Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu is the author of God of Poetry, Satan's Story, A Play of Ghosts and The Missing Link. A 2008 Caine Prize for African Writing nominee, he wrote the text for Scottish photographer Owen Logan's caricature of Michael Jackson's visit to Nigeria entitled Masquerade. He lives in Lagos and is married with children.

A Toast to Womanhood

I am an expert at ignorance. I do not know why just one day should be set aside as the so-called International Women’s Day or...

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;...

Exploits of Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation President Ezenwanne

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High-Octane Inaugural Lecture of Prof Ernest Igwe at UNIZIK

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Vote My Tribe Or I Kill You

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Policing the Police for the People

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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...

Federal Republic of Thuggery

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