Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, a Nigerian journalist and writer, is a columnist and member of the Editorial Board, Daily Independent newspaper. He is the author of NIGERIA: Why Looting May Not Stop (scruples2006@yahoo.com)

Condoms, HIV/AIDS And You!

Following my article published here entitled, "Nigeria's Last Virgins", Dr. Anthony Odoh, a Nigerian physician in Spain, sent me this very illuminating paper...

Heart of Africa Project: Another Drain Pipe?

In this internet age when the latest news from Nigeria could immediately be read anywhere in the world, long before most Nigerians are even able to do so, what possibly could any self-respecting fellow be wasting his time and the nation's resources telling the outside world about Nigeria that they do not already know?

Mr. President, Abject Poverty Lives Here!

How are a great people laid so low and wasted, and made to wear the shame of their enslavement and impoverishment with unconscious dignity...

Nigeria’s Last Virgins!

A couple of months ago, when I was shown the topics to be treated under the subject called "Sex Education" which tender children in both junior and secondary schools in Lagos State are now being forced to learn, I could not imagine that anyone outside a mental home could be wicked enough to design a subject with such insidious contents...

There Is African Literature…I Believe In It – Says I.N.C. Aniebo

"You are an African, I'm an African, okay. There is an African thought system. So, naturally there must be an African literature. It's automatic. I mean, arguing whether it's there or not is, to me, one of those stupid things the white people use..."

Is Rev. King Also A Christian?

I see so many people out there claiming to be born-again, children of God, Christians, Gospel ministers, pastors or bishops, as I observe their lifestyles, and the things they propagate and endorse, the inevitable question I am forced to ask is: where then are the sinners and unbelievers?

Two Other Journalists “Seditioned” In Ebonyi

Ebonyi State is fast acquiring a reputation for wanton detention and harassment of journalists...

Kukah's Embarrassing Intervention

Kukah’s unfortunate defence of  Obasanjo’s abysmal misrule should provide a window for the examination of  his strange, embarrassing support and defence for Gana. His eager, uncritical romance with politics, and friendship with political figures like Obasanjo and Gana, have done untold damage to the sterling ideals he so jealously espoused...

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