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...

Mercy Johnson: Settle Down Now And Forever

Many Nollywood ladies are today shamelessly proud of being divorcees, turning bad role models to our good young girls. Some of these husband heart-breakers say that they are now married to Jesus. And one asks, if a woman cannot be submissive to her husband, how can she be submissive to Jesus...

Nigeria – Africa’s Superpower at the British Museum

Nigeria is a country where its best leaders are not in office,  it is a superpower not at home, but abroad and it is a superpower but not as we ordinarily know it...

Nigeria’s FM Radio DJs

It’s good to see that new things are happening in radio broadcasting in Nigeria but the presenters should please not throw caution to the winds by adopting a Lawrence Akapa tabloid style approach in their quest to entertain...

Da Grin: Made Popular by Death

The first time to hear that a young man called Olaitan Olaonipekun, popularly known as Da Grin, was living was when he died, but not the last to hear the name....

Nollywood and Gollywood: An Appreciation

Only a decade and half ago, most of what constituted entertainment on television in Africa were B-grade Hollywood and Bollywood movies. Contrast that with now. African movies are everywhere. The access to these movies is so widespread, it’s unbelievable...

When Blow Becomes a Job, Trouble Ensues: 9ice vs Ruggedman

It's quite painful that unlike the popular notion that our leaders don't understand the plights of the masses, our singers too are demonstrating the same brutish approach in tackling their publicity crisis...

Fela! Lives on Broadway

In life and six feet below the ground, Fela Anikulapo Kuti remains an enigma to be decoded to many and mystery to be unraveled by both his fans and detractors...

Toyin Akinosho @ 50: A Personal Reflection

He will saunter into his own event as if he was only invited like many others in the audience. Always clutching a novel, you get the impression that he is always reading one book or the other...

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One Term: Rethinking Peter Obi’s Latest Submission

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Beyond 6-3-3-4: A Recipe For The Education System In Nigeria

With the highly mouthed no-nonsense academic climate in our tertiary schools, it has been conclusively recorded that our teachers in these schools are not insulated from the rot that has taken over the system of education in Nigeria. So it is not uncommon to see lecturers double as booksellers...

Some Brothers Do Have ‘Em

I know why those Kenyan brothers live longer, they love life and seem to have perfected the art of modern polygamy...

Obama My Brother the President, Again!

Race remains a major factor in how life is lived in the United States, sadly and unfortunately. Race affects how life is lived in America and the entire the world. It affects trade-commerce, diplomacy, foreign aid, possession of nuclear weapons and all other facets of life...

Burning Questions on the Returned Abacha Loot

Over the last week or so, there has been...

Security Needfulness: Nigerians Live In Place Of Their Livelihood!

The dawn of transmuted politics in Nigeria has encouraged strange dimensions of conflict:  violence and ethnic tension stage-managed by the Boko Haram sect...

2007: The IBB vs. OBJ Chess Game

In Obasanjo's mind, he can't just wait for IBB to truly stand for the 2007 election. OBJ is looking to disrobe the emperor and reveal him naked. He is looking forward to demystify IBB and render him toothless...

It is very annoying…

Our budgeting system in both the federal and state levels have become a joke. It is skewed heavily towards recurrent expenditures to sustain the exuberant and extravagant lifestyle of our leaders; their madness...

Saggy Trouser Vs Erotic Cleavage

Quality kids are becoming extinct. A virgin is seen as abnormal. It is now near impossible for our daughters to cling to their virginity until that blissful night of nights on a scented matrimonial bed...