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...

Deadening Nightmares: A Review

Living Dreams by Obu Udeozo; Fab Educational Books, Jos, Nigeria; 2020; 326pp Obu Udeozo has earned high accolades as a prolific poet in Nigeria, remarkably...

Nollywood as Handshake Across the Niger

Nigerian politicians always talk of the need for a handshake across the Niger. The politicos have from the First Republic been talking of forging an...

How Not To Steal From The Chimamanda Brand

At the drop of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s name a very unfortunate writer can get quite far in recognition. Many literary wannabes want her blurb on...

Looted Benin Artworks: Before the West Returns Them (III)

Other cultural centers run by the diplomatic community in Nigeria include the American corners, the Alliance Francaise, the British Council and the United States...

Looted Benin Artworks: Before the West Returns Them (II)

Other efforts at raising interest and awareness on the crucial need to repatriate these looted works of art have been perfunctory at best. In...

Looted Benin Artworks: Before the West Returns Them (I)

Two occurrences under consideration, first in 2019 in Nigeria and France in 2017 include criticism which assailed the Muhammadu Buhari government announcement that it...

Literary Community Reunites for dispossessed in Awka

Some of the finest literary minds in Nigeria were in Awka Saturday 14 December for the public presentation of James Eze’s brilliant collection of...

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The Unraveling of the Great American Scam…where is CNN Now?

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The Trials Of Brother Emeka

"I flog a lot. I have canes. If husband and wife mess up by having misunderstanding, I have to settle them. But the person that is at fault, I must flog. If the person refuses to be flogged, I will send him out of the church". - Rev. King

Death of Edo State Procurement Law 2020?

Section 10 of the Edo State Public Procurement Law...

Burma Boys and Strange Wars

Have you ever read a book that you could never put down because you feel this weird obligation to finish it? To relive that experience, buy Biyi Bandele’s book Burma Boy...

On This Valentine’s Day Just Tell Me You Love Me

For several years now, the cost of love has been discouraging me from falling in love again. It is because of the cost of love that I have been running away from Oyinbo girls. Holy Moses, they want this and that and more...

Between Me, Wifey And The Kitchen

After a recent experience involving a Saturday morning fajita wrap, I have come to the conclusion that there is no use wasting my time in the kitchen...

The Death of Nigerian Sports and A Walk Down Memory Lane (3)

I would like to take my fellow countrymen and women down memory lane with some facts about sports in Nigeria not too long ago; and maybe we will wake up to how desperate our sports situation is. It made me proud and cry at the same time...

Moral Obligations Of Nigerians Abroad

Living in Europe and observing how “systems” and institutions work complementarily has made it impossible for some of us to think less about Nigeria. My few years exposure in Europe has infused a strange spirit of nationalism that it is foolhardy to start enumerating...

The Random Thoughts of a Tiny Man

Excuse me, the plane will not take off unless you fasten your seat belt and switch off that phone…Why do Nigerians ring up friends to inform them the plane is about to take off?