Chudi Okoye

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Biden’s Re-election Bid Was Scuttled in 2024. Shouldn’t Tinubu’s be in 2027?

Chudi Okoye - July 23, 2024

At 81, President Joe Biden, who is just over 2x the median age of Americans, was forced to abandon his re-election bid on account of dotage. At over 72 years of official age, Bola Tinubu is 4x the median...

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Jesus Chose Saul of Tarsus; Trump Chose Vance of Ohio

Chudi Okoye - July 18, 2024

What St. Paul had been to Jesus, JD Vance could be to Donald Trump: a linchpin to transform Trumpism into a governing ideology transcending even Trump’s presidency. By Chudi Okoye He went from childhood poverty and abuse, having a thrice-married mother...

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Trump Shooting Shames America, After Showpiece Elections in Europe

Chudi Okoye - July 15, 2024

The blight of political violence, seen again in the alleged attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life, is a peculiar stain on America, which is arguably the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. By Chudi Okoye The crowd was screaming “USA! USA! USA!,”...

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FOSAD commends Supreme Court judgment on financial autonomy for Local Government Areas

Chudi Okoye - July 15, 2024

...Says ruling will stimulate grassroots development The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) enthusiastically commends the recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. This landmark decision is a pivotal step toward stimulating grassroots...

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French Election, Age Anxiety in the US, and Lessons for Nigeria

Chudi Okoye - July 11, 2024

Mainstream partisan maneuvers that saved France from far-right insurgence, and persistent interrogation of President Joe Biden’s age in America, offer plenty of lessons for Nigeria’s opposition parties and the electorate at large. By Chudi Okoye If Nigeria’s opposition parties were to...

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With Elections, Few Countries Bring It Like Britain!

Chudi Okoye - July 6, 2024

Britain does it again, delivering a fast, efficient and consequential election, without any controversy. By Chudi Okoye Surprising most everyone including vast members of his own party, even its inner cast, on May 22, 2024 - several months before he absolutely...

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US President as Caesar: Immunity, Impunity and Road to Calamity

Chudi Okoye - July 4, 2024

A recent ruling by the US Supreme Court went far beyond constitutional provision and precedent to grant the president absolute or presumptive immunity on all his ‘official acts’, shielding him in perpetuity from criminal prosecution. This essay posits the...

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US Democrats: From Debate Debacle to Defeating Donald Trump

Chudi Okoye - July 1, 2024

Democrats need to quickly resolve the issues arising from Joe Biden’s recent presidential debate debacle, and focus their energies on confronting the looming menace of Donald Trump’s return to power. By Chudi Okoye They seem rather befuddled and in a serious...

Business & Economy

Debt and Decadence

Chudi Okoye - June 26, 2024

By Chudi Okoye You wouldn't think, to observe the profligate habits of Nigeria's ruling elites, that the nation is now caught in an unyielding debt trap. The recent update on Nigeria's public debt provided by the Debt Management Office (DMO)...

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Easter Meditations: Is Prayer Most Powerful as Sound, Thought or Light?

Chudi Okoye - March 29, 2024

By Chudi Okoye We are at this moment more than midway through the Holy Week in Christendom, a period requiring of observant Christians that they engage in fasting and abstinence, along with meditation and prayer, as we re-enact the passion...

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