Besieged Borgu and Their Jagaban, by Ugoji Egbujo
In 2006, when the Borgu Emirate chose Tinubu, it could not have known it was choosing a future commander-in-chief as its chief warrior. Twenty years later, the jackpot looks like rotten luck: no better than a dud cheque. Achebe said a man cannot live by the riverbank and wash with spittle. If only Borgu could […]
What we can’t afford now!
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo The ordinary man deserves a basic life. In March, a bag of POP cement sold for 3500 naira. Today, that same bag sells for 8,500 naira. You might say POP is no food. But if the building industry slows, many Nigerians will go unemployed. That will include sand miners, masons, carpenters, […]
Umahi’s Exit: Igbos in the PDP must end their slumber
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo Umahi has stormed out of the PDP. In leaving, he asked an important question. For how long will the PDP use and abuse Igbo votes and treat the Igbo electorate like a housemaid rather than a bride? If the PDP has a conscience, that question should leave a gaping wound on […]
Fixing Our Politics: Saints must play in the main streams
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo It didn’t start today. In A Man Of The People, Achebe’s Max and his fellow idealists tried to fix the rot in the politics of their country. They knew the problems— corruption, greed, indolence. They knew the ideals—patriotism, transparency, selflessness and imagination. But Max and his fellow political saints failed woefully. […]
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 […]
