There is obsession and there is Obi-session. The diff, as the advert says, is clear. The 2078-page Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language bought for me by the …
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Royal Miral College and Epic Nursery/Primary School are the winners of the Nelson Mandela Gardens and Lodges Spelling Bee competition 2022. The two schools defeated well over 20 competitors from …
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50 Years Of Solo Performing Art In Nigerian Theatre: 1966-2016 edited by Greg Mbajiorgu and Amanze Akpuda; Kraft Books Limited; Ibadan, Nigeria; 2018; 614pp The commonplace belief is that drama …
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Political Jumpology is the modern day art form of jumping from one political party to the other. More acerbic writers would rather call the matter by a different name: political …
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The House My Father Built by Adewale Maja-Pearce; Kachifo Limited (Farafina Kamsi), Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; 2014; 175pp The essayist and critic, Adewale Maja-Pearce, writes in the recently released reprint of …
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The English Premier League is the one and only colonial power ruling all over Nigeria today. The beautiful game of football being played in England has put Nigeria’s murky politics …
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Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe; Bookcraft, Ibadan, Nigeria; 20th Anniversary Edition 2021; 230pp Okey Ndibe’s acclaimed debut novel Arrows of Rain was published in Year 2000 as one of …
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Big money is betrothed to big power. With plenteous cash in the war-chest, the ambitious politician can hardly ever resist the drive to grab presidential power. Nigeria is poised on …
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Nigeria is in deep trouble, and there is no use whatsoever beating about the bush over the bad matter. As I write now, the country is reeling from the barbaric …
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It Is A Goal! No! – The Necessity of Biafra by Hanum Mary Chioke ISBN: 978-978-977-670-2 2018 259pp Man’s existence on earth can be understood like a football match in …
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Nigeria is in a bad shape, and there is the countrywide fear that anything can happen to upend the wobbly house. The much-ballyhooed 2023 presidential election has become an all-comers …
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There is so much talk over the political airwaves of a possible return of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the seat of power in Aso Rock. Nigerians are indeed living …
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The man bears a heavy-duty name, and it is not funny at all trying to pronounce or write the name (or names?) down. Let me contradict myself by saying that …
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The news here is not that consummate actor Bob-Manuel Udokwu has just been appointed the Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure and Tourism by Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo. …
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Nigeria has tried the one-man president formula for far too long, and it has not worked at all. What the country needs is a consortium of presidents, and all the …
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The belief in several quarters that Nigeria is currently on auto-pilot has been given a bad bashing by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. It’s indeed striking that …