Sunday, May 19th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji Let me admit from the onset that in my life so far, there are two great minds whose contacts I had that I have cherished and would always savour for life. These are Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the late Nnewi, and Professor...
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji In the first installment article on this topic published last week, a narrative analysis of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Constitution Amendment process was examined. In this second and final installment some vital elements in the House of Representatives...
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji Understandably, there are some essential qualities every leader must possess. One of those qualities is courage. According to Knox Williams, “a leader may be nice, compassionate, honest, intelligence and persuasive; but if he does not possess courage, all those qualities would...
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji It is painful to observe that the presidential system of government as practised in Nigeria is misunderstood, misguided, mutilated, applied woefully, wrongly. That is why it is not working and cannot work, period! It is important to mention that a person...
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji In 1981, one Chief R.B.K Okafor, now late, but a towering politician of note, then State Chapter Chairman of NPP – Nigerian People’s Party, hinted to me that Chief Solomon Lar was interested in knowing the perception of voters in Plateau...
Sunday, March 24th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji When this happens, aggrieved party members leave their party in a large number, including those who were short-changed in the process. Of course, less national parties accept and field them in the various elections. And most of the time, they do...
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji Understandably, since the emergence of All Progressives Congress (APC), our newspapers, radio and television broadcasts have been mostly on the emergence of the supposed new political party. There have been so many write-ups on different aspects of the new entrant into...
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji It is indisputable that Nigeria is a country of contradictions. For example, in the area of politics, there is no slightest aspect of political theory associated with people’s behaviour that can be explained or that works here. For example, election rigging...
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
In today’s analysis, I will conclude discussion on the myth behind kola nut which appears a couple of weeks ago. My apology to our readers for the late conclusion on kola nut. It was due to literary imperatives and not editorial lapse. Usually the kola...
Sunday, February 17th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji Understandably, the starting point of a global effort for effective women participation in all spheres of national affairs was the global women conference known as Beijing of 1996. At that epoch-making gathering, women from all the United Nations member countries were...
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji It is a well-known fact that the Igbo ethnic nationality has reverence for Igbo Kola nut. Several years ago, as I was about rounding-off my doctoral studies at North Texas State University in the United States, one of my dissertation supervisors,...
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji I recall with nostalgia my experience several years ago when I came very close to touching a limousine belonging to an American President. That was in 1978. As an indigent student, I was fending for myself to complete my doctorate studies,...
Sunday, January 27th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji , researchcom3@yahoo.com On Sunday, January 20, 2013 – the Constitutional date for the swearing-in of a new United States President – Barack Obama, the first African-American to preside over ‘God’s Own Country’, took oath of office for the second time in history....
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji Many people in Nigeria, particularly the enlightened and educated class know the man called, Professor Jibril Aminu. Those who know him can still say that he is a man of little words. Although versatile in the Nigerian political process, he has...
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
By Dr. Chuks Osuji, researchcom3@yahoo.com There is one essential political element which is constantly lacking among many political actors in the Nigerian political environment. That is lack of inclusive and unrelenting political and inter-personal interactions. This is more pronounced among some of the political leaders....
