Buhari’s Inauguration: Another Missed Opportunity – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe| Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 1, 2019 Muhammadu Buhari made world history yesterday when he probably became the first elected President in the world in modern times to be inaugurated...
View ArticleNigeria without Nigerians – by Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | July 1, 2019 – Today’s reflection was inspired by Buhari’s recent reiteration of the determination of his government to run ‘an inclusive government ’....
View ArticleThe Otedola Example – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | July 29, 2019 – “Otedola has made me, I can play football again,” Christian Chukwu, the 68 year-old former Captain of Enugu Rangers, former captain of the...
View ArticleBuhari: Heckling is part of the democratic process – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 2, 2019 – The news that President Muhammadu Buhari was interrupted and booed intermittently by some lawmakers while presenting the appropriation...
View ArticleSowore: Killing an Ant with a Sledge Hammer – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 25, 2019 – Omoyele Sowore, former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and publisher of the online citizen newspaper, Sahara...
View ArticleFBI’s Nigerian Fraudsters: Penalty for Violating Zoning Arrangements? – Dr....
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa | Nigeria – The recent news that the United States’ Department of Justice has indicted 80 individuals, 78 of whom are Nigerians, (mostly Igbo), for email scam and money...
View ArticleIMN: What Does It Mean to be a Terrorist Organization? -By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | September 28, 2019 – Controversy has trailed the recent decision by the Federal Government to proscribe and designate the Islamic Movement of Nigeria...
View ArticleMuch Ado about the Witchcraft Conference at UNN – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria| December 12, 2019 – I was quite pleased that the controversial International Conference on Witchcraft at the University of Nigeria, my alma mater, held as...
View ArticleObasanjo’ Visit to El-Ruafai – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | December 22, 2019 – Obasanjo’s recent visit to the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El Rufai, has dominated the media the past one week. During the...
View ArticleAs We Welcome a ‘New Decade’ – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | January 12, 2020 – In this reflection I am using the phrase welcoming a ‘new decade’ very cautiously as I am mindful of the controversy over whether January...
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Osinbajo: The Travails of a Vice President – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | January 25, 2020 – This is not the best of times for the Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Since the beginning of Buhari’s second term in office,...
View ArticleIs China Really Taking over Africa Without Firing a Shot? – By Dr. Jideofor...
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | March 7, 2020 – The current debate over the Buhari government’s request to borrow additional $30bn (a substantial portion of which is likely to come from...
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The World after Coronavirus – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | March 21, 2020 – Has the world as we know it changed inexorably because of a virus that was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019? This is the...
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Sanusi: The Dethronement of a non-Conformist – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | April 3, 2020 – The dethronement of Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi as the 14th Emir of Kano did not take many people by surprise. The surprising thing for some...
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Nigeria After COVID-19 – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | April 18, 2020 – COVID-19, a strain of Coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, has been slow to take root in...
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Africa and the Coming Cold War 2 – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | May 3, 2020 – As we all speculate on the nature of a post COVID-19 world order, one thing seems certain – the altercation between the USA, the world’s...
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Madagascar’s COVID-19 Remedy and the Challenges of African Traditional...
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | May 16, 2020 – Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, (and previously known as the Malagasy Republic), an island country in the Indian Ocean,...
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Why the government should not extend the ‘easing of the lockdown’ again – By...
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 3, 2020 – The extension by two weeks of the current ‘easing of the lockdown’ in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States by two weeks has raised a number of...
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Buhari’s Five Years in Office – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 6, 2020 – May 29, 2020, marked Buhari’s five years in office – or the end of the first year of his second term in office. How has Buhari fared so far?...
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The Lingering APC Crisis – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | July 8, 2020 – The latest round of crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly led to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed...
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