My Generator Is Smaller Than Yours–By Jude Egbas
This piece was first published last year. Thanks to @Dazee_zita and @BarEnclave, it is hereby reproduced. The latest addition to our impressive Generator haul was a Sumec 2010 model: a portable (if...
View ArticleWe Are In The PDP, But The PDP Is Not In Us–By Jude Egbas
He whom the gods have purposed for extinction, they first make irrelevant. All PDP members are Nigerians Nigerians are bad Therefore the PDP is bad. The above fallacy was the premise upon which Ohimai...
View ArticleChristiane Amanpour Is A Bully And Rotimi Amaechi Is Not Photogenic–By Jude...
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour did a darn good job of interviewing Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, last Wednesday. But that is only one half of the story. The other half has to be that Amanpour...
View ArticleJude Egbas: Who Will Debate Ezinne Obiageli?
The ‘Situation Room’ in the palace of the Ovaarnong (King) of the Ofodua Kingdom is a pristine (if very claustrophobic) windowless basement overlooking the Chapel and the three arms zone. It is Monday,...
View ArticleJude Egbas: How The Super Eagles Became Merchants Of Gold
The next time the Super Eagles will be representing Nigeria at a major tournament, we should write them off, scoff at their chances of making any real impact, bestow them with monikers like ‘Super...
View ArticleJude Egbas: Ezu River ‘Floating Corpses’–Does The Police Have A Case To Answer?
Last January 19, 2013, members of the sleepy Amansea community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state, were horrified at the sight of close to 50 corpses floating freely on the Ezu...
View ArticleJude Egbas: ‘Madam, Hammer Me Seven ‘Ponmo’ For There’
“Bia, Nwoke, wetin you wan chop?” It was Nkiru, hollering from behind the counter; her gaze and furrowed brow fixated on a gentleman who sat a few tables away from mine. It was lunch time last Friday...
View ArticleJude Egbas: Be Very Afraid Of Goodluck Jonathan
In his intrepid page-turner “The Accidental Public Servant”, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai depicts the picture of a President Obasanjo who donned the façade of a moron in public in a bid to send the wrong...
View ArticleJude Egbas: How To Arrest Abdulrasheed Maina
IF you believe the Nigerian Police authorities, Abdulrasheed Maina, the embattled Chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), is the equivalent of T. Hayes Hunter’s 19th century flick:...
View ArticleBeehive: The APC Is Not The Answer….It Is The Question
By Jude Egbas I was one of a handful of Nigerians who got tongue-lashed, lampooned and berated by the ever critical social media populace for endorsing the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the...
View ArticleBeehive With Jude Egbas: How Abati Got His Groove Back
The Chopsticks Restaurant on Mississipi Street, Maitama Abuja , once served as a get-away spot for the ‘Accidental Public Servant’ and some members of the now defunct ‘Economic Team’. Sitting on a...
View ArticleBeehive With Jude Egbas: The Resurrection Stories Patience Jonathan Should...
The last time Dame Patience Faka Jonathan cooed about the power of resurrection was at a thanksgiving church service in Abuja which reportedly gulped N500million of taxpayer funds. That was in...
View ArticleBeehive: Dear Amaechi, The Next Revolution Will Not Be Televised
By Jude Egbas With all due respect to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State whose sweeping statements on the capability of Nigerians to stage a revolution were as fallacious as they were repugnant...
View ArticleBeehive: How To Tackle Global Terrorism, By The Ovaarnong
Jude Egbas Being Text of the address delivered by the Ovaarnong ( Chief) of the Ofodua Kingdom at the 11th Counter-Terrorism conference in Vancouver, Canada, last week…… Protocol I feel very honored to...
View ArticleBeehive: Why Buhari Is Still The Beautiful Bride Of The APC
By Jude Egbas With a set jaw and a rigid frame, General Muhammadi Buhari often comes across as half dinosaur and half human. As the former, his name has been a recurring decimal on the nation’s ballot...
View ArticleBeehive: There Was Manchester United–And Then There Was Alex Ferguson
By Jude Egbas For a brief spell last week, the football universe as we knew it, ceased to exist. We all knew Sir Alex Ferguson was going to call time on his career someday, but we were still surprised...
View ArticleBeehive: Chimamanda Attempts To Shatter The Race And Sex Ceilings With...
A Review By Jude Egbas “The first time she let him take off her bra, she lay on her back moaning softly, her fingers splayed on his head and afterwards she said, “ my eyes were open but I did not see...
View ArticleNigerian Governors’ Saga: 36 Members Of The Mafia And The Rest Of Us
Beehive With Jude Egbas I wish I hadn’t followed the show of shame that was the Governors’ Forum election last Friday, but I had. I wish I hadn’t been monitoring events closely from my smart mobile...
View ArticleBeehive–> Sanusi-Gate: MamaYaro, Sex Tales And Public Office
Beehive With Jude Egbas “Maybe you should come kiss me before board meeting tomorrow,” Mr. Sanusi wrote and then squeezed the send button.—Premium Times. Yesterday, ‘Premium Times’ ran a sordid story...
View ArticleBeehive With Jude: I Should Suspend My Dog…For Anti-Party Activities
By Jude Egbas “Since all lizards move around belly down, it is always difficult to know which one has belly-ache”—African Proverb. Last month, I gave in to subtle pressure from my boo and acquired a...
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