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The case for renaming my state capital, by Donu Kogbara

The case for renaming my state capital, by Donu Kogbara

This thought-provoking and slightly edited article, which first appeared in a publication called NewAfrican, was written by my friend and former BBC boss Onyekachi Wambu, a distinguished London-based author and filmmaker.  Why do we continue to cling to the colonial names bestowed on our towns and cities? We do this even when the officials after […]
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Albert T. Badey (1936-1994): The legacy of a statesman, by Donu Kogbara 

Albert T. Badey (1936-1994): The legacy of a statesman, by Donu Kogbara 

Today, I will fly to Port Harcourt to attend the posthumous birthday celebration of Albert T. Badey, who would have turned 90 tomorrow if the evil assassins who cut him down in his prime had allowed him to live to a ripe old age. Albert Badey was a revered citizen of our village, Body City, […]

Quotes from opposition folks, by Donu Kogbara

Quotes from opposition folks, by Donu Kogbara

I host an X (Twitter) space show every Monday night. It is called Opposition Unleashed and starts at 8pm. Let me share some of the interesting comments made by some of my recent guest speakers. Zainab Buba Galadima who recently did something very unusual by dumping apc to join the adc 1. “I believed the coalition […]

Psychological warfare! By Donu Kogbara

Psychological warfare! By Donu Kogbara

I’ve concluded that President Tinubu’s relentless and often clandestine assaults on his opponents boil down to psychological warfare.  He WANTS us to lose faith in the system and throw our hands up in despair and lose the will to actively seek alternative leadership. If you make people suffer, they become physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted and it […]

The king of Nigeria! By Donu Kogbara

The king of Nigeria! By Donu Kogbara

Nigeria should not only be seen to be free, it must be free indeed! We are still the same Nigerians who sent the military packing despite their maradonic tendencies!

Bursting the BATified bubble! By Donu Kogbara

Bursting the BATified bubble! By Donu Kogbara

Ardent fans of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, BAT, are something else! They can’t abide anyone who doesn’t share their blind allegiance to their hero. They choose to wallow in intellectual dishonesty and to disbelieve deservedly negative stories about his performance and his past. They blame him for nothing that is going wrong in Nigeria. I […]