A childish sermon on Children’s Day, by Ugoji Egbujo
With nursery school children languishing in the forest, tortured by bandits who snatched them from school, President Tinubu ought to be sleepless . Or at least speechless. But no. Tinubu is a god. He is a living encyclopedia of strategies. Beyond reproach and accountability. He removed fuel subsidies. So he rescued the country from the valley of […]
Independence and Bread Queues, by Ugoji Egbujo
In the middle of the road, the van was parked. People gathered. It was Independence Day. The country was 64. The van was laden with bread. The hungry, young and old, filled the streets, panting. Soldiers were everywhere, as if the van was carrying bullion. Old women jostled and shuffled stoically. Nobody looked shamefaced. Their […]
The Bobrisky scandal, by Ugoji Egbujo
They have all become sacred cows, loitering in the corridors of power, demystifying and castrating the EFCC by the impunity
they flaunt
The EFCC, BELLO and ODODO: Stranger than fiction
The glory has departed. In the Obasanjo era, politicians dreaded the EFCC. When Ribadu was at the helm, the EFCC didn’t do tales by moonlight. Obasanjo and Ribadu were not saints, but against corruption, they barked and bit. Under their watch, the Eagle would have broken its beak and neck rather than allow this BEllo-Ododo charade. It’s getting messier. The EFCC looks castrated.
TINUBU AND INSECURITY: The masses must be impatient, by Ugoji Egbujo
The tunnel is dark and bleak. Is there a glint of light in it? But purposefulness is easy to see. The police force needs to be better funded and equipped. It needs an overhaul. The welfare of the officers and men is wretched. The orientation is out-of-joint; the attitude is feral. Any responsible government desirous […]
Tinubu and Abacha’s ghost, by Ugoji Egbujo
Some observers say recent happenings have reminded them of Abacha. That’s scary
Tinubu’s perplexing parapoism by Dr Ugoji Egbujo
Some say it’s age. Not mental decline. But a psychological depreciation. Because the Tinubu of 2003 would not have succumbed to this.
Tinubu’s Perplexing Parapoism, by Ugoji Egbujo
Who would have thought that Tinubu, the democrat, the talent hunter, the wheeler-dealer with a nationalistic outlook, the Muslim who married a Christian and allowed her to become a Pentecostal pastor, would succumb to the myopic concentration of power in his zone?
Tinubu’s Forgotten Promises, by Ugoji Egbujo
To renew hope, the president must help the anti corruption agencies by a personal lifestyle that doesn’t create moral confusion
Tinubu and his Black Beast, by Ugoji Egbujo
On his way to Equatorial Guinea, Tinubu rode in a gleaming new car to the airport, leaving tongues wagging. A glamorous, armoured black Cadillac Escalade reminded many of the NPN days. Such a show of opulence in the immediate aftermath of the hunger protests seemed an act of defiance. He startled the public. Tinubu preaches […]
Tinubu, Protests and One-party State
By GOJI EGBUJO Another lousy precedent has been casually constructed. Someday, we will have no teeth against a naked dictator. Many good but shortsighted people enable intolerance and ineptitude through ignorance or cowardice. Soon, we will be clapping fawningly like North Koreans when our leaders approach. This must be how that Rome of mass subservience […]
