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 […]
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.
