By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A few months ago, my hardworking correspondent in Adamawa State, Sule Lazarus, wrote a story that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, met with his political associates in the state to sound them out on the possibility of returning to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I have [...]
Archive for January, 2009
2011: Neither Yar’Adua Nor Atiku
January 26, 2009To Avoid The Mistakes Of 2007 In 2011
January 26, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: January 13, 2009
My article last week – Kufuor: My Man Of The Year – elicited quite some attention-grabbing responses. The most interesting for me, however, was from an anonymous fellow, who disagreed with me. “Amaechi, you got it wrong. Your man of the year should have been Dr kwado Afari-Gyan for conducting [...]
Kufour: My Man Of The Year
January 6, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
It was a nail-biter of an election that took Ghana to the cliff, almost. And the victory was a knife-edge one that could have gone either way. But it ended well and Ghanaians are happier for it. Tomorrow, January 7, 2009, after two previous attempts (in 2004 and 2004), [...]
For Yar’Adua, 2009 Is It
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
As you read this, we will only be one day away from 2009. By midnight tomorrow, we will be ushering in a brand new year. The outgoing year has been a trying one for most Nigerians, but the coming year promises to be even tougher.
Ironically, 2008 need not be [...]
My Take On The Electoral Reforms Panel Report
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: December 23, 2008
Finally, after 15 months of consultations, brainstorming and hard deliberations, Justice Mohammed Uwais and his colleagues on the Electoral Reforms Panel, have submitted their report to the man who set up the committee, President Umaru Yar’Adua.
The 22-member Committee, made up of eminent Nigerians, men and women who have excelled in [...]
Yes, Yar’Adua Won; So What?
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: December 16, 2008
Am I happy that, at long last, the judiciary has brought a final closure to the 2007 presidential election? Perhaps! But not quite.
I am not quite happy because rather than being an end, the Supreme Court judgment which, last Friday, validated President Umaru Yar’Adua’s mandate will mark the beginning [...]
Why Being ‘A True Nigerian Patriot’ Is Difficult
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Ideally, citizenship and patriotism ought to be two sides of a coin; a citizen should love his country and be willing to defend it.
Patriotism is that special bond that binds the citizen and his country. The affinity is transcendental because it is an experience that goes beyond human knowledge [...]
Will 2011 Elections Be Better Than 2007
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
I asked this question last week. My answer was that given the battle of wits in Ogun State between the former “First Daughter” Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the state governor, Gbenga Daniel and Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, it is most likely that the people’s vote will [...]
As Oshimhole Sits On The Throne
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I am happy for Comrade Adams Oshiomhole but happier for the long suffering people of Edo State. At long last and perhaps for the first time since Nigeria became independent in 1960, a man they chose at the polls has ascended the throne. The man they voted for on [...]
When Will Change Come To Nigeria?
January 2, 2009By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
When Will Change Come To Nigeria?
As America’s President-elect, Barack Obama, wife, Michelle and daughters, Malia ans Sasha, stood on the stage at Chicago’s Grant Park last Tuesday night to thank the good people of America for electing him the 44th President of the United States, the entire country and [...]
