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 […]
When change is necessary or desirable
By Donu Kogbara ALL human beings are deeply flawed, and we all need to change aspects of ourselves. And one of my new year’s resolutions is to take religion more seriously going forward. I am a Catholic and totally in tune with the moral values that Catholicism teaches. But I am not very devout. I […]
Life beyond the thunderdome
By Donu Kogbara ON the eve of a new year, I’m sharing some interesting thoughts about hopes and dreams from my friend, Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo: Out of the ruins Out of the Wreckage Can’t make the same mistakes this time We are the children The last generation We are the ones they left behind And […]
Naija torture!
By Donu Kogbara MY late father, Ignatius Kogbara, was a cosmopolitan gentleman, an enormously exposed citizen of the world who went to university abroad at a young age, travelled widely for seven decades, and was almost as familiar with many foreign countries as he was with Nigeria. One of the observations my Dad often made […]
Daddy Tinubu
By Donu Kogbara CHATHAM House, an independent policy institute in the heart of London, describes itself as “a trusted forum for debate and dialogue (that has) provided thought leadership on key issues that defined the 20th century.” Its numerous achievements include crafting the multilateral institutions and mechanisms of global financial stability after the Second World […]
The upside of poverty
By Donu Kogbara I have an impecunious young friend. He’s married with two children and doesn’t earn much because he works in a supermarket. His wife also has a low-income job and I help them from time to time because they really struggle to pay rent, school fees and other bills. A couple of days […]
