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)

A Problem like Fulani Herdsmen

The brutal abduction early last week of Chief Olu Falae, a former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) and former finance minister,...

Gov Masari’s Eleven Billion Naira Lie

It is more than one week now since Premium Times carried a very shocking story in which the Katsina State Governor and one of...

Is Autumn Finally Here for Robert Mugabe?

Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa –...

Tobacco: When Will The World Defeat This Menace?

On May 31, 2015, 'World No Tobacco Day' (WNTD) was once again marked across the world. The theme for this year’s campaign is: “Stop...

Her Excellency, My Wife!

The title of this essay is not original. The credit for its invention should go to one of the military governors during the Babangida...

How Long Will Buhari’s Intoxicant Work?

Strange and worrisome as the decision by the Buhari administration to limit its ongoing probe of public officers and institutions to the era of...

Electricity: Can Buhari Break The Jinx?

If former President Goodluck Jonathan had succeeded in solving the ever-worsening electricity crisis in Nigeria, he would have left office last May as one...

Bailout: Is Buhari Rewarding Profligacy?

The recent N400 billion bailout approved for the states by President Muhammadu Buhari to offset the backlog of salary owed to civil servants would...

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