Frank & Fair
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
