Author: Chido Onumah

Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) Dr. Chidi Achebe will deliver this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Africa Day Lecture of the prestigious University of Stellenbosch, Ikengaonline can authoritatively report. Stellenbosch University is amongst South Africa’s leading tertiary institutions based on research output, student pass rates and rated scientists.  According to the university, the lecture titled, “Intellectuals as Nation Builders,” is slated for May 31, 2022, from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm (SAST) online and at Stellenbosch Museum, 37 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.  Stellenbosch University’s Annual Africa Day Lecture series has been hosted every May since 2018 by the Vice-Chancellor, and coordinated jointly…

Amongst all those running for president in Nigeria’s 2023 election, only Atiku Abubakar is running to retrieve some things he forgot in Aso Rock since he left the seat of government in 2007. For those who had not come of age then, Atiku was Olusegun Obasanjo’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007. During this period, Atiku accomplished a lot. He was so powerful that in 2003, Atiku made President Olusegun Obasanjo kneel and beg just to be allowed to run for a second term. Atiku and his group had wanted to “ambode” Obasanjo before Bola Tinubu even dreamed of it.…

It has been a year since the passage of Innocent Chukwuma, my friend, brother, and Comrade. It looks like yesterday when I got that devastating response from Prof. Chidi Odinkalu saying, “We may have lost Innocent.” I had called in response to a barrage of WhatsApp messages from Chidi, which started with, “Good evening, sir. How are you doing? Family? Have you heard about Innocent…?” Innocent Chukwuma, or Innoma, as I called him, was 55, and the immediate past Regional Director (West Africa) of Ford Foundation. He was full of life and ideas. His death was devastating in many ways.…