Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye was until recently on the Editorial Board of the Independent, a national newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria, where he wrote a highly regarded column, (SCRUPLES) on the back page of the paper every Wednesday. He now heads a publishing outfit in Lagos. Some of his highly syndicated articles on various literary, political and social issues also appear on his blogs: www.ugochukwu.blog.com , www.ugochukwu.wordpress.com. eMail
Articles by this Author
This House Is Not For Sale!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Is poverty the only thing we appear to have accepted as inevitable component of life in this part of the world? What about crime? How come crime appears to have gradually become too natural with us in Nigeria here...
Who Can Redeem Dimeji Bankole’s House?
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 08/16/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is now clear that President Goodluck Jonathan is planning to contest the presidency next year and would need all the support he could get, and so may have winked at the EFCC to turn a blind eye to the grave allegations against Bankole...
Babangida: Insensitivity Carried Too Far
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 05/15/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
There is this perennial, seductive belief out there that IBB is a moving huge bag of money. This bag, though, horribly stained and very unattractive to people with any sense of decency, contains billions of naira and has very generous holes ready to “drop” at any time...
Nigeria: Diminished By Greed!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 05/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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To a people addicted to the tragic luxury of self-delusion, truth hurts badly. But then, truth always refuses to go away. It lingers around to perpetually taunt and haunt those that loathe and despise its face...
Nigeria’s Cult Of Corruption
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 10/6/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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Virtually every Nigerian knows and strongly believes that any day Nigeria is able to make up its mind to end its obscene and ruinous romance with the stubborn monster called “Corruption”, this country will automatically witness the kind of prosperity no one had thought was possible in these parts...
Mr. President, How Long Shall We Suffer Thee?
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 08/7/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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For several years, Nigerian leaders could afford to just sit still and do nothing, because the auto-pilot directing the big, well-populated jet called Nigeria was yet to be totally out of order. But now, in this year of Umar Musa Yar’Adua, the auto-pilot has completely packed up...
The Making of a Dangerous Nation
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 07/28/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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Welcome to Nigeria, a country no one wishes to slave or die for. Nigeria is like a collapsing House, cordoned off by the Ruling/Eating Class, who are busy day and night carting away the much they could before it goes down...
The Reign of Squander-maniacs
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 07/17/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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Government would want us to see employees who go on strike to press home their demand for better pay and improved conditions of service as unpatriotic and constituting themselves into a huge nuisance. While they keep appealing to workers to make more sacrifices "in the interest of the nation", the ruling elite never fails to cart away for themselves huge sums of money...
Yar’Adua May Happen Again!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 02/26/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
I Just wonder why the president of such a critically sick and sinking country cannot allow himself to be roused from crippling inertia to seek with clear vision, focus and vigour the nation’s healing and revival...
Are You Sure You Want To Do This, Dora Akunyili?
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 12/25/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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Only one reason may have informed Akunyili’s appointment. The Yar’Adua regime only wanted to exploit the enormous admiration and goodwill she enjoyed from Nigerians to shore up its badly battered image...
