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 […]
Pride and Profit: The story of funeral ceremonies
But why caricature a man who never had a car with a final ride to the grave in a hired limousine? By Dr Ugoji Egbujo A matriarch dies. A frenzy ensues. The story of funerals in southern Nigeria. The real mourning doesn’t last long because the need to impress people at the funeral kicks in […]
Nigeria: One week, seventy troubles
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Igbos say when a snake forgets how to use its venom, children will use it like rope and tie up firewood.President Buhari, are you there? Criminals are dancing skelewu under the president’s nose, and the once-revered, no-nonsense man is dithering, churning out hackneyed cautions. Bandits have invaded Government Girls Secondary School […]
The North and its political ostriches
Where is the wealth of millions of children born in the wild to herdsmen, born into the servitude and perpetually slavery of roaming thousands of miles with cattle to earn crumbs? By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo They won’t face reality. They won’t accept facts. In the North, the chickens are coming home to roost. The northern […]
Femi Fani-Kayode: The epitome of Nigerian politics
Six months later, Fani Kayode wants to become a member of the political wing of Boko haram in the interest of national unity By Dr Ugoji Egbujo A child in an adult body. Nigerian politics is a rotten salad. And it’s awful because many of our politicians are rancid condiments, players with shallow consciences in […]
Igboho and El Rufai: The Extremist and The Mugwump
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo Farmers and rural dwellers are furious. But their fury is borne of their imperilment. The menace that lurks in their forests has taken lives and livelihoods. Rampant Abductions, robberies, forcible expropriation of lands, massacres. When these happen now, all fingers point at criminal herdsmen. The anger is neither sectional nor baseless. […]
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, […]
