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...

Celebrating Akachi the Mother of Books

Quietude sits well with Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, and calmness is the word for her, but the music was so compelling that she had to...

Global Conquest of Nigerian Literature

I can never get tired of celebrating Nigerian literature, arguably Nigeria’s greatest gift to the world. The politics of Nigeria is a disaster that makes...

Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty

By CBN Ogbogbo Title: Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty Author Jude O. Obuseh Genre: Political Essay Format: Paperback Publisher: JOVAB Publishers, Benin City PP: 170 Nigeria is again...

Oil Theft As A National Pandemic

The Riddle of the Oil Thief by HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo; Purple Shelves Publishers, Lagos; 2021; 528pp A clear and present danger that can lead...

Gerald Eze Shakes the Rafters with “Igbo Rising”

The rafters are afire and the roof is aglow. Good sound burns with sweetness as Gerald Eze, the master performer of Oja, the air-blown...

Clean Slate Exhibition Spells Christmas In Awka

The Christmas season in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, is being kicked into focus by a momentous art exhibition tagged “Clean Slate”. The...

Dear Teacher & Pagan

Dear Teacher & Pagan (To Wole Soyinka) Dear teacher and pagan, With prim fronds I thee wed. Is there palmwine in Paradise? The homy spirit unbinds, And the grotto of Ogun Bears...

Aftermath of Revolution and War

The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War…The Aftermath by Alexander A. Madiebo; ArtRelated Limited, Lagos; 2022; 495pp When this book, The Nigerian Revolution and the...

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Enough Of The Obasanjo Family, Please!

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A-Z of Delta State Sorry Story!

Ibori was an avowed disciple of Abacha. He was one of the Abacha boys in that dark age of our national life. That has been said already. But we make haste to say here: like Abacha, like Ibori!

A Shameful and Shameless Police Force

I know that it is asking too much of the police corporal to place his life in harm’s way when his commissioner is living a life of stupendous wealth attained through dirty means...

Naija Notes: His Master’s Voice

Obasanjo has always done what those who put him in power want him to do. If you don’t understand what this is all about, why is OBJ always holding closed door meetings with IBB, one of the architects of Nigeria’s decay? What are they discussing?

Politics of Generals in Nigeria

The politics of Generals in the Nigerian democratic evolution constitutes enough ground for one to be apprehensive...

Save the Beloved Country

By Isah Aliyu Chiroma “I have concluded that the best...

Iba to Asa

Asa seems to combine elements in the vocal technique of the likes of Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman and Eric Donaldson with the lyrical depth and consistency of an Aretha Franklin, a Christie Essien Igbokwe or Whitney Houston to such devastating effect...

Nigeria: Corruption As A Consequence Of Greed

In a way, I can not help but have some sympathy for the men and women of the Nigeria Police Force. They work very long hours. They are very poorly and irregularly paid and their pay is not commensurate with the risks they are supposed to take in a country beset by sophisticatedly equipped armed robbers and militants...