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...

Reading Great Books that Changed the World

The written word is lord over the universe. The coming of the internet instead of killing the book as prophesied by some never-do-wells has in...

It’s Bob Marley All Over The World 43 Years After

May 11 is globally known as “The Bob Marley Day”. It is now 43 long years since the lionized music legend Bob Marley died. Robert Nesta...

An Ode to the British Edition of Reader’s Digest

It's often a matter of propriety to shower praise on the dead. The more so when the deceased is human. But even that is...

“When’s the ‘Real Housewives of Ajegunle on?”

I’m not a big fan of reality TV programmes: the original concept of showcasing the lives of ordinary people has been lost in a...

The Last Word On Media Relations

Public relations as it concerns the media has received a much-needed breakthrough in the just published book Media Relations Playbook: 25 Proven Effective Hacks...

Story of Many Colours of Azuh Arinze

One does not need to write too many words to signify the essence of the gem named Azuh Arinze. He has all on his own...

Buhari, Osinbajo, Leave our Books out of your failures

A few days ago, I was to run into a video where Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, former vice president of Nigeria was eulogizing General...

Will Nigerians Again Win International Literary Prizes?

The last time any Nigerian won an international prize for short stories was 2019. That writer was Lesley Nneka Arimah who won the Caine...

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NLNG Literature Prize: Can This Award Be Trusted?

Let’s not mince words about this, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Literature Prize, since it berthed on the peripheral of our literary landscape five years ago, has always worn the cloak of controversy and short on the credibility...

Still Bearing Daddy’s Surname Even After Marriage?

My colleague says no matter the political and historical and economic value that his sweetheart's name may bring to his life, he would not allow his wife to keep her daddy's name...

What Is Your Hostage Value?

Time was when it was just foreigners who enjoyed hostage threats in the country. The threat had later flowed down to the relations of political office holders and the rich. Today everybody including yours sincerely who daily does battle with the same realities of our failure as a nation just like the Boys has a hostage threat hanging down the neck...

Obasanjo and the Consciousness of Guilt

"Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a...

Greece 53.5% Debt Write-down: Nigeria and Africa can do better

Nigeria during her exit from 2006 Paris Club of Creditors was granted a mere 18 percent write down for the $36 billion she owned to mostly European creditors...

Another Side of the Nigerian Coin

Why are millions of Nigerians migrating to more "developed" parts of the world even when it means living as second class citizens or living in the underground world of illegal aliens? Why is Nigeria unable to hold its own?

2026: The Alpha, the Omega and Jagaban’s Mandate!

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I...

Israeli Politics: The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu could become the next Prime Minister of Israel for the second 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...

When You Dare To Dream…

The greater percentage of people on earth have a one-way traffic dream: grow up, go to higher school, graduate, pick up a monthly salary paying job, get married and have children, retire and die receiving pension. Nothing more...