Arts & Books

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,...

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...

Homecoming Fiesta For Things Fall Apart

The book is a standout phenomenon as one of the most influential novels in world literature. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart ranks as one of...

Testament To Late Methodist Patriarch Idowu’s Legacy

The Rt. Rev Dr. Samuel Ransford Nortey Title: Tiger By The Tail, Bull By The Horns; Patriarch Prof. Emmanuel Bolaji Idowu: His Theology, Theory And...

Murder In The Name Of Justice

The well-written thriller is the mainstay of popular literature. It’s such an enlightening discovery for me reading the debut novel In The Name Of...

The Spirit As The Missing Link Of Evolution  

Oasis In The Desert Of Time – Critical Perspectives on the Nature of GOD for Cosmic-Consciousness & Spiritual Growth by Godson Onochie Amechi; Ezu...

The Coming of Adesuwa Africa Exhibition to Lambeth

Lambeth Archives in London, England, is poised and ready for a vibrant celebration of culture and heritage. The iconic Adesuwa Africa exhibition will hold at...

Why Banning Eedris Abdul Kareem’s Song Will Only Fuel Its Popularity: A Misguided Directive by the NBC

The recent decision by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ban the airing of Eedris Abdulkareem’s politically charged song, "Tell Your Papa," from television...

A Journey in Deception: A Counterfactual Review of Ibrahim Babangida’s “A Journey in Service”

In his recently launched memoir, A Journey in Service, former Nigerian military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida attempts to recast his controversial tenure with a...

Toward the Rise of the African Giant

If This Giant Must Rise: Interventions on Leadership and Governance in Africa, by Kayode Fayemi; Makere, a trademark of Masobe Books and Logistics Ltd,...

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Challenges To Democracy And National Unity In Nigeria: The Case Of Anioma People

As we approach the upcoming Nigerian general election, how will the election impact the Anioma people? What will be the role of the Anioma people in the political, economic, and social outlook after the election?

Security in Nigeria: Matters Arising

We must take a closer look at the security system and ask some tough questions. In this article the focus is on five major security agencies in the country, namely the Nigerian Police; the State Security Service(SSS); the National Intelligence Agency (NIA); the Defence Intelligence Agency(DIA); and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Open Letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Strategic Response to U.S. Threats Against Terrorists in Nigeria

Your Excellency, I write as a deeply concerned citizen—one committed...

How Much Is Your Life Worth?

Americans treat their dogs and cats better than the Nigerian government treat her people. In Nigeria, the vast majority of people do not have access to well-balanced meal, to the courts, to health and life insurance, and to medical care. Most have never been to the dentist. Never! Dogs and cats in the US have it made; while Nigerians have a life made in hell...

Yoruba Roonu Dada…(2)

Unlike in Nigeria where  cases of human rights abuses, torture and murder of innocent and harmless Nigerians by the Police and Army, kidnapping, human-trafficking, etc., are rampant and have become the norm, Senegalese co-exist...

Nigerian Society and Church Ministers: Warri as Case Study

Warri is a shameless society with perverted minds and shackled consciences on the loose. The capacity for crime is nonesuch. That is a city where crime busters newly posted there, promote criminality within minutes of arrival...

Address to D’Banj’s Kokolettes

I am concerned because you are being called, a kokolette, which as I guessed, was a variant of the word, ‘koko.’ As at the last time I heard the word, Koko, it was a word with deducible vulgar meanings...

Bashorun MKO Abiola Writes Nigerians With Compassion!

At the risk of sounding immodest, something I detest, let me declare that the dirt in my fingernail remains infinitely greater than the entirety of Olusegun Obasanjo...