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Wole Soyinka: Has the man died? By Ugoji Egbujo

Wole Soyinka: Has the man died? By Ugoji Egbujo

At almost ninety two, Wole Soyinka remains strong and razor-sharp. The Obidients bear witness to his roar and linguistic agility. Yet three years into his bosom friend’s presidency, and for the first time since 1960, Soyinka appears comfortable with a president’s atrocities and sacrilege. Has the man died? During the 2023 elections he claimed he was out […]
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Religious Kano and the Ganduje tapes

Religious Kano and the Ganduje tapes

Sometimes you can’t hold back laughter.  A governor is caught on tape stuffing his agbada with dollars. The dollars are bribe money  supplied by contractors. So the talebearer said.  The  governor gives only a tepid denial. Then a more damning  tape surfaces. 

Imo APC primaries :One Emperor and many Esaus

Imo APC primaries :One Emperor and many Esaus

Politics must  need a basic minimum of decency. Not necessarily altruism, but some minimal  sense of shame. So that children  are spared disgrace when they read about their fathers and  their  days of greatness. These politicians are fathers and mothers too.

Nigeria : A true Nollywood country

Nigeria : A true Nollywood country

Shehu Sani, the social crusader, ate his cake on the floor of the Senate.  But he  wanted to have it at the APC primaries. Others defected after burning their bridges.

Obasanjo and his ‘kabukabu coalition

Obasanjo and his ‘kabukabu coalition

Obasanjo  once knew too much about Atiku Abubakar. Whatever it was he knew was so abominable he feared the wrath of the gods if he dared support Atiku’s quest to be president of Nigeria.   Atiku  had dismissed  egotistical Obasanjo and his accusations. He said Obasanjo’s vendetta was the price he had to pay for stopping Obasanjo from becoming another Paul Biya

Atiku Abubakar : The battles  before  the war

Atiku Abubakar : The battles  before  the war

Atiku Abubakar  has the PDP ticket  He stole the show. The margin of victory shut some mouths and left others agape. It  left no room for  further contests. In the parlance of the NPN politicians of the old, it was a ‘moon slide’ victory. Those who had called the shots in PDP in the last few months were left to lick their wounds. Some of them ran away before the convention ended. Others sat, visibly punch-drunk  and swallowed everything. Atiku abubakar has work to do.

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