By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: December 27, 2011 This, no doubt, is one of Nigeria’s bloodiest Christmas. In well coordinated attacks, three churches were bombed on Sunday, the second Christmas in a row that Boko Haram was causing carnage at Christian houses of worship. Ironically, Christmas is a season of love, peace and goodwill. [...]
Archive for December 2011
Before sectarian violence ensues
December 27, 2011Will 2012 be Jonathan’s year?
December 27, 2011By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: December 13, 2011 Can President Goodluck Jonathan reclaim the moral high ground in 2012? That is the question that has concentrated my mind in recent times. There is no doubt that 2011, particularly the second half of the year has become an uneasy year for him. And that is sad because [...]
Maximus Uba: One year after
December 8, 2011By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: December 6, 2011 How time flies! Thursday, December 8, will be exactly one year since my friend and brother, Maximus Uba, the man we fondly called Max, died in a ghastly motor accident in Abuja. I was still in bed on that fateful morning when Oguwike Nwachukwu, a colleague of [...]
Democracy without democrats
December 8, 2011By Ikechukwu Amaechi Published: November 22, 2011 Professor Chinua Achebe, Africa’s most famous novelist, and Nigerian patriot par excellence, rejected the offer of the Commander of the Federal Republic medal, the nation’s third highest, last week as he did seven years ago. When he first did in 2004, the globally acclaimed literary icon lamented the [...]
