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Op-ed Editor February 20, 2017

Opinion: Don’t pray for President Buhari’s recovery

by Emmanuel Ugwu Since President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria on ‘medical vacation’ one month ago, politicians, monarchs and religious leaders have been entreating Nigerians to pray for his quick recovery and safe return. The Buhari administration…

Op-ed Editor February 6, 2017

Opinion: Waiting for Tuface

by Emmanuel Ugwu Late Saturday night, Innocent Idibia, caved in. He announced, at the dying minute, the cancellation of the much anticipated anti-government protest scheduled to hold in Lagos and Abuja…

Op-Ed Editor December 14, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: Josephine, the airport cleaner, serves a potent lesson on how we can sanitize Nigeria

My person of the year lacks the trappings of a world changer. She is not a person of power. She doesn’t boast universal renown. She is a commoner; an easily…

Kolapo Olapoju November 7, 2015

Jude Ndukwe: Fani-Kayode, Cambridge, Ugwu and a dog that doesn’t hear its master’s whistle

The obsession of Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is one that has assumed a frightening proportion to the extent that one really needs to call in renowned exorcists…

Kolapo Olapoju November 1, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: Femi Fani-Kayode and his wasted Cambridge education

Femi Fani-Kayode has had an extensive career in public nuisance. He has been a nagging community irritant for so long that a certain segment of the Nigerian political cognoscenti, in…

Kolapo Olapoju October 30, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: Fani-Kayode, Nnamdi Kanu and the brotherhood of hate

In a shadow rebuttal to my piece, Femi Fani-Kayode and The Laughter of Biafra which was an answer to Femi Fani-Kayode's Nnnamdi Kanu and The Cry for Biafra, a devotee of The…

Op-Ed Editor May 24, 2015

Opinion: The issue with mental health in Nigeria

by Immanuel Ugwu Many of our mentally challenged women are getting pregnant. We should ask why. Does a large share of these pregnancies result from the women’s liaison with their…

Op-Ed Editor April 24, 2015

Opinion: But why was Suleiman Abba fired?

by Emmanuel Ugwu He was an election time IGP. He was hired to twist the men and the services of the Nigerian Police into the scheme to concoct a victory…

Op-Ed Editor December 6, 2014

@emmaugwutheman: The rebuke of Jonathan, the new King Nebuchadnezzar

by Emmanuel Ugwu It was certainly inevitable that President Goodluck Jonathan, who has, to all intents and purposes, abandoned restraint, would trudge on, like a pilgrim bound for doom. He had…

Op-Ed Editor October 26, 2014

@emmaugwutheman: That #HornFreeDay repentance

by Emmanuel Ugwu Lagos, the noise capital of Nigeria, fell short of her decibel threshold Wednesday, 15th October 2014. That ran against the grain of a normal weekday reality in…

Op-Ed Editor October 23, 2014

Opinion: Why I wish Buhari Good Luck

by Emmanuel Ugwu Last time General Muhammed Buhari wept publicly, it was at the graveside of his third presidential bid. Recently, he had a close shave of crying. Ironically, it…

Op-Ed Editor October 18, 2014

@emmaugwtheman: Dear #Chibok Girl, Mum Waits..

by Emmanuel Ugwu I guess you have grown a cubit taller. You are leaner. You have fasted through half of this leap year. You should have gained the model’s photogenic…

Op-Ed Editor October 15, 2014

@emmaugwutheman: We need an Almajiri President

by Emmanuel Ugwu Goodluck Jonathan relishes being projected as eligible to the corner of leadership greats. He fancies the flattering comparison that he equates with legends of higher ideals. Men…

Op-Ed Editor September 30, 2014

@EmmaUgwuTheMan: Dimgba Igwe, my Cousin and others

by Emmanuel UgwuDimgba Igwe, a rock star of Nigerian tabloid journalism and one of the Nation’s finest columnists, set forth on a routine jogging exercise in his Lagos neighbourhood three…

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