by Chiemezie Madu | Feb 24, 2023 | Politics & Policy
In less than 24 hours, Nigerians will go to the polls for the 7th time since the return of democracy to elect a new leader, in yet another attempt to pull the nation from the brinks of failure. After almost a hundred days of fiery campaigns, the election will...
by Chiemezie Madu | Feb 1, 2023 | Politics & Policy
The Majority leader of the House of Representatives was on television 2 days ago vigorously defending the House’s stiff resistance to the new currency policy. A policy that was apparently important enough for them to defer their recess. He claimed that their...
by Chiemezie Madu | Sep 22, 2022 | Politics & Policy
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has found itself in an unending imbroglio 5 months to the general elections. To the unsuspecting many, the crux of the tussle may seem to be a quest for fairness and justice. But a more circumspect analysis shows that the...
by Chiemezie Madu | Jul 21, 2022 | Politics & Policy
Today (July 21, 2022) is day 157 of the ASUU strike. I thought it was a record until I was told ASUU completed a 9-month uninterrupted strike in 2020, under the same President Buhari (a year after his re-election for that matter). President Muhammadu Buhari I spoke...
by Chiemezie Madu | Jul 8, 2022 | Politics & Policy
After listening to key stakeholders in both the Labor Party (LP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) speak on the proposed merger between both political parties, I can only conclude that the merger will not come to fruition. Particularly, after listening to the...
by Chiemezie Madu | Jun 19, 2022 | Politics & Policy
Peter Obi currently enjoys the momentum in the upcoming presidential election and public opinion highly favors him. You can hardly scroll through social media feeds without a mention of Peter Obi popping up. He is that popular. However momentum is one thing,...