For Deborah Samuel, Dave Imoh and others: Justice, Not Jesting
BY KEN UGBECHIE You saw the video. You saw human beings transmute to wild beasts, a happy mob. Happy to kill in the most gruesome manner; happy to make a…
Peter Obi and the Nigerian paradox, By Ken Ugbechie
May 15, 2022 It’s 2022, deep into the 21st Century, Nigeria has no regular electricity. Healthcare, education, primary sector, are all decrepit. Nigeria simply needs a Leader. And Nigerians think…
Goodluck Jonathan: No longer good, not even lucky
May 9, 2022 Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was Nigeria’s fortuitous President from 2010 to 2015. He failed to get his mandate renewed in 2015. He failed largely because he was both…
Marwa at NDLEA: Bursting the barons, crushing the cartel
May 2, 2022 There are very few heads of parastatals and agencies that make Nigerians still believe there is a government in power. Mohammed Buba Marwa, Chairman of the Nigeria…
Nigeria Needs Osinbajo at Such a Time as This…
If Buhari wants to finish strong, he would need to engage Osinbajo more actively including giving him the power to institute a culture of probity in the Executive. And if…
Anyim, Nigeria and quest for national unity
BY KEN UGBECHIE He carries a certain charm. A magnet that attracts peace, unity and spell-binding amity. Anyim Pius Anyim, former President of the Senate also carries profound grace that…
Abba Kyari: Hard to keep banana away from the monkey
Ken Ugbechie; February 20, 2022 Abba Alhaji Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is at his own Golgotha. A man designated by the Nigerian media as a Super Cop has…
Sadio Mane: An African Legend Rises Above the Whiff of Toxic Petrol
KEN UGBECHIE Away with a people’s seasonal show of shame. Away with the tacky tale of a nation unable to wean herself from getting drunk with her own urine. Let’s…
Corruption as a national staple, by Ken Ugbechie
January 30, 2022 Transparency International (IT) is a kill-joy global agency. It’s a bringer of bad news. Every year, it tells the world that Nigeria is corrupt. That public sector…
Politics of Rice Pyramids: The Goose and the Goslings
January 23, 2022 You don’t play politics with people’s stomach. Displaying bags of paddy rice when the people are hungry, cannot access and afford same rice is the most ill-advised…