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20% Population, 1% Political Power

20% Population, 1% Political Power By Chudi Okoye The math is simply mind-bending Bleaker even than in racist America Where once the beleaguered Black, Considered as White man's chattel, Were estimated three-fifths a human In their owners' political calculation. America re-jigged its rusted math After eighty years...

Stooperpower

Stooperpower By Chudi Okoye Anthony Blinken blinks inartfully At the spate of unspeakable horrors Visited upon Gaza by America's vexed ally. Joe Biden, his boss, bends unabashedly To the whims of a wild client state With balls bigger than its budget. Oh, how are the mighty crawling! Amid...

Supreme Court Ensnares the South East

With the recent Supreme Court ruling reinstating the terrorism and treasonable felony charges leveled against Nnamdi Kanu, danger looms for the South East. The region must lobby harder to have the case terminated, failing which it should brace up...

Merge or Submerge: A Hobson’s Choice for Major Opposition Parties

With Nigeria sliding into a Hobbesian state, major opposition parties face a Hobson’s choice: remain fragmented and ineffectual, or adopt ‘cooperative strategies’ involving an outright merger or formal electoral alliance, to wrest power from a fumbling but formidable ruling...

On Kissinger: His Deeds, Doctrine, and Lessons for Nigeria

Nigeria should adopt Kissinger’s ‘great power’ vision to assert itself in Africa and the Global South, but not his more devious methods. By Chudi Okoye As a young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed idealist weaving my way in the world of liberal academia,...

Let’s Fix Our Liberal Democratic System, Not Jinx or Nix It

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo calls for political import substitution in Africa, to replace “unworkable” Western-style liberal democracy with “Afro Democracy”. He’s wrong. By Chudi Okoye It seems almost surreal that one should have to defend ‘liberal democracy’ as a system of...

Coalition of Opposition Parties Imperative for Change in 2027

What’s to be done when change is imperative but the political conjuncture makes it improbable? A coalition of major opposition parties offers a promising path. By Chudi Okoye A defeat of the corrupt and incompetent ruling party, the All Progressives Congress...

A Pained and Deeply Strained Valediction: Is This Atiku Abubakar’s Last Stand?

After a dogged 30-year pursuit of the Nigerian presidency which so far has proved unsuccessful, Atiku Abubakar, who has had an illustrious political career otherwise, might now consider giving it a rest and working instead for the larger goal...

Achebe Mourns Nigeria

Achebe Mourns Nigeria By Chudi Okoye October 27, 2023 It looks indeed as if God Himself, like a Vengeful Creditor, wants to deny this country any respite or Civil Peace. It feels truly as if it is the Beginning of the End....

South East Summit 2023: A DUEL MANDATE for National Leadership

Following the traumatic outcome of the 2023 presidential election, the South East summit on economy, security and politics holding this week is a welcome initiative to begin a reset that may enable a frazzled region to compete more effectively...
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And Americans Went Out to Vote, Vexed, and Flexed for Historic Change

Donald Trump's impending return to the U.S. presidency promises potentially profound conservative reversals in domestic and foreign policy. However,...
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British-Nigerian Hardliner Wins Tory Leadership with Peculiar Political ‘Kemistry’

Kemi Badenoch’s rapid rise in British politics is impressive and a thing of pride for her ancestral country. But her pugilistic political personae, beloved...

US Democracy is Toast if Even the Post Offers ‘Anticipatory Obedience’ to Donald Trump

There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of...

Israel Leaves No Turn Unstoned in Furious Fight for ‘Manifest Destiny’

The quest for 'Greater Israel' continues, from ancient Canaanite battles to modern Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, rooted in biblical and historical claims. By Chudi Okoye In a...

Hamas Leader, Sinwar, is Dead: Now the Dread of Israel’s Tread to a ‘Final Solution’

The fortuitous killing of Yahya Sinwar, de facto leader of Hamas who master-minded the horrific 7 Oct. 2023 attack on Israel, while celebrated by...