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 […]
White is supreme: Trump has undressed America’s hypocrisy
White is supreme. Trump was president. It didn’t matter what he grabbed and whom he grabbed; white women voted for him. He was white, brash and bare-knuckled against racial niceties as whites should be. And they liked him so. Political correctness is white cowardice.
Kankara: The Arewa must hold a village meeting
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo A group of bandits casually went to a secondary school and snatched 300 boys. They walked the children through the bush and camped them in neighboring Zamfara state. The Northeast is desolate; bandits have besieged the Northwest. Moral outrage can’t be enough. At some point, Boko haram claimed responsibility for the Kankara […]
Public schools are dead; private schools are running wild
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo There are good schools, but many of the private schools are jokes. Petty traders who left pure-water businesses have opened schools. They are restless for profit. The school curricula are shiny without substance. School inspectors are either absent or have sold themselves for plates of porridge. At every point, parents are […]
Port Harcourt is playing Monkey-Post politics
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Port Harcourt lacks big ideas. The country lacks cities. Lagos is bursting. Port Harcourt is there, once promising, now oblivious of its potentials. A new city must seek to attract youths and job seekers. It must present hope and excitement. I think Port Harcourt failed miserably. Port Harcourt has been prodigal. […]
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 […]
EndSARS: Our Joshuas are now awake
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo #EndSars could be the best thing that ever happened in Nigeria. The youths have risen to become political vigilantes. For so long, our youths had laid back, and partisan politics that knows no virtues had held the country by the scruff of the neck and dragged it backwards. EndSars could be […]
Conversations with a taxi driver: Yahoo-Yahoo is snatching our youths
On getting back to the station, we were told to write our statements. Of the many people who witnessed the incident, two people gave their statement of witness and he was found absolutely guilty. Agbalugo could not provide a witness, even when he was given about 4 days to do so.
That railway to the Niger Republic
By Ugoji egbujo The Niger Republic is no market. Though bulky, landlocked, and sitting atop Nigeria, Niger republic is a desolate country. But the Federal Government of Nigeria thinks it is wise to drag a rail line to the Niger border. It designated it the Kano-Katsina-Maradi master plan. The government’s intention is to position Nigeria […]
That railway to the Niger Republic
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo The Niger Republic is no market. Though bulky, landlocked, and sitting atop Nigeria, Niger republic is a desolate country. But the Federal Government of Nigeria thinks it is wise to drag a rail line to the Niger border. It designated it the Kano-Katsina-Maradi master plan. The government’s intention is to position […]
Hope Uzodinma and his Hopism
A lot has happened to Imo. One governor came and spent millions on CNN adverts, raising his hands to the sky, and telling the world he was a genius. He littered Imo with billboards. By the time he left, Anambra had quietly fixed many of her rural roads. One charlatan goes another charlatan comes. Poor […]
2023: Igbos in the PDP are sleepwalking!
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Igbos in the PDP are sleepwalking to 2023. I have put my ears to the ground but I have heard nothing. Tepid murmurs. Shuffling of feet. Nothing else, besides snores. Where are the Igbos in the PDP? This is not a good time to be asleep. And not another season for […]
