Ayo Sogunro

Writer | Teacher | Lawyer

Menu

Skip to content
  • ABOUT ME
  • CONTACT ME & COPY “RIGHTLY”

Menu

Skip to content
  • HOME
  • BLOG
  • THE PONTIFICAL PAPERS
  • THREADS!
  • IDLEMINDSET
  • FICTION
    • Poetry
    • Dramatic
    • Prose Fiction
  • MY BOOKS
  • VIDEOS
  • ABOUT ME
  • GUEST WRITERS

Daily Archives: June 11, 2014

Essays / Satiric / The Pontifical Papers

WHY I AM CORRUPT | In Defense of Nigerians by Ayo Sogunro

Posted on June 11, 2014 by ayosogunro • 39 Comments

Nigerians are corrupt, they say. I am a Nigerian and I know why I am corrupt. I am corrupt because I am hungry. Because I need the food, the whole food and nothing but the food. Because I have to “hustle” if I want to see the food. Because without food I am useless, to … Continue reading →

Post navigation

This Blog is Mildly Popular

  • 295,173 visits to this blog so far! We are all doing something right! But don't just count the figures; make the figures count.
Follow Ayo Sogunro on WordPress.com
Follow @ayosogunro

Why not enter your email below and save yourself the stress of checking back for new posts or looking for a link on Google? I'll send you a notification as soon as I have something new here. Cool, right?

Join 67,647 other followers

Reposted from @newswirengr #NewsWireNGRQuotes
Reposted from @theminorityreportng Activism is not about “calming” the victim. Activism is not mediating between victims and oppressors in a way that leaves the oppressor intact.
Once a year, I get to hang out with ny sisters. ❤❤❤
Reposted from @nigeriansatpenn As #EndSARS protests resume in Lagos, our panel discussion tomorrow is all the more timely.

The Daily Top 5

  • How would Africa be today if colonialism never happened?
  • ABOUT ME
  • A Short History of the Cruel and Terrible Second Regime of Muhammadu Buhari | by Ayo Sogunro

My Book: Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

THE PARADOXICAL LIFESTYLE OF THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN IS THE SUM OF THIS BOOK... My relentless pursuit of an understanding of the survival abilities of the average Nigerian in a system that is definitely dysfunctional. Some of us complain, some of us protest, some of us go spiritual and still many others go material, and also a few of us turn to the arts for solace—we write, not to cure other people of madness, but to avoid going mad ourselves…

My Book: “Sorry Tales”

The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales

"Sogunro the social activist, Sogunro the poet and Sogunro the essayist meet to produce a book that is funny, insightful and thought-provoking." -- Ikhide Ikheloa

My Book: Death in the Dawn

Death in the Dawn by Ayo Sogunro

Death in the Dawn, a short play adapted from Wole Soyinka's poem of the same name, is a tragicomic exploration of Nigerian social values through the passionate interaction of some unlikely debaters.

We’ve Come A Long Way

June 2014
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  
« May   Jul »

Your Menu

Like This Blog? Encourage Me!

Like This Blog? Encourage Me!

We’re Even More Clever on Twitter

  • RT @Abusgar: "Everything in Nigeria will kill you" - @ayosogunro 6 minutes ago
  • RT @HenryTriiz: #FreeSenegal 2 hours ago
  • RT @LegalNaija: @ayosogunro 2 hours ago
  • RT @adedunmade: Twitter fam, pls I am trying to get my Ebook, Legal Rights & Obligations Under Nigerian Law" into as many hands as possible… 2 hours ago
  • RT @MarcheMokolo: With African love from Nigeria #EndSARS #anglophonecrisis #UgandaIsBleeding #cotedivoire #ivorycoast #centralafricanrepub… 3 hours ago
  • After the loot is recovered from Magu and his people, it will be relooted by another set of people. Nigeria is a ni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
  • RT @AfricLaw: The latest post on @AfricLaw is by @RuiGarrido5. In his article, Rui Garrido looks at the recent decriminalisation of consens… 3 hours ago
  • Nigerian leaders are persistent in being able to see how functional countries conduct governance and then carefully… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
  • RT @ChifeDr: To those of you irritated by our constant intervention in Nigerian public affairs, pls know this: We’re your last line of def… 3 hours ago
  • The desire to be president of Nigeria is often strongest in people who should have no business making life and deat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
Follow @ayosogunro

We, The Readers

Critics’ Corner

King jaysee on BUHARI AND THE NIGERIAN DESPER…
Philip Uwumarogie on African Arguments – WHY…
African Arguments… on THE HIERARCHY OF NIGERIAN POLI…
Tosin Otitoju on Why Nigeria continues to be di…
Onigbinde Oluwamuyiw… on Why we must not be fearful of…
Creative Commons License
Ayo Sogunro's blog by Ayo Sogunro is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy