Insecurity: Is Tinubu Fiddling or Fibbing? By Ugoji Egbujo
The most patient Nigerians are now exasperated. President Tinubu has run out of excuses. A once-passive nation is waking up to its perilous predicament. Indefatigable Pastor Enoch Adeboye says he has tried. He now begs his congregation to help him speak to Tinubu. It appears the President is inaccessible not only to senators. Does Tinubu need […]
President Buhari and moral confusion
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo In 1984, Buhari was predictable. He made only mistakes of passion. People who couldn’t fall in bus lines were flogged. Umaru Dikko was caught, anaesthetised and crated. Corrupt politicians were hurriedly tried, and handed prison sentences fit for the Guinness book of records. Gen. Buhari was called a dictator. But he […]
Nigerian Airport toilets and the ease of doing business
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo A man in a colourful suit arrives at the airport for an early flight. Because he left home early, he couldn’t observe his morning rituals. Then the flight scheduled for 6.30 am is delayed for aviation fuel reasons, and his bowels notify him that the time has come. He picks up […]
Tinubu’s Rat and the Poisoned Communion
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Recently, when a certain presidential candidate was asked about climate change, he confessed his ignorance. Ignorance may not be bliss, but the truth set him free that day. He hadn’t studied it. But The great Jagaban had read it. So once the Arewa Wisemen confronted him with Climate Change, he chuckled. […]
Citizen Omehia and the god of Small Things
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo There is a god in Rivers. When it suits him, he corrects the injustice of the justice rendered by the supreme court. Sometime in 2015, he woke up and reviewed a supreme court decision. Many clapped with devotion. They lionized the small god. The supreme court had said Omehia was never governor. But […]
Nigeria: The Dark Clouds and the Silver Lining
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Nigeria is 62. At 20, in 1980, it had working refineries, a vibrant airline, a respectable currency and a new democracy. The Ghanaians and Indians were flocking in, and the diaspora looked homewards lustfully. The Federal Government of Shagari, drab as it was, went into an alliance with the NPP to […]
