Another take on two key issues, by Donu Kogbara
I have an uncle called Jonas Odocha. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, a retired former senior executive at NNPC and an author of a book about agriculture. He possesses a lot of integrity and has strong views about most issues of national importance. I occasionally share his write-ups with Vanguard readers on […]
Na wa for PDP! By Donu Kogbara
I, meanwhile, cannot understand why so many big men in PDP are so lily-livered and so reluctant to disobey or expel Wike, who also is a de facto member of the APC
Copy as well as praise! By Donu Kogbara
When Herbert Wigwe, the former CEO of Access Bank, died in February in a plane crash, several VIPs lavished tributes on him as they indulged in public outpourings of grief. Herbert was indeed a colossus who deserved to be eulogised. His outstanding professional achievement aside, he launched so many laudable philanthropic initiatives and helped so many people. […]
Allen Onyema the Magnificent! By Donu Kogbara
His stubborn refusal to cave in to sabotage has enabled him to give Nigerians fair prices and humble foreign airlines that were shamelessly overcharging us for decades.
Grudging Praise, by Donu Kogbara
By this time last year, Tinubu had been declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election and I was outraged. Peter Obi had been my first choice. Atiku Abubakar had been my second choice and I was convinced that either Obi or Atiku was the real victor because I hardly knew anyone who had voted for […]
It is not rocket science!!! By Donu Kogbara
I’d like to draw your attention to two comments that caught my attention this week: a sardonic observation that was made by Robert Mugabe, the famously witty late President of Zimbabwe, and an excerpt from a 2023 speech by Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the famously insightful Nigerian President of the African Development Bank. According to Mugabe: “To applaud […]
