Sweet and Sour

Nigeria, my heartbreaking age mate, by Donu Kogbara

Nigeria, my heartbreaking age mate, by Donu Kogbara

Nigeria cast aside the shackles of colonialism and became an independent nation exactly 66 years ago. I am also 66; and as I have pointed out to anyone who will listen to me on every single October lst in recent decades, neither I nor the land of my ancestors are getting any younger or stronger. […]
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Should opposition parties boycott the election? By Donu Kogbara

Should opposition parties boycott the election? By Donu Kogbara

Last week, the  Supreme Court voided the ADC status quo antebellum order.  This meant that the David Mark-led leadership would be restored while the matter at the Federal High Court continued.  I was mightily relieved to see our apex court doing the right thing at a time when most of us had totally lost faith in […]

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!