Another take on two key issues, by Donu Kogbara
I have an uncle called Jonas Odocha. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, a retired former senior executive at NNPC and an author of a book about agriculture. He possesses a lot of integrity and has strong views about most issues of national importance. I occasionally share his write-ups with Vanguard readers on […]
Enough is enough
By Donu Kogbara SENATOR Godswill Akpabio, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been controversial and embattled – to put it mildly! – since he became Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in 2019. First, he got presidential approval to initiate a “forensic audit” of the notoriously tangled finances and opaque operations of the Niger Delta […]
It doesn’t take much
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 […]
The PIB: An Ogoni perspective
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 […]
Musings of an alert adult
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 […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS
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 […]
