Ikechukwu Amaechi
Articles by this Author
The Joke Is On Us
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 07/10/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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At last, a man in possession of strong moral capital has come to the throne and Nigeria
US Counter-Insurgency In Iraq
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 06/19/2007
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Pundits claim that in Iraq, Americans are committing, all over again, the faux pas that led to their nearly unbroken string of frustration fighting insurgencies over past four decades, from Vietnam in the 1960s to El Salvador in the 1980s...
The Village As Crime Theatre
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 06/5/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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“Only those who can afford to pay for the services of mobile policemen who will guard them for the period of time they would stay at home venture to travel to the village these days...”
Obasanjo: Between Image And Reality
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 05/21/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is sad that as Obasanjo prepares to quit power in a week's time, feelings of disappointment, if not betrayal, tend to eclipse what ought to be Nigeria's day in the sun...
Adams Oshiomhole As A Metaphor
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 05/13/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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Oshiomhole only joined the AC because the door of PDP was shut in his face. If he had been allowed, as he desired, to contest under PDP, he would still be telling those who were defrauded today to forget the election and let Obasanjo be...
Will Peter Obi Ever Get Justice?
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 05/8/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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Since every other measure to exorcise the spectre of election rigging from our body-politic seems to have failed, our hope now lies entirely on the judiciary. Our indefatigable judges have to give an unambiguous signal that electoral crimes would be punished commensurately...
Why Akunyili’s God Is Not God
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 05/1/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is bound to happen. Nigerians are experts in the art of blasphemy. At any given time, their behaviour and language are profane and sacrilegious...
In The Name Of God
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 04/24/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
For too long, many in the international community have come to the conclusion that nothing good can come out of Nigeria. And at every given opportunity, we have proved them right...
Crisis Foretold
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 04/17/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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The forces of darkness that are bent on holding Nigeria down are still at work as has been conclusively proved by last Saturday's governorship and State Assembly elections...
Yes, INEC Has Lost The Game
- By Ikechukwu Amaechi
- Published 04/1/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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It is necessary to state from the very outset that whatever difficulties INEC claims to be facing currently in the discharge of its constitutional responsibility – conduct of free, fair and credible polls – were avoidable...
