Tomorrow, Ambassador Judith Sefi Atta will receive an award in Abuja from the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria, ARCAN. It is an honour she richly deserves.   I first met her when, in a blaze of Catholic enthusiasm, I got married in Rome in 1993. I was based in London in those days and […]

I recently came across this catchily-titled article from The Conversation Africa, an excellent independent source of news and views from the academic/research community. The Conversation project started in Australia and now has branches in many other countries. It aims to promote understanding of – and encourage quality public discourse about – complex current affairs issues. […]

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, the distinguished lawyer and former Nigerian Bar Association President who became Governor of Ondo State, died on Wednesday. Of prostrate cancer in Germany. I have discussed Akeredolu with people who knew him. I’ve also checked out some of the online fora in which his passing is being discussed by people who didn’t […]

So, Christmas is here again; but millions of Nigerians have nothing to celebrate, thanks to alarming inflation, insane exchange rates, constant power cuts, widespread insecurity and various other woes. Then there is the fact that my home state, Rivers, is embroiled in yet another huge, toxic and immensely depressing political drama. Nyesom Wike, our former governor, has […]

Dr Rosalie Ann Modder-Oyefeso moved to Nigeria with her Sri Lankan parents 5 decades ago when her father, later a professor of zoology, took up a teaching post at the University of Ibadan. Rosalie studied and practised medicine for a while, but is a free-spirited Bohemian artist at heart; and having retired from the hospital scene, now […]