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Chris Akor
Who are those in charge of Nigeria?
In the run up to the 2015 presidential election, my main worry was about the shadowy person(s) behind Buhari who…
Donald Trump and Africa
Q: Doesn’t it badly distort reality to call something that creates large numbers of jobs for American workers…
The face of a fantastically corrupt country
About a fortnight ago, James Ibori, the convicted criminal and former governor of Delta state returned to…
The Nigerian middle class, mea culpa and the burden of…
Haven endured President Muhammadu Buhari’s catastrophic governance of the country and management of the economy,…
As the National Assembly sets sight on amending the NLNG…
Gone are the days that governments call the bluffs of investors and command the controlling heights of the economy.…
A persistent and angry Ibori goon
My short rebuttal of Magnus Onyibe long-winding, verbose (over 5,800 words) and revisionist piece titled: “Ibori…
The problem of fighting corruption in a post-colony
The fight against corruption is the buzz word in Nigeria today. All one needed to gain legitimacy or recognition of…
Ibori and his loyal goons
James Ibori is an intriguing personality and has continued to fascinate me. He appears both charismatic and roguish…
What is a life worth in Nigeria?
There is a pattern I have noticed with president Buhari. Any time there is a terrorist attack or tragedy in another…
Nigeria: What hope for 2017?
By the end of 2015, I’d lost all hope that the Buhari administration will bring about any positive economic change…
Continuing a tradition in DR Congo
Since its independence in June 1960, no leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo has left office peacefully. All…
Managing democratic transitions in Africa
In the March 29, 2008 general elections in Zimbabwe, the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change with its…