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 […]
Igbophobia revisited, By Donu Kogbara
In a newspaper interview last Sunday, Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna State, said that if Peter Obi is given the ADC’s presidential ticket…
Rivers State update, by Donu Kogbara
Thanks to various recent dramatic developments on the national stage – ex-President Buhari’s death, high-profile politicians defecting from Labour/APC/PDP, febrile coalition talk, etc – my poor, oppressed home state, Rivers, has almost been forgotten. We continue to be controlled by retired Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, an unelected, non-indigenous onetime Chief Of Naval Staff turned military administrator […]
Bolaji Badejo (1953-1992) The Forgotten Movie Icon
This tribute was written by Funmi Farotimi, a family friend Bolaji Badejo is the first Nigerian Superstar,” I said to a friend “Badewho?” was the confused response I got. Long before the term “Nollywood” was coined to refer to the Nigerian Film Industry Bolaji Badejo acted the role of Xernomorph, the acid dripping villainous Alien in […]
Why is Rivers State being disrespected? By Donu Kogbara
So many affronts have been inflicted on my home state, Rivers, this year, the three worst outrages being the suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, the imposition of a completely unnecessary state of emergency on March 18 and the indefensible appointment this week of a non-indigene (Dr Ekpai Odey) to the chairmanship of RSIEC, our allegedly independent electoral […]
Prof Mark Nwagwu’s wife, by Donu Kogbara
Mark Nwagwu is a multi-talented 88-year-old professor of cell and molecular biology. He has 12 books to his credit, including four poetry collections that were dedicated to his dear late wife, Professor Helen Onyemazuwa Nwagwu. Prof, a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and Association of Nigerian Authors, is currently (and amazingly, given […]
