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 […]
Relationships ruined by politics, By Donu Kogbara
Last week, I wrote about “The Five Stages of Grief”, a theory about the emotional journeys humans go through when they are grieving. The theory was invented by Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist, and usually refers to people who are facing death or have lost loved ones. But it can also be applied […]
The five stages of grief
By Donu Kogbara Dr Elisabeth Kubler- Ross (1926-2004) was an eminent Swiss American psychiatrist who first introduced a theory titled: “The 5 Stages of Grief” in a 1969 book titled On Death And Dying. The five distinct stages she highlighted were: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Kubler-Ross originally based this theory on her observations […]
Three birthdays
By Donu Kogbara THREE men who are extremely dear to me and belong to three different generations celebrated their birthdays yesterday, May 25. One is my darling son, Oliver Poage Suage Midgley, who turned 28. His name reflects his mixed English and Ogoni heritage. He doesn’t like me writing or talking about him because his […]
It is never too late!
By Donu Kogbara ON May 5, Professor Mark Nwagwu visited the University of Ibadan, UI, to beef up his already formidable academic credentials. He registered for a PhD in anthropology. Astonishingly, May 5 was his 86th birthday. Yes, EIGHTY SIXTH! UI is Nwagwu’s alma mater. He studied there as a youngster. He was a professor […]
Congratulations!
By Donu Kogbara Last week, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey became the Project Coordinator of HYPREP, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, which is supervised by the Federal Ministry of Environment. HYPREP was established to achieve the following objectives in my part of Rivers State – Ogoniland – and other impacted communities: •determine the scope, means and modalities […]
