Author: Chido Nwangwu

U.S., Nigeria and Buhari’s drift “toward authorita

Friday, July 30, 2021
The influential magazine, Foreign Policy, established since 1970, first reported on July 27, 2021 that some U.S. lawmakers are holding-up a proposed sale of the Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria due to ldquo;mounting concerns about the Nigerian government rsquo;s human rights record as its milita ...

Biafra, Buhari And The Children Of Ojukwu

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Since April 25, 2017, millions of Nigerians, international security and diplomatic monitors of Nigeria have been witnessing two contrasting images of the country of an estimated 170 million. One image is that of President Muhammadu Buhari. The other is the controversial profile of Nnamdi Kanu, le ...

And, The Music Paused… At 69! Long Live Dan Orji

Friday, December 4, 2015
Houston, Texas: One of Africa rsquo;s prolific music masters, Dan Orji would have achieved the biblical age of lsquo;three scores and ten rsquo;, that rsquo;s 70, this week; but the music genius joined his ancestors on July 30, 2015 at 69 years. And, the music paused hellip;.. Yes; it o ...

USAfrica: Obama and Nigeria's Buhari in Boko Haram summit in Washington DC

Sunday, July 19, 2015
USAfrica, Houston: On Monday July 20, 2015, U.S President Barack Obama will host Nigeria 39;s democratically-elected President, the retired army general Muhammadu Buhari, to discuss regional security interests and economic issues. I rsquo;ll call it the Boko Haram summit in Washington DC Why ...

USAfrica: Buhari's rejection of Rolls-Royce ride in London, Obasanjo and lessons

Monday, May 25, 2015
A few days ago, Nigeria 39;s newly elected president who will be sworn in on May 29, retired army general Muhammadu Buhari, snubbed and turned away a prestigious convoy of cars including the power establishments 39; ultimate car Rolls-Royce from the Nigerian high commission in London, for a modest ...

With razor’s edge elections, eyes of the world on pregnant Nigeria

Saturday, March 28, 2015
March 28, 2015: Beyond the niceties and glad-handing between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan (of the PDP) and his opponent retired General Muhammad Buhari (of the APC), Houston-based USAfricaonline.com is reporting that there are simmering tension at several flashpoints as 55 million of Nigeri ...

BOKO HARAM, Baga and Nigeria's Federal Republic of Insecurity.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015
USAfrica, Houston: On Sunday night January 11, 2015, CNN International called me to provide some insights during a live interview on the Boko Haram menace and killings. Especially, at Baga. The bloodied Borno city of Baga. I did. To understand the level of impunity and violation of the national s ...

On Chibok Girls Kidnap, Terrorism And Boko Haram Crises, President Jonathan Shou

Monday, May 5, 2014
USAfrica, Houston: On May 2, 2014, Nigeria's President and Commander-in-Chief Goodluck Jonathan and his security team held an extended meeting focused, largely, on the kidnapping of the Chibok girls and the bomb blast near Abuja (the later left 20 dead, last week). According to Information Minist ...

Obasanjo Is Unforgiving; Why Jonathan Should Fight Back, Or…

Thursday, December 19, 2013
USAfrica, December 19, 2013: To fully make sense of Obasanjo's December 2, 2013 letter to Jonathan, you should follow the key point of my analytical deduction which I refer to as Obasanjo's unspoken historical burden; namely, for the 3 times where he exercised partisan power and influence in Nige ...

Margaret Thatcher, Mandela and Africa - Chido Nwangwu

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
USAfrica, Houston: Upon the death today of the former, famous Prime Minister of Britain, several voices have understandably spoken about her qualities while creating straw arguments about other matters concerning her tenure and Africa. Some have been responses to my 7-word note about her death on ...

Dancing with "ghosts" of Boko Haram, President Jonathan, Sultan Abubakar and Nig

Friday, April 5, 2013
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is yielding to pressure from some of the political leaders of the core northern section of Nigeria and the influential voice of the top Muslim religion leader, the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, regarding their demands for an amnesty deal for the ra ...

USAfrica: Why Obasanjo described Jonathan as a "weak leader", BokoHaram, Odi, et

Thursday, November 15, 2012
USAfrica USAfricaonline.com: In an indirect swipe at Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, the man who handpicked him to become vice President (in 2007) and supported him to be elected leader of the country (in 2011), former President and retired army General Olusegun Obasanjo has in November 201 ...