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The new politics of the new NASS leadership
By Uche Ezechukwu I have known Senator Muhammed Ali-Ndume, one of the contenders for the senate presidency of the Ninth…
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Gov Ganduje’s dangerous, ill-timed gamble (II)
Soon after Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, with the aid of the rubber stamp House Assembly of his state,…
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Gov Ganduje’s dangerous, ill-timed gamble (I)
I was just starting my media career, when the charismatic Governor Abubakar Rimi of the Second Republic Kano State in…
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APC and 9th Senate: Between the North-East and North-Central
BY UCHE EZECHUKWU The many abrasive APC leaders, especially its national chairman and its national leader (which position, I learnt,…
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APC hawks need a lecture on democracy
BY UCHE EZECHUKWU As a lead-up to the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly with the election of the leadership…
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Minimum wage negotiations and NLC’s ruinous tactics
BY UCHE EZECHUKWU The negotiations over the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers have continued to drag unnecessarily, even as…
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Boko Haram is not, and can’t be winning
Because bad news spreads faster and farther, the recent news of a vicious attack of toll of casualties was a…
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The ‘leaders’ and ‘dealers’ of the South East
By UCHE EZECHUKWU One of the greatest fallacies of political discourse is the oft-mouthed declaration that “Ndigbo have no kings”,…
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Until fake news hits you personally… (2)
By UCHE EZECHUKWU During the week that ended on September 8, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, had…
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Tears, tears and more tears (1)…
Last week, almost from nowhere, the former vice president, AtikuAbubakar, who is a front-runner in the crowded race for the…
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Activists as woeful political actors (II)
By UCHE EZECHUKWU Last week, I discussed how Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the ruling APC’s new national chairman, who became…
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Activists as woeful political actors (I)
By UCHE EZECHUKWU Those of us that spend most of our time studying and watching politics and those that practice…
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Buhari’s missed moment at The Hague
The current president of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, is an African. Elected in March for the…
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Buhari versus Nigerians
By UCHE EZECHUKWU Last Friday evening, there was a celebration in every home in Nigeria; a carnival on every Nigerian…
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As the NIREC returnsa��
For the past six years, the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) a�� the voluntary platform of the leaders of Nigeriaa��s two…
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As Ikpeazu bringing Abia back to worka�� (1)
Aba, at the heart of the defunct Eastern region of Nigeria had everything to do with the reputation which the…
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