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 […]
Abubakar Malami: A Beer Parlour Logician?
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo And that was the benign picture. Someone said he saw a bigot. Another saw an ethnic jingoist. My grandmother had warned us not to prattle. That way, we could hide our ignorance from the world. That way, we would not soil ourselves in public with bitterness in our hearts. Now Malami, […]
Southeast is heading Northeast: The path to apocalypse
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo December 2003, 200 Boko haram members attacked police stations in Geidam and Kanamma, Yobe state. That was the infancy. They killed police officers, took their guns and freed detainees. Some cheered. In June 2004, Boko haram tried to break into jail in Damaturu. We have been through this path before. In […]
Our Olympus is falling: Who can rouse the General?
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Buhari’s aura now belongs to history. Our lion looks castrated. Once tall, rigid and fearless. He is now slow and timid. The lion we had run to for protection now watches wild goats eat palm fronds on our head. Even with the fangs of the presidency, our bold lion now lets […]
The diabolical silence of the Igbo elite
By Ugoji Egbujo A child who leaves skelewu to dance surugede must be reminded; surugede is a dance of the spirits. Those whom the gods want to kill they first make mad. Osinbajo fears civil war. War is hell, but we could be in for worse. The rampant slaughter of police and military personnel on the […]
Hope Uzodimma and his roads revolution
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo Hope Uzodimma might mean different things to different people, but he has latched on Imo roads. Igbos believe names shape destinies. Uzodimma, literally, means, “Road is good.” Can Imo then rejoice? It is often said that roads are not everything and that it requires no inventiveness to build roads. That’s a […]
The unknown gunmen and the somaliazation of Igbo land
By Dr Ugoji Egujo In Somalia, clan-based guerrillas once sought freedom and dreamt of Eldorado. They chased away a dictator, Siad Barre, and left Somalia in ruins. Change is good. But after Saddam Hussein was dismantled rashly, Iraq has not known peace. Igbo land is in peril. Unknown Gunmen. What haven’t they done? They have […]
Village youths are fleeing, society is dying
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo I loitered with some youths in my village and listened to their hopelessness. I don’t envy them. They all want to elope. They want to relocate to Malaysia and South Africa. They are not keen on learning a trade or becoming artisans like their forebears. They don’t want to sit around […]
The death of Taboos: Sexual predators prowling in high and low places
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo A man sat beside a lady in a public bus and performed lewd sexual acts. When the lady raised the alarm, the man, eyes bulging, claimed he was only fiddling with his body. “What’s your problem with my body?” he asked the offended woman. Our society is degenerating. The scaffolds of taboos […]
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 […]
