Arts & Books

An Only Child Named Friday

Homage: Return To Familiar Places - The Memoir by Chidi Amuta; Wilson & Weizmann Associates Limited, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; 2025; 492pp It can indeed be...

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...

Dauda The Sexy Guy Comes To Big Brother Naija House

Big Brother Naija is back in town, and you do not need any prophet to predict that raunchy sex will soon be coming live...

My Role As Ogbu-oja and Minstrel During The Morehouse College Glee Club Tour of Nigeria

I played the oja to the intro of Prof Laz Ekwueme’s “Obi Dimkpa”. This music urges one to “move about with a brave heart”....

The Eagle Nest Book Club of Ama Ijele Theatre

On July 3, the award-winning poet, Amu Nnadi, was hosted in Awka to a literary evening of poetry reading, drama and musical performances that...

Theatre Of One Actor In Nigeria

50 Years Of Solo Performing Art In Nigerian Theatre: 1966-2016 edited by Greg Mbajiorgu and Amanze Akpuda; Kraft Books Limited; Ibadan, Nigeria; 2018; 614pp...

A House for Adewale Maja-Pearce

The House My Father Built by Adewale Maja-Pearce; Kachifo Limited (Farafina Kamsi), Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; 2014; 175pp The essayist and critic, Adewale Maja-Pearce, writes...

Okey Ndibe’s First Novel Clocks 20

Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe; Bookcraft, Ibadan, Nigeria; 20th Anniversary Edition 2021; 230pp Okey Ndibe’s acclaimed debut novel Arrows of Rain was published in...

Victory for the Vanquished

It Is A Goal! No! – The Necessity of Biafra by Hanum Mary Chioke ISBN: 978-978-977-670-2 2018 259pp Man’s existence on earth can be understood like a football...

Against Terrorism: Poems by Nduka Chidi Uzuakpundu

AGAINST TERRORISM By Nduka Chidi Uzuakpundu Sign on to the Kyoto treaty Sink into the anti-ballistic missile treaty Sync with anti-racism campaign Swing with the anti-slavery crusade Slip into the...

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Niger Delta Governors: Where Is Our Money?

Why in spite of the billions of dollars that have been allocated and collected by various state governors and their governments is there very little or no measurable progress in the Niger Delta...

Amaechi and Non-Rivers Indigenes Involvement In Government

While scrutinizing his government, as was reported on March 11, 2012, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State said that over 2,000 Rivers and non-Rivers indigenes have so far benefited from his Special Overseas scholarship programme...

Rethinking Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Prior to the wanton killing of Nigerians living in...

President Umaru YarAdua of Nigeria Is Back Home to Presidential Duties?

President Umaru Musa YarAdua's departure from Saudi Arabia and arrival in Nigeria is very dramatic and, quite possibly pregnant and loaded with intrigues and meanings...

For the love of Nigeria

There was a sea of heads from many different parts of the country, irrespective of religion, tribe or social status, all united for one cause. The policemen were actually protesters’ friends as they sat peaceably around, sucking on pure water sachets and giggling at some mischiefs...

Ngwa and the ‘Hosanna in the Highest’ for Gov. T.A. Orji

Ngwa people, who are much respected in not only Abia State, but to a great extent in Nigeria, are on the verge of losing their respect. Their barefaced endorsement of Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji as the singular candidate of the People's Democratic Party...

Jordan: The £30million Boobs

Katie Price, iconically known as Jordan, always presents me with a moral dilemma. Is it really chic to flash your chesty asset in people's faces and live and be proud of the proceeds of such shameless perversion?

Lebanon: Destruction Beyond Comprehension

There are those who believe that the actions of a state in pursuit of its national security objectives can not be considered terrorism. Well, that is false!

Rivers: The ‘Criers’ ‘Laughers’ of NASS Elections

Many of us had thought that the violent 2003 and 2007 elections would buildup to the 2011 elections, but the latter was rather peaceful, although not in the general sense of peace...

Republican Party Infighting Deepens

Tea Party fringes of the Republican Party have now won elections in Alaska, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, etc. The ultra right conservatives in the Republican Party are pressuring and pushing the party into a corner!