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...

James Hadley Chase All Over

The request from my reader was short and sharp: “Let’s have your piece on James Hadley Chase all over.” The reader was so insistent that...

Obu Udeozo’s Cyclone: Painting History on the Canvass of Scientific Whirlwinds

Cyclone by Obu Udeozo; Fab Educational Books, Jos; 316pp The strange feeling of déjà vu that accompanies anyone who is conversant with Obu Udeozo’s works...

On the Pete Edochie Saga: A Case of an Open Society and Its Enemies

The renowned Nigeria Actor of Nollywood fame, Pete Edochie, was forced a few days ago, to go on air, to offer explanations, on why...

Before Ali Baba and Okey Bakassi, there was John Chukwu

I should have been a comedian. Poetry is poverty. Comedy is cash. I have been around long enough to know the gnashing of teeth that goes...

Big Brother Naija Needs Nackson The Sexy Guy

The news all over town is that there is raunchy sex going on in the Big Brother Naija house. It’s as though the housemates dearly...

Towering Testaments To A Worthy Wayfarer

Professor Pius Adebola Adesanmi belongs to the class of people larger than life and death. When news filtered out that he was one of...

Sneak Preview of Udenta’s 21-Book Offering

The 21 books came to me in two gift paper-bags from the scholar Udenta O. Udenta. The priceless present came along with a 34-page...

Waiting for the 90th: Two poems to WS @ 70 and 80

ENIGMATA (TO WOLE SOYINKA @ 70) You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yetAligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed in straight draughtsYet stooped to...

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What Sullivan Chime Should Do

The first time I heard the name of the current Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, the first thing that struck me was the exotic nature of the name – Sullivan...

We Must Adjust This Catheter Life Of Ours…!

One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of the Obasanjo government is that we have all been brainwashed to suppose and agree with the dictum that 'even the worst civilian government is better than the best military dictatorship'.

Seven Reasons Why The Niger Delta Must Be Taken Seriously

Long before the formation of the most ferocious non-state group to ever traverse the Nigerian landscape, I had penned a series of essays warning of dire consequences: unless measurable and significant actions are taken to ameliorate the sickening socio-economic and political conditions that were pervasive in the Niger Delta...

Native But Naturalized Nigerians: Bothering or a Burden?

Being a Nigerian is something that we need to value more than ever. But we have always placed humankind above homeland. We are internationalists, first and foremost, without ceasing to be patriots...

Inculcating Public Confidence In The Corruption Fight

The real test for Nigeria's high-profile and high-speed anti-corruption drive has only started to unfold. All transitions are fraught with risks...

Celebration Africana at Bubbles Cubana

Obi Cubana is not just a patron of the...

How the Niger Deltans can get their freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 7)

The issue of the new special ministry of Niger Delta just created by Yaradua is so important that no amount of space and time devoted to its analysis could be too much...

The Era of Disclosures: Nothing is hidden under the Sun

The changing nature of Nigerian politics now opens the door into disclosures of matters that were hidden in the closet of time...

Notes on 'Notes from the Underground'

My maiden voyage to the illuminating world of Literature was via a small, big book...

We are Bode George

I have read some of the outrage some of us have expressed concerning the lavish and tumultuous reception that heralded Bode George’s release from prison. While some can be excused for the honest expression of their outrage, others are just being good old hypocrites. You want to know why?