Arrogance Personified, by Donu Kogbara
Mary Habila, a young nurse on secondment from a federal teaching hospital named after him, was found unconscious on June 27th in a building owned by the Minister of Works, David Umahi. According to eyewitness accounts, she was naked, blood was oozing from her nose and mouth and she died en route to the hospital. The […]
Where do we go from here?
By Donu Kogbara The following article was written last week by Aduke Gomez, an old friend of mine and a Lagosian. I’m sharing it with you because it is beautifully written and struck a chord in me: …For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your […]
RANDOM REFLECTIONS ON A TRAGEDY
SOMEONE shared the following poem on a WhatsApp group I belong to. The only name attached to it was “EndSars Protester”.
Seizing the baton
Bravo to the enraged youngsters who are protesting against police brutality and extortion in Lagos and other cities.
Manage it like that!!!
I’ve just chanced upon a book titled MANAGE IT LIKE THAT by Editi Effiong. It was written in 2018, but is still very relevant. It explains why there haven’t been any giant developmental strides during the years that have elapsed between Nigeria@50 and Nigeria@60:
Nigeria@sixty
DEAR Vanguard readers, please go through the following excerpt from an article I wrote for the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, magazine 10 years ago when Nigeria turned 50 on October l, 2010…and then get in touch via text or email to tell me whether you think that there have been any significant changes since then.
