Nigeria, my heartbreaking age mate, by Donu Kogbara
Nigeria cast aside the shackles of colonialism and became an independent nation exactly 66 years ago. I am also 66; and as I have pointed out to anyone who will listen to me on every single October lst in recent decades, neither I nor the land of my ancestors are getting any younger or stronger. […]
Tribute to a dear Auntie
My dear Auntie, Madame Elizabeth Laaka Orage, quietly passed away on February 23 and was buried on Friday May 13 in Bomu in Gokana Local Government, Ogoni, Rivers State.
Buhari in London: Responses from readers
Last week, I wrote about meeting President Muhammadu Buhari in London and hearing him make a speech (and answer questions from the audience) when he came to London to attend anti-corruption conferences that were hosted by Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Buhari in London
AS I write, President Muhammadu Buhari is in London attending the first Anti-Corruption Summit that has ever been hosted in the United Kingdom.
Should we be less critical and more optimistic?
Last week on this page, I responded to the many Vanguard readers who have reprimanded me for voting for Buhari; and I admitted that he has yet to deliver the Change he promised Nigerians during the run-up to the 2015 election campaign and that I myself am disillusioned by the fact that the country is in very bad shape (thanks to electricity meltdowns, fuel shortages, widespread poverty, etc).
Jonathan’s cheerleaders
LAST week, having heard multiple complaints about the state of the country from several Nigerians, I expressed concerns about chronic fuel shortages, prolonged electricity cuts, widespread poverty and Mr President’s incessant globetrotting.
