https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:41:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-on-august-31-sept-1-speakers-special-panellists-from-ghana-brazil-usa-and-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-on-august-31-sept-1-speakers-special-panellists-from-ghana-brazil-usa-and-nigeria https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-on-august-31-sept-1-speakers-special-panellists-from-ghana-brazil-usa-and-nigeria/#respond Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:37:46 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13426 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 headlining the 9th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) on “Communication, Media and Power Relations in a Multicultural Society,” and Annual General Meeting (AGM), holding from August […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-on-august-31-sept-1-speakers-special-panellists-from-ghana-brazil-usa-and-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/bishop-matthew-kukah-in-conversation-with-dr-chido-onumah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bishop-matthew-kukah-in-conversation-with-dr-chido-onumah https://www.chidoonumah.com/bishop-matthew-kukah-in-conversation-with-dr-chido-onumah/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:12:52 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13423 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 bookstore, Garki, Abuja. In Broken Truths: Nigeria’s Elusive Quest for National Cohesion, a collection of […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/bishop-matthew-kukah-in-conversation-with-dr-chido-onumah/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-registration-commences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-registration-commences https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-registration-commences/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:29:13 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13420 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 commenced. The conference is to feature a Special Panel with the theme: “One Country, Many Voices, Dilemmas of free expression.” while the theme […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/acspn-2022-conference-and-agm-registration-commences/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-salvation-of-nigeria-is-in-the-hands-of-the-youths-charly-boy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-salvation-of-nigeria-is-in-the-hands-of-the-youths-charly-boy https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-salvation-of-nigeria-is-in-the-hands-of-the-youths-charly-boy/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:10:21 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13409 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 programme hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. He said he […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/the-salvation-of-nigeria-is-in-the-hands-of-the-youths-charly-boy/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-political-analysts-disagree-over-bola-tinubus-candidacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-political-analysts-disagree-over-bola-tinubus-candidacy https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-political-analysts-disagree-over-bola-tinubus-candidacy/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:47:23 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13403 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 Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. While Mr. Kabba argued that Mr Tinubu is the best […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-political-analysts-disagree-over-bola-tinubus-candidacy/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-nigerians-will-determine-the-fate-of-third-force-inibehe-effiong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-nigerians-will-determine-the-fate-of-third-force-inibehe-effiong https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-nigerians-will-determine-the-fate-of-third-force-inibehe-effiong/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:28:40 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13398 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 90MinutesAfrica, the online interview programme hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. Since […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/2023-nigerians-will-determine-the-fate-of-third-force-inibehe-effiong/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/pdp-convention-prospects-of-what-democracy-could-look-like-civil-society-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdp-convention-prospects-of-what-democracy-could-look-like-civil-society-leaders https://www.chidoonumah.com/pdp-convention-prospects-of-what-democracy-could-look-like-civil-society-leaders/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:38:00 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13389 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 election. Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, and a Director at the […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/pdp-convention-prospects-of-what-democracy-could-look-like-civil-society-leaders/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/bandits-and-terrorists-feel-emboldened-by-buharis-inaction-dele-momodu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bandits-and-terrorists-feel-emboldened-by-buharis-inaction-dele-momodu https://www.chidoonumah.com/bandits-and-terrorists-feel-emboldened-by-buharis-inaction-dele-momodu/#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 07:21:32 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13380 Publisher and presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has attributed the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria to the inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari.   Momodu spoke Sunday when he appeared on the online interview programme, 90MinutesAfrica, hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. The publisher of Ovation Magazine, who is running for president under the Peoples Democratic […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/bandits-and-terrorists-feel-emboldened-by-buharis-inaction-dele-momodu/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/murder-of-deborah-samuel-us-based-nigerian-professor-says-mob-violence-has-political-utility-in-northern-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murder-of-deborah-samuel-us-based-nigerian-professor-says-mob-violence-has-political-utility-in-northern-nigeria https://www.chidoonumah.com/murder-of-deborah-samuel-us-based-nigerian-professor-says-mob-violence-has-political-utility-in-northern-nigeria/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 02:14:05 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13376 Nigerian-born academic, historian, and professor of African History at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Moses Ochonu, has said that mob violence persists in northern Nigeria because of its political and religious utility to the elite in the region. He made the remarks on the online interview programme 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/murder-of-deborah-samuel-us-based-nigerian-professor-says-mob-violence-has-political-utility-in-northern-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/how-goodluck-jonathan-brought-buhari-to-power-sowore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-goodluck-jonathan-brought-buhari-to-power-sowore https://www.chidoonumah.com/how-goodluck-jonathan-brought-buhari-to-power-sowore/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 04:42:54 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13371 Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement and founder of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore has taken a swipe at those who accuse him of playing a role in bringing President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015. Sowore made the rebuttal during his appearance as a guest in the first of the series of Presidential Aspirants Interviews put […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/how-goodluck-jonathan-brought-buhari-to-power-sowore/feed/ 0