My Name Follows Me is a story of the untold effects of names given to men on their initiation into fraternities. The story tells of Evo, a young man who unwittingly joins a university campus grown fraternity and finds himself in continual hopeless circumstances because of his new identity.
Pirate-Captain Entities and Democracy There is a keen fascination among young men, most at leading schools and universities around the world, with the “captain-pirate” mode. Its germ is of rebellion or disobedience against the injustices and excesses of the status quo in society. It is not surprising. The literal meaning of a pirate and the…
Alagba Aligbi: Yankiomelogbish! How now? You self na hard man O! Person no dey see your headlight again. Are you okay? Yankius: Gba Gbi,nothing do me. Anytime I see you na something you find come. Can I help you? Alagba Aligbi: I been dey go my father-in-law 60tth birthday, I just branch to see you….
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria 12 “We are bigger than U.S. Steel” several members of UCGFs (University Campus Grown Fraternities) in Nigeria will tell you, with aplomb, about their “brotherhood”. Do not take such folly serious. It is evidence the ‘mask of sanity’ fraternities have fallen off the cliff that once held them so high….
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria 11 – Slavery? To be in a UCGF (University Campus Grown Fraternity) member in 2017 under the terms and conditions they operate in recent times is unusual. Of their free will, you become a slave unless you are a “Slave Master” or his favoured client. The fight to be a…
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: 9 – Silencing The existence, approaches, and attitudes of the UCGF in every day matters as well as unusual ones are bifurcated in many senses. Probably the worst form of bifurcation most visible is the conduct of the leadership of UCGFs in their attitudes towards freedom of speech. Especially criticisms…
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 5 B – Hoppers In FAVIN (Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria) Part 5 (see: http://wp.me/p1bOKH-pT) the issue articulated was the interactions between Cheaters, Grudgers and Suckers in perpetual selfish game. That is, within the membership constitution of UCGFs (University Campus Grown Fraternities). See Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. From keener observation, there is another prevalent…
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria 8 – Bailiffs Fraternities in Nigeria are now specialists in accumulating “financial bounties” with their leaders appropriating them; it is tantamount to corporate malfeasance. It may be unfortunate if not tragic that the founders of University Campus Grown Fraternities (UCGFs) established them them noble intentions. Alas, the rouges within the…
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 7 – The Legality Surprisingly, University Campus Grown Fraternities (UCGFs) are respectable in the eyes of many. Why? because of their status of being registered as “legal entities” with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Well, under the unusual classification of legal “non-profit” organisations in Nigeria, even if dubious. It…
