When my dear friend, Professor Philip Efiong, told me on May 21  that his mother Josephine had just passed away aged 88, I was consumed with sadness and regrets…not just because we had lost a wonderful mother and sweet auntie, but because we had lost yet another Biafran leader. And soon, there will be none left. Mrs […]

No day goes by when I do not feel rudderless and bereft without him. No day goes by when I do not wish that I could be a far better human than I am, in order to live up to the very high moral and intellectual standards he set Wednesday July 3  was my late father’s […]

When I was told that my dear friend and beautiful, brilliant senior sister, Dr Doris Amachree Fisher, had passed away, I was stunned. I simply couldn’t believe it because though she had been battling to overcome a serious, life-threatening health challenge for a while, I had been absolutely sure that she would win the battle conclusively […]

I often remember a song I was taught as a child.  The most memorable line was: “When I point my finger at my neighbour, there are three more fingers pointing back at me”. I recently chanced upon a video interview featuring Dele Farotimi, the radical lawyer/activist. He was talking about colonialism and Nigeria’s relationships with foreign […]

Last week, I told you about my visits to the impressive Genocide and Holocaust memorials in Kigali (Rwanda) and Jerusalem, Israel. Then I asked why our government has not established any museum or exhibition to commemorate victims of the Biafran civil war. I’d like to share a couple of contrasting reactions I received from Vanguard readers, the […]