By Donu Kogbara I HAVE on this page expressed, more than once, the view that this government is crushing the average Nigerian’s spirit in two ways:Firstly, government has a penchant for managing its practical responsibilities ineptly; and, thanks to rampant insecurity and chronic socio-economic stress, we live with constant, spirit-crushing fear of being killed or kidnapped […]

By Donu Kogbara THE Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has deeply angered many natives of the oil-producing region. I’ve decided to share the opinions of a Niger Deltan leader who happens to be a member of my ethnic group. Legborsi Saro Pyagbara is Executive Director of the Indigenous Centre for Energy and Sustainable Development, ICE-SD, and a […]

By Donu Kogbara There are different types of friends. Some are boisterous social animals with whom you just gist and eat and drink and laugh.  Others are intensely cerebral or religious and don’t have time for frivolity in any shape or form, so you only call them when you are in a quiet and reflective […]

By Donu Kogbara LAST month on this page, I bitterly complained about the way in which disdainful and ill-mannered Buhari Government officials sadistically take delight in crushing the nation’s collective spirit…, as in a) insulting our intelligence by gaslighting us (refusing to acknowledge their broken promises and multiple failures), and b) exacerbating the misery that […]

By Duno Kogbara Last week, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry and his half-black wife, Meghan Markle, had a daughter and named it Lilibet. Lilibet is the Queen’s pet name, hitherto only used in very intimate family settings by Her Majesty’s late parents and late husband. This development came as a complete surprise to most onlookers […]