Arts & Books

Day Prof Charles Nnolim Disowned Me

It’s impossible to meet Professor Charles Ekwusiaga Nnolim without getting a surprise or two. He always had a twist in the tail of the...

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,...

How Achebe Saved Me From James Hadley Chase

Two Saturdays ago, I had the privilege of giving a keynote at an international conference organized at the Senate House of the University of...

Film: Tool for Socio-cultural Integration and Tourism Promotion

Film, as the word implies, is defined as a thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin,...

The Accidental Public Servant

It is an indelible historical fact that Nigerian political development has been shaped by chance happenings, of unprepared leaders accidentally jumping onto the stage, rigging themselves into high political offices, for which they are neither academically equipped nor did they possess the requisite experience in statecraft...

Bona Ezeudu: Using Art To Contain Tragedy

Bona’s current work is a testament to an artist’s insistence that art can serve as an idiom of rebirth. In the current works, Bona celebrates life and offers the ultimate honor to a son whose star was abbreviated far too soon...

Visiting the Lagos Black Heritage Festival

The 2013 “Black in the Mediterranean Blue” event, part of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival in Nigeria, will celebrate that strong cultural bond between Brazil and the people of Nigeria. This year’s festival will be themed around a “Bring Back Brazil” concept, with Professor Wole Soyinka as Festival coordinator...

Celebrities on “The Princess Halliday Show”

One of the most important television shows in the world is kicking off on DSTV this February. It is an Empower Africa Initiative show...

A (layman’s) praise of Nse Ikpe-Etim and watchable Mr. Mrs.

A good thing, it is said, cannot possibly remain hidden or in obscurity forever. In the case of Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim, this could hardly be truer. Her thespian star continues to grow in such a way that one can no longer ignore her acting prowess...

Lucky Dube: Who are Killing the Prophets of Reggae?

It is very unfortunate that both Peter Tosh and Lucky Dube were killed by fellow blacks. Were their killers acting for themselves or as agents of faceless, but powerful external forces? Is their murder the handiwork of persons who felt pricked by the messages contained in the lyrics of their songs?

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

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Nigeria, CNN and Jeff Koinange’s Dismissal

As it now turns out, Jeff Koinange has admitted to third parties, half in boast and half in jest, that he was actually paid to contrive the MEND stories that he featured on CNN!

Of Okuko Nti Ike and Similar Fates!

It sounded like a fire alarm, on a sinking...

Of the Logistician and the Actualizer

One calls the other the Logistician while the other calls his friend, the Actualizer. They are friends and have worked together. Between them lies the most mobile, progressive and solid political base in the country at present...

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...

50th Year Of Nigeria’s Nationhood: The People’s Gore and Nigeria’s Glory!

Every October; precisely the first day of the month, Nigeria hosts the world in measure to observe and strengthen her aspiration on self-rule. In 1960, the development of our local political skirmishes became visible...

Sports In Nigeria: Where Do We Go From Here?

Now that President Goodluck Jonathan has rescinded his decision to disband all national teams from participating in international competitions following the country’s dwindling performance at the just concluded 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, where does the nation go from here...

Is Sex Education Not Child Abuse?

It is not surprising that the recent directive by the...

Successful People Lead The Way

A Taste Of Success by Azuh Arinze; Yes International...