Naija negativity, by Donu Kogbara
Fatalism is the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. Fatalists assume that mere mortals are powerless to influence the future and that all events are decided by fate and outside human control. This type of thinking is common amongst religious people – and most Nigerians are religious or at least superstitious; and I […]
Jonathan: Unfair criticism
There is one criticism of Jonathan that I must firmly reject; he is always being accused of being heavily biased in favour of folks from his ethnic group and our region; and I regard this accusation as grossly unfair
Surprising and wrong!
EVERYONE knows (not least because he constantly and rather vulgarly boasted about his tremendous wealth throughout his election campaign!) that Donald Trump was a billionaire and property mogul before he became President of the United States.
Africans selling Africans
I’VE just read, in the Political Economist, an online publication, a shocking article about Africans being openly bought and sold in Libyan “slave markets”.
Police suicides
According to an old article I recently chanced upon in The Will, an online publication, our Police Force has “declared its worry over the rising cases of suicide among its officers across the country.”
A rare success
By Donu Kogbara ROTIMI Amaechi, the Minister of Transport, should be heartily congratulated for establishing an efficient railway service between the Federal capital and Kaduna. When it was announced that Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport would be shut down for six weeks, starting March 8, while its ragged runways were being totally reconstructed, I was one […]
