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 […]
The NDDC: A season of forensic comedy
By Dr. Ugoji Ebujo It’s a long script with many plots. Akpabio sneaked into the APC at night and got one of the fattest bones. He had been at the other side, and for so long had lobbed uncommon stones at Buhari. When Buhari handed Akpabio the fat bone, some Buhari hunting dogs growled and […]
Magu and the nonsense allegations: Shame dey catch me!
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo This government has had a few problems. But it has created many for itself. A government battling a ravaging pandemic should not sleepwalk. How can a government that was elected to stamp out corruption not know that if it had to clean up its corruption artillery it would have to do […]
MAGU: The EFCC is miles ahead of the rest
Dr Ugoji Egbujo This isn’t a defense for Magu. Time would tell what his sins, if any, are. But it must be said that the EFCC he inherited was a flabby , smoke-puffing, behemoth, guzzling fuel and hopes of a nation, damaging the environment, and fostering corruption. Anyone who knew the EFCC from inception would […]
2023: The Igbo and political defeatism
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo The very idea that the Igbo cannot compete politically even in a wonky Nigeria is absurd. It’s a new attitude. And it is threatening to shackle the Igbo, its industriousness and its future. It began in the third republic. It could have been born during the military regime. It has to […]
APC Caretaker Committee : A mere life support machine?
By Dr Ugoji Egbujo The president said the party was in jeopardy and he intervened to give it a chance to live. But did he let the sores become gangrenous? Is the party salvageable? Only time will tell. The problems of the APC have existed from birth. Mutual suspicions and incompatible ambitions. If Buhari had […]
June 12: Many ghosts still wandering
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Buhari has buried one or two. But there are yet many June 12 ghosts, wandering the land unappeased. Africans believe that it’s more prudent to appease the dead and contain ghosts than allow them roam, get frustrated, and seek revenge. Kudirat was chased about on the streets of Lagos and squashed […]
The NDDC Probe: Can Akpabio clean the rot?
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo The NDDC is rotten. But Akpabio cannot clean that rot. Akpabio was part and parcel of the kind of politics that seeded maggots into the NDDC. And no one should be surprised now that mudslinging has started. Akpabio excavates one skeleton. His opponents bring out one of his own skeletons. During […]
President Buhari: Five years on
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo It’s been five years of President Buhari. The second leg has started like the first. A few months after being sworn-in in 2015, oil prices crashed. The new president faced an economic challenge against which the nation was defenceless because she had no buffer in savings. As if the oil price […]
The Oluwole Epidemic: Fake documents, Counterfeits, Everywhere!
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Oluwole was the street in Lagos where you could forge anything document. Birth certificates, vehicle paper, marriage certificates, degree certificates. Once you had a likeness of the original they reproduced it. It was also there that those who could forge signatures within minutes lived. Once a driver took his boss’ cheque […]
Our Governors, Corona Politics and Naked Folly
When the NCDC got to Imo state a couple of weeks ago they left a warning. They asked Imo to find Coronavirus cases. At the time Imo had no confirmed case, and the NCDC thought Imo which had many citizens in diaspora, and heavy international traffic, was too clean.
