By Chido Onumah On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, family, friends, and associates gathered at a Virtual Stakeholders’ Meeting to mark the one year of operation of the Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Empowerment Foundation (ICCEF). Founded in April 2022 in honour of Innocent Chukwuemek... Read more
By Chido Onumah General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will leave office on May 29 after eight uneventful years. We hope it is the last time we hear from a man who rode to power eight years ago promising to end insecurity, strengthen the economy and fight corruption, none of which he a... Read more
By Edwin Madunagu Readers are referred to a short piece I wrote as my own contribution to the prefatory note for a 2021 “Book of Honour” done for me by the Nigerian Left, “Edwin Madunagu at 75: Tributes and Reflections”. The book was edited by Comrade Chido Onumah. This tribute t... Read more
Prof. Kwame Karikari, former Chairman, Board of Directors, Graphic Communications Group Limited, former Director-General, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, and ex-Dean, School of Communication Studies, Wisconsin International University College, Accra, as Keynote Speaker, is headli... Read more
In an Abuja exclusive event, RovingHeights bookstore in collaboration with Adonis & Abbey Publishers presents Bishop Matthew Kukah in conversation about his highly anticipated new book, Broken Truths with Dr. Chido Onumah on Monday the 29th August 2022 at RovingHeights bookst... Read more
Registration for the 9th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) on “Communication, Media and Power Relations in a Multicultural Society,” holding from August 31–September 1, 2022, at Rockview Hotel, Abuja, has c... Read more
By Godwin Onyeacholem To say it wasn’t foreseen would be for one an absurd indulgence in self-denial. Last month’s compulsory retirement of Captain Emmanuel Ekpe Owen of the Nigerian Navy marked yet another act of horrendous injustice that has become more of a permanent feature i... Read more
Veteran entertainer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy says the task of saving Nigeria is in the hands of the youths. Charly Boy, also known as “Area Fada” spoke Sunday when he appeared as guest on 90MinutesAfrica, the online interview programm... Read more
By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem On Thursday, July 14, 2022, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Yar’Adua Foundation will launch the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The... Read more
Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, and US-based publisher of African Abroad-USA newspapers, Alex Kabba, have disagreed over a possible Tinubu presidency in 2023. Mr Adeyanju and Mr Kabba squared off Sunday on the online interview programme 90MinutesAfrica hosted by R... Read more
Lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, has expressed reservation about the viability of a “third force” to confront the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. The activist spoke Sunday when he appeared on 90Mi... Read more
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo There was a time when northern leaders were stupid. I am talking about the days before the May 1953 riots in Kano and the days after. Oh, they were so stupid that I am sure they would be ashamed of themselves when they look back. Here is a summary of what [... Read more
Civil society leaders have commended the conduct of the national convention of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which held on Saturday in Abuja. The convention elected a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 presidential ele... Read more
By Chido Onumah Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost At the end of this month, other things being equal, Nigeria’s major political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and t... Read more