Arts & Books

The Fortress of Delusion: Satire, Power and Self-Deception

By Enam Obiosio Uzor Maxim Uzoatu’s ‘White Men Can’t Write’ is not merely a short story. It is a political fable disguised as absurdist comedy,...

June 17 Is Achebe Day Because Of ‘Things Fall Apart’

On Tuesday, June 17, 1958, Things Fall Apart was published in England. The book has over the years become a standout phenomenon as one of...

Fighting With Writing

Viral Poems by Sunny Ayewanu; Bookdoctors Ventures Publishing, Lagos, Nigeria; 2025; 109pp Some people fight with guns, some others fight with the bomb, but the...

Dissecting The Heart Of The Land

Footnotes For A Nativeland by Emman Usman Shehu; Topaz Books, Abuja, Nigeria; 2026; 120pp He is in the top ranks of potent voices that have...

EU Ambassador Mignot Visits Awka Museum

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr  Gautier Mignot paid an august to the...

Recalling The Wild, Wild West Days

It is very obvious that our politicians have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from the sordid past of the country. Given the controversies being promoted...

The Soludo Template

The Audacity To Transform: A First Row Testimony On The Ongoing Development In Anambra By Gov. Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s Administration by Anselm C. Onuorah,...

Parresia Books: Reason To Believe In Nigeria’s Literary Future

The Lagos scene is where books happen - as per the written word having multiform events being organized for seasons on end. I’ve been many...

A Poetic Evening With James Eze

The legendary poet W.H. Auden famously wrote that “poetry makes nothing happen”, but the great man would have written differently if he had been...

The Great African Survival

Riding The Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Toni Kan; Narrative Landscape Press, Lagos, Nigeria; 2024; 246pp The unforeseen...

Furious Passage Through West Africa

Some writers take no prisoners with their verbs and nouns. Adewale Maja-Pearce, author of the new book, Shine Your Eye - In Search of...

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Stop the fireworks at capital market probe

The Government, again, must revive the nation’s economy by creating an enabling environment for more Nigerian businesses, particularly Small and Medium Enterprises to get listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in order to access relatively cheap funds for growth and expansion...

Now 36 Years Old, Am I The Last Nigerian Virgin?

Though I am certain of receiving instant forgiveness and mercy from God if for any reason I engage in premarital sex or extra-marital sex any day, I am however not at liberty to do as my heart so wishes…

Election in South Africa

“Politics is business. If we vote somebody in today, tomorrow he will be driving a posh car whereas the people are suffering. My one vote can’t make a difference. So, why bother?”

The Mark Of The Beast

With the “Saving Africa’s witch children” programme aired by the UK channel 4 television, we don’t need to be told that the mark of the beast is on the prowl...

Seasons of Settlements

Going by the conciliatory outcomes of this week, perhaps, before the week is out, Governor Oyinlola well set plans afoot to reconcile the Abiolas and the Abachas; the Ooni of Ife and the Alafin of Oyo; PDP and AC; Christians and Moslems; North and South...

Is Nigeria A True Fusion Or A Conned Fusion?

We appear to be growing more and more incompatible, and more and more prominently pulled apart by many overt and subterranean reasons. More people feel cheated and desecrated by principal ethnic actors who have been in control of the jugular of government and governance for seasons unending...

I Will defend the right of all citizens…

President Jonathan seems to have hit the ground running. This is so because Nigerians unanimously gave him the mandate to be the president for the next four years...

Resolving the ASUU Debacle – Once, and for all

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has become a perpetual nuisance to the education wellbeing of the Nigerian student. A union otherwise created as a platform to elevate education, has since the dark days of the military era transformed itself into a powerful lobby dedicated to undermining the wellbeing of Nigeria’s future...

How Nollywood is Killing Nigerian Television

The eighties and nineties Nigeria belonged to actors and actresses who lighted up our TV screens with superb performances in soaps, TV dramas and shows such as Inside Out, Mirror in the Sun, Supple Blues, Behind the Clouds, Checkmate, Fortunes, Basi & Company, Ripples, New Masquerade...

Dying For Nothing in Nigeria

During the governorship and states’ houses of assembly elections...