Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye is on the Editorial Board of the Independent, a national newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria. He writes a highly regarded column, (SCRUPLES) on the back page of the paper every Wednesday. eMail. Blog.
Articles by this Author
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
- Unrated
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...
Yes, Yar’Adua, Let The Immunity Clause Go!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 12/19/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Last week’s call by President Umar Musa Yar’Adua on the National Assembly to expunge the irredeemably iniquitous Immunity Clause from the Nigerian Constitution, most surely, ranked, in my opinion, as the most significant thing the man had uttered since he assumed office...
Mr. President, It’s Too Dark Here!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 12/10/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Mr. President, we at least have you to thank for helping us realize that in Nigeria, Government has become totally irrelevant in our lives, a needless burden too heavy to bear...
Enough Of The Obasanjo Family, Please!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 11/26/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Bitter-Sweet: My Life With Obasanjo, is all about a woman’s attempt to rewrite herself into prominence and reckoning in one man’s life, to demonstrate, albeit incoherently...
The Stench From Speaker Bankole’s House
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 11/19/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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The only memorable statement I can recall ever hearing from Bankole in the recent past is his most unfortunate charge to his equally unprofitable and bankrupt colleagues to never oppose President Umar Musa Yar’Adua no matter what happens...
We Can Help Save This Little Girl!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 11/13/2008
- Miscellaneous
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Even the hardest of hearts would be melted by the moving story of Miss Chioma Aribe, the 19-year-old Engineering student of the of the Yaba College of Technology currently waging a gallant battle against a life-threatening liver aliment...
If The Niger Bridge Collapses…
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 10/27/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
From what we are seeing, the Federal Government is not behaving as if it is aware that a devastating tragedy is lurking at the corner, waiting to strike...
For McCain, PDP Beckons!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 10/23/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
No matter who is announced winner of the American presidential election after November 4, what would never remain in doubt is that this is one election that would be far-reaching in redefining the political and social scene of the United States...
This Sick Nation Needs Healthy Physicians
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 10/23/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
For a nation as terribly sick as Nigeria is, when exactly would its healing and reclamation commence? When would men with vision, mission, skill and verve come on board to commence the really arduous of work of reviving this nation?
