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...

There Was A Sage Called Chinua Achebe

A Review of There Was A Man - Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology (Sixth Edition); A Publication Of The Society Of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra...

The Egwu Onwa Concert of Ichoku Academy

The trailblazing minstrel, folk music collector and performer, Gerald Eze Mmaduabuchi, recreated the archetypal Igbo lore of Egwu Onwa (moonlit games) with his youthful...

Rootsy Uwa Mgbede Concert Goes To Abuja

It was a sight to behold as the folk music maestro Gerald Eze took his rootsy Uwa Mgbede concert from Awka, Anambra State to...

Ken Nnamani: The Man Who Changed History

Standing Strong: Legislative Reforms, Third Term and Other Issues of the 5th Senate by Ken Nnamani; InterPares Media Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria; 2021; 491pp   One man...

You Gotta Die To Get a PhD

To become recognized as a highly exalted owner of knowledge you must acquire the highly coveted PhD. People are dead ready to cross the valley...

Against Occult Miracles of Emptiness

Fear and superstition have taken over Nigeria, and church pastors are having a ball preaching occult miracles of emptiness. I have a book here with...

Revolutionary Music of Gerald Eze In Awka

The music was more arresting than a lover’s summons. Call it the music of the spirits that intervolves the ancient and the modern. It...

Chikere Agbo’s Story of Innocence

Review of ‘Joy Cut Short, But Dreams Fulfilled’ By Odili Ujubuonu Chikere A. Agbo’s debut novel Joy Cut Short, But Dreams Fulfilled welcomes you with...

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US-Africa Leaders Summit: In whose interest?

The Economist no doubt truly captured how suddenly Africa transformed from the ugliest girl no one wanted to associate with to now the most beautiful girl in town. Any man who ignores her presence does so at his peril...

Constitutional Amendment, Not Sovereign National Conference, Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity (2)

Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution...

Recent Terror Attacks on Belgium and the Rest of Us

Brussels, the Belgian capital was hit on Tuesday,22nd March,...

Emerging terror threats for Nigeria

Christian religious leaders in Bauchi who were in the thick of the action when the mayhem of February 22 lasted insist that the riots are the handiwork of terrorists in military uniform bent on perpetrating an agenda to unleash terror and to Islamize Nigeria...

Highlight On Traffic Challenges In Rivers

Traffic situations in the City of Port Harcourt can never abate if the residents do not obey traffic orders...

Amaechi’s Ruthless Tax

It is good for the residents of a given society to pay their taxes, but the authorities concerned with the management of the people must make sure that the people’s taxes are promptly and judiciously utilized...

Enter the Dragon: Nigeria, China, and the Beijing Olympics

I am persuaded that the more China engages with the world, she will have to improve her behaviour; hosting the Olympics is a great starting point in this direction...

A Show of Shame in Bayelsa State?

The history of fighting corruption is a history of falsity. No one in Nigeria takes anti-corruption crusades seriously. The only people who get burnt and suffer the penalty are petty thieves, street urchins, and armed robbers...

Yar’adua’s Regime: Getting Slow Or Getting Slog?

I have read Nigerian dailies and marvel why our president, Mr. Umaru Yar’Adua could bear “baba-go slow” as a label...

At The Brink Of A Watershed

"Dear God, I have sinned against you and almost broken the vow I made before you. Did you not say that anyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed fornication in his heart with her? Please forgive me..."