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 stand up and dance. The mellifluous…
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The greatest surprise of the political season in Nigeria today is without question the almost overwhelming presence of Peter Obi. The man has teeming admirers and unappeasable antagonists, but either-or,…
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Dr. Stanley Nkwachikwelumamaya Macebuh was a rare breed in the freshest sense of the term, a charge of fine electricity who all on his own changed the face of journalism…
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Majek Fashek was a magician, and he could always come up with all makes of mischief. Majek was once rehearing at daytime in Silver Shadow Night Club, Ola Ayinde Street,…
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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 the whole wide world laugh…
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This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some contenders and wannabes are talking tough on rescuing Nigeria from ruin once they are elected as the country’s President. Anybody elected…
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There is the popular proverb that goes thus: “A tree cannot make a forest.” I write here to refute that proverb because I witnessed the life of one man who…
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Nigeria today stands on wobbly legs, and wants needs to be done to make the country to stand steady and strong is to go back to where the rain started…
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It was a World Cup final match like no other in history. Qatar 2022 served up a breathless and relentless climax in which Argentina beat France via 4-2 penalty-kicks. The…
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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 to the economic ruination of…
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Naija does not need to qualify for Qatar 2022 because our game is better and older than the so-called World Cup. The Naija game from the beginning entailed any number…
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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 instrument of the Igbo, releases his…
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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 ever-innovative Awka Museum Foundation situated…
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Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet destined to win the Nobel Prize…
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Nobody should expect to see me near Qatar in this period of the FIFA World Cup lasting from November 20 to December 18. It’s totally against my constitution to be…
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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…