Osun and the Demons of Our Doomed Democracy, by Ugoji Egubjo
We no longer have a sick democracy. We have a counterfeit one. Osun lays it bare. Every pathology is on open display. The capture of institutions. Tthe hunting of opposition. The casual slaughter of ordinary people. And the near-total resignation of the public to the farce. We have lost the capacity for shame. In Osun, […]
Democracy and Africa: Trouble is brewing
By Dr Ugoji Egujo We have to ask the question. Is multiparty democracy good for Africa? It hasn’t worked. If African democracy had been fruitful, the chronic cycle of poverty and disease in the continent would have been broken. But in Africa, generations have inherited strife and penury and bequeathed misery to their offsprings. […]
One Mad Week in One Insane Year and One Thousand Lessons
A bedlam was sweeping across the nation. The Calabar dimension which was pointed at all politicians was a new dangerous twist. Politicians fretted. By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo We thought 2020 had done everything. Then one week went truly mad. Nobody could have predicted the precipitous descent into anarchy. One morning, a mob descended on Orile […]
EndSARS: Our Joshuas are now awake
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo #EndSars could be the best thing that ever happened in Nigeria. The youths have risen to become political vigilantes. For so long, our youths had laid back, and partisan politics that knows no virtues had held the country by the scruff of the neck and dragged it backwards. EndSars could be […]
Conversations with a taxi driver: Yahoo-Yahoo is snatching our youths
On getting back to the station, we were told to write our statements. Of the many people who witnessed the incident, two people gave their statement of witness and he was found absolutely guilty. Agbalugo could not provide a witness, even when he was given about 4 days to do so.
That railway to the Niger Republic
By Ugoji egbujo The Niger Republic is no market. Though bulky, landlocked, and sitting atop Nigeria, Niger republic is a desolate country. But the Federal Government of Nigeria thinks it is wise to drag a rail line to the Niger border. It designated it the Kano-Katsina-Maradi master plan. The government’s intention is to position Nigeria […]
