Anthony Obi OgboCartoonsNewsNigeriaWest African Pilot News Editorial Cartoon
PilotnewsAugust 5, 2021
Anthony Obi OgboNewsRegionsSpecial ReportUnited StatesSurvival in Obscurity —Tribulations of African Americans in the Pandemic
PilotnewsJuly 27, 2021
Finally, it took the pandemic to float ashore the system-induced tribulations of a population subjugated by a bigoted justice system By Anthony Obi Ogbo, Ph.D. A professor in a historically black college in Houston looked at the screen during one of his remote classes and noticed something quite unusual. Besides low classroom participation, a student could be seen in a Walmart breakroom, and another was in a car with a baby sleeping comfortably behind them...
Anthony Obi OgboNigeriaPoliticsPDP Governors Raises Concern over Buhari’s Excessive Borrowing, Says Nigeria Will Fall into Bankruptcy
Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 14, 2021
ABUJA —The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Monday expressed concern over the current debt profile of Nigeria, which currently put at N37 Trillion incurred by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. That opposition was worried that the Federal Government was gradually plunging the country into bankruptcy with its excessive borrowings on frivolous items, saying that over 80 percent of the normal Appropriation was being spent on debt servicing. The Forum in a...
Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionBiafra’s “May 30 solemnness” is now a shameful blood-spattered rite of remembrance.
PilotnewsJune 2, 2021
Desperate activists bastardize Biafra’s “May 30, sacredness” into an outrageous blood-spattered rite of remembrance. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor, killing thousands of U.S. servicemen. America, divided by ideological differences concerning warfare, united behind a declaration of war with Japan. That is the power of communal closeness after a tragedy. Thus, the psychology of unity after tragedy remains a natural phenomenon that instills a feeling of closeness following a tragedy. It breaks down walls...
Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaNigerian Politics 101: Malami was not comparing – he was wisely threatening and instigating a reprisal
PilotnewsMay 22, 2021
“Until this country undergoes a total overhaul of its governance system, nothing moves – not in north, south, east, or west,” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo For three days now or so, Nigeria’s political terrain has been stormy, but there was no natural weather condition. No, there was no rain. Last Tuesday, state governors from the southern part of the country, met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring...
Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionWatson’s assault case might unravel a test of courtroom litigation competence
PilotnewsApril 21, 2021
After a dramatic mayoral election meltdown, Attorney Tony Buzbee is facing another challenge ―this time in a district court. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Rusty Hardin, an attorney, is not well-known to me, as my usual interest is in politicians and leaders or perhaps, politics and leadership. However, I do recall a few of his litigation endeavors. For instance, when the former Houston Oilers quarterback, Warren Moon, was acquitted by a Fort Bend County jury...
Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesGovernor Abbott’s COVID comedy—the height of executive recklessness
PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021
“He may just be compromising the lives of thousands of Texans to structure his next tenure.” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Texas Governor Greg Abbott has always used his physical paralysis as a talking point to advocate his zeal for overcoming individual challenges. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1984 after an accident involving an oak tree falling on him, Abbott has used a wheelchair ever since. In fact, through this experience, this Governor explained...
Aside from the Saw-Scaled Vipers, COVID-19, and Donald Trump, the only other evil that I hate with a passion is this brute called Rush Limbaugh. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo I have not had this in a long time, but this day, I honestly felt that Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Merlot would perfectly suit the occasion. So immediately after the death of the conservative talk show radio scoundrel, Rush Limbaugh, was announced, I went into a...
Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesReign of Totalitarian Madness―America under Dictatorship
PilotnewsJanuary 12, 2021
The only difference between Donald Trump and Idi Amin Dada —a cannibal who ruled Ugandan from 1971-79, is that Trump never cooked and ate his victims. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo How Trump Dragged America into a ‘Union of Coup Nations’ By the time I left Nigeria in the late 80s, Coup d’état did not mean anything to me. I had witnessed a lot of coups and crises and could smell them before they occurred....