Arts & Books

In his recently launched memoir, A Journey in Service, former Nigerian military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida attempts to recast his controversial tenure with a veneer of contrived humility and selective …

If This Giant Must Rise: Interventions on Leadership and Governance in Africa, by Kayode Fayemi; Makere, a trademark of Masobe Books and Logistics Ltd, Lagos; 2025; 216pp It is rare …

It’s with much shock that I met somebody the other day trying to discuss the author named T. (for Tuesday) Lobsang Rampa as a serious subject, despite my past disclosures …

(A Book Review) Volumes have been said and written about the Nigeria/Biafra War: the pre-war hostilities that degenerated into the pogroms that eventually provoked the mass exodus of Eastern Nigerians …

There was the time when all the vibes belonged to the cherished Sade Adu, but the new kid on the block happens to be ANE. ANE was born in Nigeria …

The road to Ajegunle is rough. On this hot Lagos noonday the rickety, overcrowded kombi bus takes almost an eternity to get to Boundary Bus-Stop, the bustling gateway into Nigeria’s …

By DeMoat Hub Nigeria Book Title: Surviving Domestic Violence (My Story) Author: Oduware Asemota Publisher: Real Choice Consults, Nigeria Date of Publication: 2024 Reviewer: DeMoat Hub Nigeria Number of Pages: 120 …

There is a new hard-hitting book on my desk entitled This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy by Adewale Maja-Pearce. It has just been published by Verso, in London, …

The docudrama Fela: The Man and His Music is a fact-driven story of Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti that focuses on the legendary musician’s defiant crusade against injustice in the brutal military era. …

A Triple Dobale To Wole Soyinka @90 1.Enigmata. You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yetAligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed in straight draughtsYet stooped to housebreak Euripides …

We take so much pride in telling lies to ourselves as Nigerians. The Nigeria-Biafra war officially ended back in 1970, but so-called Nigerian leaders have made the country even more …

The written word is lord over the universe. The coming of the internet instead of killing the book as prophesied by some never-do-wells has in fact enshrined the great books …

May 11 is globally known as “The Bob Marley Day”. It is now 43 long years since the lionized music legend Bob Marley died. Robert Nesta Marley died at 11.40am …

It’s often a matter of propriety to shower praise on the dead. The more so when the deceased is human. But even that is apart from some rare occasions. Like …

I’m not a big fan of reality TV programmes: the original concept of showcasing the lives of ordinary people has been lost in a maelstrom of faceless (and often talentless) …

Public relations as it concerns the media has received a much-needed breakthrough in the just published book Media Relations Playbook: 25 Proven Effective Hacks by Chido B. Nwakanma. Contemporary developments …