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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
By Chudi Okoye
It is long past time to begin seriously to reconsider the portrayal of Judas Iscariot in biblical exegesis and intellectual discourse. In fact, such reappraisal has been going on in certain scholarly circles, especially since the translation...
Britain has assembled a youngish, technocratic and racially diverse leadership strike force to tackle its current economic challenges. Nigeria, which is even more deeply mired, has much to learn from the pragmatism of the United Kingdom. But current political...
By Chudi Okoye
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Presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 US presidential election, Joe Biden, delivered a speech on June 2, 2020, addressing the brutal murder of an African-American man, Mr George Floyd, by the police in the Powderhorn community...
Donald Trump's impending return to the U.S. presidency promises potentially profound conservative reversals in domestic and foreign policy. However,...
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...
There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of...
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...