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...

Life in My City Art Festival @ Awka

Zik’s Avenue is arguably the most hurly-burly road in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, but tucked inside Number 261 is seminal serenity....

Grappling with the Heart of the Nigerian Matter

Politics, Economics & the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (3rd Edition) Essays by Austin Avuru; RADI8 Ltd, Lagos; 2022; 474pp Let’s start with a confession. This book,...

Lessons on telling Compelling Personal Stories of Triumph in the Face of Thorny and Daunting Terrains.

One of the current trends which have gained traction in the information age, apart from the emergence of Artificial Intelligence is the establishment of...

The Quintessential Musician Sun Ra

Sun Ra: Space. Music. Myth by Tam Fiofori; Published by SUN ARTS: BEP, Lagos, Nigeria; 2022; 416pp The American jazz musician Sun Ra was larger...

Prof Iyahen: One Tree That Made The Forest

God Has Done Me Well: Sunday Osarumwense Iyahen (A Renowned Mathematics Professor and Senator); Published by West Africa Resources Management Global, Lagos, Nigeria; 2022;...

Ace Economist Uka Ezenwe As The People’s Professor

A Diary of God’s Grace: Autobiography of an Academic by Uka Iwuchukwu Ezenwe; Tamaza Publishing Company Ltd, Zaria, Nigeria; 2022; 246pp Prof Uka Iwuchukwu Ezenwe...

The Gospel According to the Oppressed

Billy Bisa’s Secrets and Other Stories by Dulue Mbachu; The New Gong Publishers, Lagos; 2022; 143pp The art of the short story is a very...

Promise Of A New Era: Peter Obi Unmasked

Even after the 2023 presidential elections scheduled for next Saturday (February 25, 2023) in which Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party has received...

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The Ten Mysteries of the Godhead

In all nations, at noonday, the sacred incandescent light shines on living souls. The power-seeking earth man, the avaricious seeker after vanities are dead souls and so the light, does not penetrate their dead souls, which by blood covenant they have mortgaged to the kingdom of Satan...

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The President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, Ichie Chiemeka Charles...

One Nigeria: To Be Or Not To Be? (5)

Our fathers, grand fathers and great grand fathers got independence for us from the British, but the North recolonised us immediately before the British even lowered the Union Jack...

Deji No More The Sole Amanyanabo Of Akure

They have figured it out that it is better to safely divide up Akure at a time the preeminent Amanyanabo and owner of Akure, the Deji's throne is vacant, and the Regent and the Akure Council of Chiefs don't see eye-to-eye...

Nigeria’s Sick Democracy and Her Rule of Law Deficiency!

If a trader has to bribe his way through clearing goods and is unsure of overhead costs from one shipment to another, then how on earth is he going to be able to price his goods in a uniform manner?

Why I Will not Emulate Jesus

Imagine the weight that would be lifted off President Yar’Adua’s shoulders if 150 million Nigerians decided to emulate the dietary practices of Jesus by fasting all the time, especially in the forty days and forty nights preceding the Presidential elections of 2011?

U.S Foreign Policy and the Niger Delta Conflict

A critical examination of America’s foreign policy in the last two decades proves she is concerned with environment issues and with matters dealing with social dislocations, international health challenges and uncontrollable migration that are likely to constrict its resources...

A Wasted Generation Of Youths…?

Ours is a generation of supermodels and pageants who catwalk the

fashion-walkways to flaunt their treasures- their bodies, and not their

brains. Ours is a generation that inherited a debased standard of

education and enlightenment...