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...

Awo & HID: Nigeria’s Greatest Political Couple

Chief Obafemi Awolowo famously described his wife as “the jewel of inestimable value.” In the political evolution of Nigeria Awo was the great lion that...

Deconstructing Prophet Majek Fashek

Book: Majek Fashek Before And After The Rain (A Memoir of A Rastafarian's Reign and Ruin) Author: Azuka Jebose Molokwu Publisher: Purple Scroll Reviewer: Isidore Emeka Uzoatu.   A...

Thought Pyramid Art Center Opens In Benin With Modern Art Designs To Fascinate Tourists

By Ifeayinwa Onyenweli A modern private Museum, “The Thought Pyramid Art Center“ has been officially opened in Benin City weekend at the GRA axis of...

Thought Pyramid Art Centre in Benin City epitomizes the realization of constructive ideas – Jeff Ajueshi

Jeff Ajueshi is a curator and founder of Thought Pyramid Art Gallery in Nigeria. The Thought Pyramid has galleries in Abuja, Lagos and Delta state....

Thought Pyramid Art Centre Epitomizes Realization of Constructive Ideas

By Jeff Ajueshi The concept of the Thought Pyramid Art Centre Benin was conceived years ago, but it has now materialized into reality. We are...

Nigeria’s Music Industry: Unmasking The Hazards

The magnetic allure of Nigeria's entertainment industry has the power to captivate budding artists, luring them into a world of dreams and aspirations for...

Exemplary History from the Source

Courage and Character: The Definitive History of Osun State – Volume 1 of the Osun Trilogy 1951-2018; Published by The Erudio Alphabet Company, Lagos...

Nigeria Prize for Literature Must Stop Being Winner Takes All

The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that...

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The Alluring Narrative of Tonye Princewill (Part2)

Apart from the role he played during the first ever musical reality show for orphanages organised by Melody Shelters in collaboration with Adonis Productions, to being a major facilitator of NNENDA, Prince Tonye has nonetheless showed unwavering love to the youth...

The Nation Dangles as Yar'Adua Pines Away

A sneak preview of the fiery war that awaits us in the aftermath of Yar'Adua's complicated health state is the internecine power struggle that has started and which threatens to blow into a full fledged war should the president cease to function in power...

The Inquisition

Abstain from praying for me.  From your track record, God is getting the wrong messages and you might screw mine up too...

African American Experience and Lessons for Africans Caribbean Immigrants

It is almost taken for granted these days that life is good for African Americans in the United States. This is assumed, even though life is still full of racial impediments and obstacles for a majority of African Americans...

Nigerian Men Killing Their Wives – Calling A Spade What It Is Part [I]

What I am about to say here, I know, will annoy so many of our women. Some will like me but some will hate me. Nevertheless, I love our women and therefore, my only intention here is to inform and educate, period...

Osun 2026: Why We Should Be Worried!

By Olutola Arogundade Osun State is at a crossroads, and...

Why We Cannot Wait

For many long years we have waited for men of goodwill to visit with us and change our fortune. We waited and were enslaved at the price of shadows. We waited again and were colonized...

Ogboru, Uduaghan’s Poor Rejoinder and this Writer

It won’t be long before these Ibori-Uduaghan boys know the cost of sycophancy and what it means to create the Augean stable they have created in Delta while living in sickening opulence. I write that Delta may be free...

Today is the Future of the Nigerian Children

The children who are subjected to carry their family responsibilities today, without doubt, have a bleak future. Many are hidden from public view because of the harsh situations they work in...

Why the North is playing pranks with the presidency…

This is a product of my friendly Facebook spat with my oga. Recently, somebody posted on facebook that our president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had stormed out of a meeting with his political papa, Otunba OBJ...