Why Amaechi urgently needs a governor, by Donu Kogbara
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the former Rivers State Governor and former Minister of Transportation, recently made his second bid for a presidential candidacy (the first was in 2022), but was defeated at the primaries stage by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President who basically owns the ADC opposition party to which Amaechi belongs. Amaechi’s political fortunes […]
Can Nigeria become a superpower overnight?
By Donu Kogbara SOMEONE recently made a very interesting assertion on Twitter, being that “Nigeria is only one truly great leader away from being a superpower”. Many netizens disagreed because they believe that it will take much more than one truly great leader to not only drag an ailing country out of the doldrums but […]
Angela
By Donu Kogbara I GREW up in London and moved to Abuja 22 years ago in my late 30s, with my husband and son. Shortly afterwards, I met a beautiful young lawyer who had also just decided to leave the UK and find out what she could do for Nigeria and what Nigeria could do […]
Superior leaders
THE average Nigerian is not fussy or demanding. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule…and citizens who are allergic to toxic rubbish and would love every tier of government to be run by honest, unmaterialistic, smart, hard-working, humane, enlightened, world-class politicians, technocrats, jurists, etc.
Igbophobia (2)
By Donu Kogbara ON this page last week, I contradicted people who have a low opinion of Igbos and feel that they do not deserve presidential power. The response to my article surprised me. It went viral and was shared on several online platforms in Nigeria and internationally. It was as if I had accidentally […]
Igbophobia: What have Igbos done to other Nigerians? [Opinion]
I am asking this question because whenever I get involved in phone or face-to-face discussions with non-Igbos about the possibility of an Igbo Presidency in 2023, negative remarks are the norm.
