https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:22:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-innocent-chukwuma-for-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-innocent-chukwuma-for-nigeria https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-innocent-chukwuma-for-nigeria/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:22:57 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13439  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 Chukwuemeka Chukwuma, “to continue his impactful work and build on his numerous legacies,” ICCEF commenced […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-innocent-chukwuma-for-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/buharis-toothache-and-a-nation-in-its-death-throes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buharis-toothache-and-a-nation-in-its-death-throes https://www.chidoonumah.com/buharis-toothache-and-a-nation-in-its-death-throes/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 08:40:34 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13434 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 achieved. Thankfully, he has vowed […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/buharis-toothache-and-a-nation-in-its-death-throes/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-comrade-seinde-arigbede/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-comrade-seinde-arigbede https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-comrade-seinde-arigbede/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:49:48 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13429 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 to Comrade Seinde Arigbede who […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/for-comrade-seinde-arigbede/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/capt-owen-nigerian-navy-and-the-shame-of-a-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capt-owen-nigerian-navy-and-the-shame-of-a-country https://www.chidoonumah.com/capt-owen-nigerian-navy-and-the-shame-of-a-country/#respond Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:04:54 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13412 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 in both public and private sector governance in the country. […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/capt-owen-nigerian-navy-and-the-shame-of-a-country/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/nigeria-when-supreme-court-justices-turn-whistleblowers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nigeria-when-supreme-court-justices-turn-whistleblowers https://www.chidoonumah.com/nigeria-when-supreme-court-justices-turn-whistleblowers/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:29:58 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13406 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 CORA platform is a secure civil society driven public whistleblowing tool through which citizens can submit tips […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/nigeria-when-supreme-court-justices-turn-whistleblowers/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/gone-are-the-days-when-northern-leaders-were-naive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gone-are-the-days-when-northern-leaders-were-naive https://www.chidoonumah.com/gone-are-the-days-when-northern-leaders-were-naive/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2022 07:15:39 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13395 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 […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/gone-are-the-days-when-northern-leaders-were-naive/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-and-the-road-less-travelled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-elections-and-the-road-less-travelled https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-and-the-road-less-travelled/#respond Thu, 26 May 2022 04:37:16 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13385 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 the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-and-the-road-less-travelled/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-how-nigeria-is-following-the-coffin-into-the-grave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-elections-how-nigeria-is-following-the-coffin-into-the-grave https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-how-nigeria-is-following-the-coffin-into-the-grave/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 04:12:04 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13366 By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo  If democracy were a straightforward process, abides by any given logic, follows a particular standard or pattern, the 2023 presidential election would be a battle between the former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, for the PDP and the current vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for the APC. […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-elections-how-nigeria-is-following-the-coffin-into-the-grave/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-day-i-borrowed-my-neighbors-wife/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-i-borrowed-my-neighbors-wife https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-day-i-borrowed-my-neighbors-wife/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:51:57 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13358 By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo I have a neighbor who constantly needs a prompt before she throws Udoka’s ball back into our backyard. It is not just a prompt; the woman wants a thank you each time she does that. And that could be a lot of times in one weekend alone. I don’t really blame […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-day-i-borrowed-my-neighbors-wife/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/jesus-as-a-businessman-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesus-as-a-businessman-part-2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/jesus-as-a-businessman-part-2/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:09:35 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13353 By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo  Almost ten years ago, I wrote the first part of this article (http://saharareporters.com/2012/12/11/jesus-businessman-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo). In it, I narrated my encounter with the introduction of Bruce Barton’s 1925 book titled, The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus Christ.  In the book, Bruce Barton evaluated Jesus’ ministry on Earth using the eye […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/jesus-as-a-businessman-part-2/feed/ 0