Tag: Dr. Godknows Igali
A Call for Respect: PANDEF Warns Tinubu to Address Wike’s Inflammatory Remarks
“Mr. President,” Ambassador Igali urged, “we implore you to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to extend due respect to these eminent Nigerians and traditional rulers who were esteemed guests of the Commander-in-Chief. The Minister does not own the Niger Delta, and his conduct should not be condoned.”
HISTORY AND THE HISTORIAN: PROFESSOR E.J. ALAGOA AT 90
By Godknows Igali In a great show of what is referred to in Latin as ‘Opus Laudatio’, – preeminent praisework, the Nigerian nation gathered in Yenagoa on Saturday August 26, 2023, to celebrate one of the country’s living legends, Professor Emeritus Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa. Earlier, on April 14, 2023, this historian of lauded value and…
A Word On My Friend, Leader, And Patriot, Professor Nimi Briggs (1944 – 2023)
By: Godknows Igali On the day of its father’s funeral, the famous bird, the Woodpecker, had a boil on the foreskin of its beak and therefore could not carve its choicest drum to celebrate. Indeed, there are certain moments when the ink of the wordsmith dries up, and the stylus is unable to scribble the…
The Last Journey of Nigeria’s Four-Time Cabinet Member
By Godknows Boladei Igali In the world view of the Ijaw people, who occupy Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline, the largest of whales never die. When the cycle of life eclipses, the master behemoth simply migrates to the deepest recesses of the oceans never to be seen again. So is the parallel story of a once towering,…
