How Trump Exposes the Underbelly of American Democracy – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | Nov. 4., 2016 – The current presidential campaigns in the US has exposed the underbelly of American democracy which should force us to re-think some of the...
View ArticleAisha Buhari as a Metaphor – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | Nov. 4, 2016 – Let me start this piece by narrating a story I read somewhere about a certain three- year old boy whose father was the President of their...
View ArticleTime to scrap the EFCC – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | Feb. 24, 2017 – This piece was motivated by two inter-related developments: the first is the furore caused by several corruption allegations against...
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The Evolution of Yemi Osinbajo – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | March 13, 2017 – The Evolution of Yemi Osinbajo Jideofor Adibe Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been receiving deserved kudos for the way he...
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When President Buhari returns…By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe / Abuja, Nigeria / April 9, 2017 – People who believe that Nigerians asking questions about when Buhari should come back to the country are ‘busy bodies’ who should leave the...
View ArticleWhy it is in India’s interest to fight Afrophobia – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe / Abuja, Nigeria / April 16, 2017 – The recent racist attack against some Nigerians in India has once again opened up important conversations about xenophobia and racism in...
View ArticleAre You Considering a Career as Whistle-Blower? – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | May 16, 2017 – There is a very funny cartoon trending in the social media. It is about a teacher who asked some pupils what they would like to be when they grow...
View ArticleReno Omokri: What We Can Learn from One Another – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | June 9, 2017 – Reno Omokri: What we can learn from one another Reno Omokri’s article, ‘Hegemony: What the Igbo can learn from Yoruba and Fulani about power’ –...
View Article‘Restructuring’ is Just Another Empty Buzzword – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | August 1, 2017 – Restructuring is currently the buzzword in the country. But it is just an important-sounding but empty technical word, which means little...
View ArticleSeparatist agitations in Nigeria: Causes and Trajectories (I)- By Dr....
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | August 2017 – President Buhari’s health challenges have sparked intrigue in Nigeria and awakened the politics of succession, which revolve around an assumed...
View ArticleThe Mantra, ‘Nigerian Unity is not Negotiable’, is Pseudo-nationalism – By By...
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 22, 2017 – Nigerians love mantras – statements or slogans repeated frequently enough that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident...
View ArticleRe: IPOB is an insurgency, not a terrorist organization
By Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | October 15, 2017 –My last week’s column, ‘IPOB is an insurgency, not a terrorist organization’, elicited a remarkable number of comments – kudos and criticisms...
View ArticleIn search of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | November 3, 2017 – Nigerians love buzzwords – slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like...
View ArticleWhy We Should also Listen to Maina – Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | November 18, 2017 – An article on Maina with a title such as the above is not likely to win its author any applause or friends. With Maina and ‘Mainagate’...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu: The Morning After – Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | Nov. 28, 2017 – In my column of September 7 2017 entitled, ‘Nnamdi Kanu and the Redeemer Complex’, I made a few propositions about Nnamdi Kanu that now seem...
View ArticlePDP and Fayose’s Bid for the Presidency – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | Nov. 28, 2107 – That the whistle for 2019 has long been blown is not in doubt. While many of the people in the (now rejuvenated?) PDP with rumoured presidential...
View ArticleBuhari’s Visit to Southeast – by Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | Dec. 20, 2017 – Buhari’s two- day visit to the South-east is a proof – if one is still needed- that the race for 2019 has begun in all earnest and that he...
View ArticleInnoson, GTB and EFCC: Matters Arising – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | January 7, 2018 – There are gaps in the competing version of events proffered by Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman/Managing Director of Innoson Motors and the GTB...
View ArticleBuhari’s New Year Speech and Sagay’s Outbursts – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | January 20, 2018 – I was reasonably impressed with the overall tenor of President Buhari’s 2018 New Year’s message. Compared with some of his previous...
View ArticleWhy is Jerusalem So Important to Israelis & Palestinians? – By Dr. Jideofor...
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | February 2, 2018 – President Trump’s recent decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has ruffled feathers across the world – but...
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