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 […]
Dissonance and Parody: The presidency and ruling party must lead by example, By Ugoji Egbujo
The government has used the surgical blade on the public but has done nothing to trim government profligacy, gluttony and vanity. Tinubu must circumscribe his government.
Mangu and other massacres: The bloody stories must be told, By Ugoji Egbujo
Benue has become accustomed to massacres. Brothers fight brothers to death in communal clashes. Mercenaries and militants come in to mediate between farmers and herders and liquidate entire families and villages
Bokoharamism in ‘Biafra’, By Ugoji Egbujo
The eyes of the wailing children in their purple school uniforms showed an apprehension of the imminence of death. If children see ghosts they might be damaged irreparably. So our ancestors always shielded them from all evil
Subsidy is dead, but politicians are still jamboreeing, By Ugoji Egbujo
If our politicians don’t remove frivolity and prodigality from their lives, the removal of subsidies from the poor will be a curse on our leaders
Arrogant Asari and the National Security, By Ugoji Egbujo
The shamelessness was confounding. The nation was on its knees. So Asari’s smoke wasn’t
without fire
The Bulkachuwalisation of the Judiciary, By Ugoji Egbujo
It wasn’t a Freudian slip. The man couldn’t be stopped. An 83-year-old senator, seized by valedictory emotions, stood in the hallowed senate chambers and broke omerta. Defying the bulging eyes of bewildered senators, he told a dirty truth to the nation. All attempts by his distinguished colleagues to extinguish the flame of forthrightness were rebuffed […]
Great Mallam El Rufai and His Muslim-Muslim Sermon, By Ugoji Egujo
Nasir El Rufai gathered some Islamic clerics to thank them for the vital role they played during the last elections. Indeed, Mallam didn’t stop at Thanksgiving. He segued into new recipes for state and national unity. He praised the clerics for showing integrity when some other agents got money and absconded treacherously. Perhaps, if party […]
Jagaban has grabbed the bulls by the horns
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Some said he went off script. They said the script said ‘end of June’. They argued he should have consulted with labour unions and worked out the cushions before pulling the subsidy rug off the feet of the masses. But it seems Jagaban has not come to play. He wobbled a […]
Hilda Baci and that Political Baccanalia
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Politicians are a special breed. Once Hilda Baci’s attempt at the Cookathon world record caught the attention of the public, politicians saw an opportunity. Some wore new clothes and headed to the venue and others crafted love messages. By the time the 27-year-old had cooked for 100hrs and shattered the record, governors, senators […]
The Igbo and Homecoming
By Ugoji Egbujo The civil war united the Igbo and strengthened the attachment to the ancestral home. So when they rose from the ashes and ruins and sojourned again to find hope, they knew home keenly. Home was where to refuge and live, or come back to rest and die, in peace. The home was […]
