

The Risen First Lady By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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Nigerians are outraged, justifiably so, at the shenanigans of the country’s judiciary which led to the ridiculously light sentence and eventual freedom last month of a man who pled guilty of robbing the country’s police pension scheme of …

No country for petty thieves, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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There has been a hue and cry about the collapse of public institutions and infrastructure in Nigeria, particularly since the visit to the Police College Ikeja (PCI) by President Goodluck Jonathan. Gradually, as it always happens,  the pictures …

The Assault on Public Education, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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The media buzz last week was President Jonathan’s “unscheduled” visit to the Police College Ikeja (PCI), Lagos.  As a public relations stunt, it was a huge success. But beyond the razzmatazz, TV cameras and punditry lies the need …

The Nigeria Police Force as a Metaphor, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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 case of selective amnesia?

How many times have we heard the expression “Nigeria won’t break …

Nigeria won’t break up, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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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 not raise a finger to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria if it becomes necessary to do …

Nigeria won’t break up, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria

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If there was any lingering doubt that campaigns for the 2015 presidential election have started in earnest, that doubt was erased with the emergence last week of the Jonathan 2015 campaign posters. The audaciousness of that action and …

Jonathan 2015: Let the Race Begin, By Chido Onumah is a post from: Premium Times Nigeria