Last week, I published a thought-provoking article that I picked up from the internet. It was written by an unknown author and titled Delusions Of Wealth: Nigeria Is Not Rich”.

SOMEONE forwarded an article to me last week. I have no idea who wrote it because no author’s name was attached. But I’m told that it has been endorsed by one of the most senior economists in Nigeria.

By Donu Kogbara MY Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has – in his inimitable no-nonsense style – criticised the National Assembly for confirming hated former service chiefs as worthy of ambassadorial postings. I recently, on this page, accused them of allowing Nigeria to be overwhelmed by security challenges and said that they (ex-Chief of […]

I’VE just returned from a two-month sojourn in the UK; and it was a pretty grim experience. Two days after I arrived, hoping to enjoy a relaxed and jolly Christmas break with a whole bunch of beloved friends and relatives I hadn’t seen for ages, the British government decided to force the country into lockdown mode, in a desperate bid to control the alarming spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus.

By Donu Kogbara I RECENTLY mentioned the widespread fury that is being generated by rogue Fulani herdsmen who rape, pillage, kidnap and kill; and I said that because some Fulanis have been extremely kind to me over the years, I cannot join those who have decided to hate all Fulanis…even though I am the product of […]

By Donu Kogbara LAST week on this page, I published an article written by Dr. Uche Igwe, a Senior Analyst and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. Dr. Igwe didn’t mince words and meticulously listed the many ways in which the Buhari Administration has spectacularly failed to protect […]

Let’s not deceive ourselves!  By DONU KOGBARA HAPPY 2021 my dear Vanguard readers. You are hearing this New Year greeting from me for the first time in the middle of January because this column has only appeared sporadically in recent weeks. I hope you will forgive me for this lamentable lack of consistency because there […]

By Duno Kogbara I HAVE been shuttling between the UK and Nigeria for two decades and doing at least three multi-week stints in London per annum since 1999. 2020 was different. I stayed in Nigeria all year to keep an eye on my mother…who is 85, physically frail and mentally incapable (she has dementia) of issuing […]

Dr Elizabeth Pinneh is a Bayelsan post-doctoral research scientist and academic, based in the UK. She lectures at St George’s University in London and works with the Brilliant Club, teaching and mentoring pupils from under-represented backgrounds in schools.

SOME of the rice farmers who were murdered by terrorists were decapitated. I first saw images of their severed heads lying beside their bloodied corpses on Monday; and I was absolutely devastated. I shed tears at intervals all day.

THIS article first appeared in a European magazine called THE AFRICA REPORT last month, just before the ENDSARS protests.

By Donu Kogbara ON Wednesday morning, Cable News Network (CNN), the globally respected American TV channel, screened a bombshell report, based on a meticulous investigation conducted by its journalists. The horrifying mini-documentary, which has gone viral online, credibly contradicted the Federal Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) insistence that no #ENDSARS protester was murdered by trigger-happy soldiers […]

By Donu Kogbara I have always known that Donald Trump is, underneath all that wealth, razzmatazz and glamour, a crass, boorish bushman. Just as some African villagers exude nobility despite being illiterates, some whites exude crudity despite being educated beneficiaries of every advantage the Western World can offer. I have never regarded ownership of big […]

As I write this column on the afternoon of Thursday November 5, the outcome of the American presidential election is unknown.

By Donu Kogbara   The following article was written last week by Aduke Gomez, an old friend of mine and a Lagosian. I’m sharing it with you because it is beautifully written and struck a chord in me: …For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your […]