Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians become united in an...
The powers-that-be of Nigeria take great pleasure in describing the country as the “Giant of Africa.” A towering giant is not expected to have a very...
Friday, May 15, in this Corona-tainted year of 2020 marks the 65th birthday of the inimitable journalist’s journalist Sonala Olumhense. I doubt that I...
Living Dreams by Obu Udeozo; Fab Educational Books, Jos, Nigeria; 2020; 326pp Obu Udeozo has earned high accolades as a prolific poet in Nigeria...
There is no better way of introducing Odia Ofeimun than pointedly stressing that “Odia Ofeimun is Odia Ofeimun!” Enough said. Poet, publisher, editor...
Nigerian politicians always talk of the need for a handshake across the Niger. The politicos have from the First Republic been talking of forging an...
At the drop of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s name a very unfortunate writer can get quite far in recognition. Many literary wannabes want her blurb on...
Umuchu, my hometown, offers the world a fundamental legacy of unity in confederation. A large and populous town of about 50 square kilometres and...
They no longer make men like Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo. In his cherished lifetime he spoke truth to power with unconquerable courage. His clarity of...
Some of the finest literary minds in Nigeria were in Awka Saturday 14 December for the public presentation of James Eze’s brilliant collection of...
What a laugh when it is claimed on high that the law is the last hope of the common man! Law and the common man are very strange bedfellows. Law...
Ironsi – Nigeria, The Army, Power and Politics by Chuks Iloegbunam; Eminent Biographies (EB), Awka, Nigeria; 2019; 298pp There is an almost general...