An open letter to Kingsley Ogundu Chinda
All human beings are flawed be cause we are all mere mortals. And even those who are essentially decent sometimes do the wrong thing. Kingsley Chinda is a kinsman of Nyesom Wike, the overbearing FCT Minister and ex-Governor of Rivers State. They both hail from the same Ikwerre ethnic group and local government area; and […]
Flooding fiasco
By Donu Kogbara AS millions of Nigerians suffer through the worst by-product of climate change they have endured since 2012 – savage floods that have submerged hundreds of villages, towns and farms nationwide – the Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Sadiya Farouk, has sparked controversy by claiming that Jigawa is the worst-hit state and that at least […]
Resolving NDDC’s performance dilemma
By Donu Kogbara ONCE in a while, I publish other peoples’ articles on this page, if I feel that they are especially informative or interesting. And I’m proud to present to you today a piece on NDDC that was written by Boniface Dumpe, a fellow Ogoni from my village (Bodo City, Rivers State) and a […]
Election fatigue!
By Donu Kogbara I WISH Nigerians were voting this weekend because I am suffering from acute election fatigue and want the whole drama to end NOW. The authorities who created such a long gap (circa 8 months) between the 2022 party primaries and 2023 polling days had good reasons for dragging things out for the […]
Undesirable bedfellows!
By Donu Kogbara POLITICIANS can’t afford to be snobbish or uncompromising because they need every single supporter they can get; so I’m sure Peter Obi will not thank me for saying what I’m about to say. Since I’m not looking for anyone’s vote, I can afford to be snootily frank and point out that some of […]
The Pied Piper
By Donu Kogbara The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the title character of a German legend. When I was a schoolchild in the UK, my classmates and I had to learn a wonderful dramatic rhyming poem about the Pied Piper off by heart; and I still remember most of the words 50 years later! “The […]
