Frederick Nwabufo

Who wants to overthrow Buhari?

Frederick Nwabufo May 05, 2021

When there are murmurs and whispers of a putsch, someone somewhere may be fiddling with the sticks. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the hawks and vultures circle seeking supper from anarchy and insecurity in the land. But may it never be said that Nigeria experienced a […]

Social media and mob justice: We’re all potential victims

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 25, 2021

I once witnessed a macabre execution – early 2000s. It was a quotidian day in Onitsha – except for a sudden alarm jarring everyone grinding away in the day’s humdrum. Thief! Thief! Swiftly, commuters, traders and idlers became vigilantes. They encircled a young man and bludgeoned him until he was lifeless. No questions asked. No […]

Islamophobia: Pantami and the hypocrisy of his detractors

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 19, 2021

Profiling. Targeting. Scapegoating. In Nigeria, you are more likely to effectuate wry remarks and suspicious stares if you are the prototypical Muslim with full-bred beard, a ‘’decimal point’’ on your forehead – a sign of your devotion to Almighty Allah, and apparelled in modest trousers that stand aloof from the ankle than if you are […]

Pastor Adefarasin, if Nigeria is a scam; then we’re all scammers

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 16, 2021

It is the bounden duty of every citizen to hold the government to account. In fact, citizenship is a call to duty – for the state. And there is no compelling duty that supersedes citizens subjecting their employees – the government – to scrutiny and constant vigilance. Criticizing the government is within the rights of […]

Here is why we must love Nigeria

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 12, 2021

We abide in wilful fatalism. We see only doom and gloom about Nigeria. We make cynical projections on our country and hold up to ridicule narratives that do not fit into the gloom-ridden portrait. Blood, sorrow and tears saturate the public discourse as if there is no ‘’light, love and life’’ in any corner of […]

Uprising in the east; uproar in the north – but Nigeria go survive

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 09, 2021

Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All is not well. It appears when attention is turned to one problem, another irritation materialises angling for notice. Nigeria has never been this tried and tested by in situ […]

There’s no pure-breed Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba; only pure-breed Nigerians

Frederick Nwabufo Apr 02, 2021

I strongly believe that even if by some stroke of kismet, a referendum is held on the niggling question of Nigeria’s rupturing today, most Nigerians will vote to remain in this comely country. A majority of Nigerians only desire better a nation, not a divided one. The paroxysms of secessionist agitations here and there are […]

We need new alliances – north with south; east with west

Frederick Nwabufo Mar 26, 2021

We need new alliances – political, social, and humanitarian concordat. But we must start from a foreground of truth to achieve this holy grail. Our history as dispensed in public discourses and by government hagiographers is largely revised and contorted to suit pacifist narratives. We cannot paper over our past of fissures, but we can […]

Biafra, Oduduwa Republic – ’liberation struggle’ as the new hustle

Frederick Nwabufo Mar 19, 2021

In the tome of liberation struggles, a few names resonate infinitely. One name that rings trenchant to this day is Ernesto ‘’Che’’ Guevara. ‘’Che’’ envisioned a world as recreated in the dialectics of Karl Marx – where those is in the lowest rung of the social strata can command their destiny. Che fantasised about an […]

The media and framing: Wakili is Fulani warlord but Igboho an activist?

Frederick Nwabufo Mar 10, 2021

The media possesses near-celestial powers. It calls into existence what must be and what must not be. It can actuate change and mobilise consciences to a cause. It can destroy, it can build; it can hurt and it can heal. Yes, it can call into existence ‘’the things that do not exist’’, – the power […]

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