As I See It with Jude Atupulazi

By Jude Atupulazi Even though I abhor violence of any sort, these days, I’m beginning to understand the minds of those young army officers in Nigeria referred to as Nigeria’s Five Majors. Gripped with patriotic fervor and zeal, but maddened by the corrupt tendencies of then politicians, these officers had staged a putsch and attempted to clear out the stench ...

By Jude Atupulazi Let’s first look at these below before we start ______________________ THE GUY IN GREEN – He lost his mother at a young age – His father lost his job 3 months after he lost his wife – He sold pure water on the streets of Lagos – He was rejected by many clubs but today is one ...

By Jude Atupulazi Nigeria is a funny place to practice religion, or should I say Nigeria is where you find people who practice religion in a funny way? Whichever it is, I always find it as something that baffles me how we readily surrender our rights, goal or target because of some incomprehensible religious sentiment. Indeed, nothing baffles me as ...

By Rev. Fr. Dr. Polycarp C. Nworie This was the first wise statement I heard from Peter Obi. It was sometime in 2004 at Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary, Onitsha. Peter Obi was battling in the courts to reclaim his mandate stolen by the PDP and (Chris) Ngige. On that particular day, the seminary community organised a symposium to which, ...

By Jude Atupulazi It was just a few days ago that our outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari, made what I deem a show of apologizing to Nigerians whom, according to him, he may have hurt in the eight years of his ”nightmarish” (emphasis mine) rule. Ordinarily, one would be inclined to soften towards anyone who makes such a statement. Despite what ...

By Jude Atupulazi These must be the most trying times for those who still believe in Nigeria, even though they are few. The country has been turned to a theatre of the absurd by ridiculous, greedy and selfish politicians who have never cared about anyone but themselves, their families and their cronies. These politicians are without a soul. They travel ...

By Jude Atupulazi Peter Obi is one man who can neither be predicted nor fully understood. Indeed, when you think you have seen or heard it all about him, he pops up with another banger. He simply keeps surprising Nigerians with his brand of politics, social and personal life and these have stood him out as an enigmatic figure. But ...

By Jude Atupulazi Win or lose in the aftermath of the about to begin legal fireworks on the outcome of the presidential poll, not a few Nigerians believe that Peter Obi of the Labour Party has brought a new narrative to the politics of the country. It is the same Obi that first altered the political Arithmetic and calendar of ...

By Ike Chioke When the storm of this general election is over, we shall be left with a few lessons. One is, never underestimate the will of a determined people. The other is, when the shepherd is ready, the flock will appear. Indeed, people who study politics and societies in transition, will find a fascinating new model in Peter Obi, ...

The Editor-in-Chief, Fides Communication Newspaper, Okpuno-Awka, Awka Diocese. Dear Sir,   RECOGNITION AND GRATITUDE I do hereby wish to express my unalloyed gratitude and recognition for the great work you are doing at Fides Media. I read the editorial page every time I buy the newspaper and the content of the editorial is always redemptive. I wish you could continue ...

By Jude Atupulazi If there was one thing that stood out like a sore thumb in these past elections in Nigeria, it was the harassment, intimidation and bullying of Igbo People in Lagos where they were told either to return to their homeland or stay at home on election days if they would not vote for the candidates of their ...

By Jude Atupulazi Mr. Peterside Atedo is one of the most responsible elder statesmen we have in this country. He always speaks in the mellow metaphysics of wisdom. In fact, yesterday, my lecturer, Prof. A.U. Nnonyelu, called me thinking I listened to Atedo’s interview on Arise TV and requested I send the complete clip to him. He said he joined ...

By Jude Atupulazi As I wrote this, it was not yet clear if the Governorship and State Assembly Elections were still going ahead as scheduled because of the refusal of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to grant INEC leave to reconfigure the now infamous Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), which INEC said, was necessary for the next round of ...

By Jude Atupulazi It did not take long for one to discern that the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had been compromised and poised to deliver the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu, at all costs. This followed the breaching of own rules by INEC when it failed to upload results from polling ...

By Jude Atupulazi By the time you read this you’ll probably be feeling like a recently buried man listening to the sounds of music at his funeral. He will want to stand up and dance but will be held back by the coffin and the weight of the sand on top of it. He will be just powerless to do ...

By Jude Atupulazi I am not going to say much on this, for; after all, is it not said that long sermons are not necessary in the evening Mass? That evening Mass has come upon us after years and months of preparing for it. Behold, on Saturday, February 25, you and I will proceed to our polling units to show ...

By Jude Atupulazi One distinguishing feature of the Igbo people, Southeast of Nigeria, is their uncanny ability to exist outside of government by embarking on self-help projects. They usually do this under a central body or umbrella that regulates their activities. In pre-war Nigeria the Igbo had an umbrella body known as the Igbo Union which accommodated all Igbo people ...

By Jude Atupulazi Every empire in history had an expiry date, no matter how strong and powerful it was. When the time came, a new power arose and deposed it to form its own empire. In Nigeria, not too long ago, was an empire called the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. It was a party so strong that it had seen ...

…..Nekede Poly Graduate Saga and Quality of our Education System By Jude Atupulazi Not a few people were shocked, horrified and left fuming after a video clip of a young woman claiming to have just graduated from Nekede Polytechnic in Imo State, flooded the social media space some days ago. The woman in question videoed herself within the school premises ...

By Jude Atupulazi High Cost of Petrol: Heroes and Villains. Anyone in Nigeria today, least of all those in the Southeast, won’t need to be told how excruciating the high cost of premium motor spirit or petrol has been on the masses. It is a season that many filling stations are using to nail consumers to the wall, so to ...