Ogaga Ifowodo

Posted: September 23, 2010 - 02:01
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Ogaga Ifowodo

Ogaga Ifowodo, Ph.D teaches poetry and literature at Texas State University-San Marcos in the United States.

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The Politics Of Bombs And Bullets Or Political Darwinism
The need to keep up appearances has so far prevented President Goodluck Jonathan from giving up the pretence of governance. But he owes it to the God he built a church for in his hometown —...
Coming Soon: Trillion Naira Thefts! By Ogaga Ifowodo
Never to be found wanting for scandal, Nigeria supplied the world yet another topic for headlines in the month of March entering April. The staggering sum of N12.8 billion had been stolen from the...
Going To Meet The Man Keorapetse Kgositsile In Pretoria And Austin! By Ogaga Ifowodo
On 23 March 2012, the venerable South Africa poet, Keorapetse Kgositsile gave a reading at the University of Texas, Austin. He was the guest of the English department of the university which was one...
Jonathan Walks The Tightrope To Tyranny By Ogaga Ifowodo
WHAT happens when a president and the people who elected him have a fundamental disagreement over a major policy? Does the president bow to the people, or do the people bow to the president? This is...
Labour’s Betrayal And Jonathan’s Transformation From Would-Be Democrat To Autocrat
We saw it coming—the Great Compromise by organized labor! Only that they denied it to the last minute, thereby stirring a false hope in the hearts of the millions who were and remain ready to...
NLC And TUC Must Not Put The Nigerian People On The Defensive! By Ogaga Ifowodo
It seems to me that representatives of NLC and TUC have been negotiating with Jonathan without a full understanding of how strong their hand is! Consequently, they are putting the Nigerian people on...
No To COMPROMISE! It Is NOW Or NEVER For Nigeria! By Ogaga Ifowodo
The news coming out of Abuja is that the leadership of NLC and TUC is set for yet another compromise with government when the people are still in the streets protesting Jonathan’s withdrawal of...
Sex And The Church’s Missionary Position ByOgaga Ifowodo
A Note to the Reader: I began this series of articles before the storm now raging over the insensate decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to withdraw a phantom subsidy on oil products. I submitted...
Jonathan’s Post-“Subsidy” Paradise By Ogaga Ifowodo
By now the whole world has heard of the paradise that President Goodluck Jonathan swears awaits every Nigerian the moment oil “subsidy” is withdrawn. The charm and splendour of this...
Nigeria and Singapore: A Tale of Two Governments and Massive Salaries By Ogaga Ifowodo
The news that the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsieng Loong, had not only set up a committee to cut his salary, those of his fellow ministers and that of the President, but—wonders will...
King Goodluck “Rehoboam” Jonathan’s Oil Subsidy War: Time for the People's Own Do-or-Die Battle to Save Nigeria!
As my first reaction to Goodluck Jonathan’s withdrawal of the oil subsidies he and his predecessors have been giving to their contractor friends, and so to themselves as well, for the past two-...
Homosexuality, Biology And The Bible By Ogaga Ifowodo
In my essay on the disturbing attitude to homosexuality in Nigeria entitled “Homosexuality and Nigeria’s Enochs and Josephs” (The Guardian, 19 December 2011), I highlighted the...