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Nothing can be more jarring than discovering at this moment when one is congratulating oneself on having written on everything only to instantly discover that one has written absolutely nothing …

The music was more arresting than a lover’s summons. Call it the music of the spirits that intervolves the ancient and the modern. It was revolutionary music being dished out …

He called himself the Ultimate Lagos Big Boy. Some called him Owo Lagba, that is, Money Power, while some others preferred to call him Lagos Yuppie. Niyi was the quintessential …

Big Brother Naija, BBNaija for short, is one television show that no Nigerian can ever escape from. Whether you like to watch it or not, it is always there in …

There’s this book by Peter Enahoro entitled You Gotta Laugh to Cry. The so-called democratic elections in Nigeria almost always end up making all Nigerians laugh to cry. Let’s start …

Awka, the capital of Anambra State, takes pride of place as a pivotal home of art and culture, but art exhibitions are few and far between currently. It was therefore …

Somebody has called my attention to a terrible plagiarism of my work by one Samuel Ifeanyi Onwuachuke who described himself as a “self meida writer”. The fellow lifted my article …

Let’s just begin by stating that Fela the Spirit transformed into a higher spirit on this day 24 years ago. There can be nobody else like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The icon …

The Journey: Pursuit of Purpose Storified by Stanley Ohanugo; BrandZilla Technologies Limited, Nigeria; 2021; 188pp The best way a man can arrest the world is through the story he tells. …

People who have known me over time can attest to the fact that I am quite good at doing public service. It is, thanks to this advertisement for myself, that …

Football is earthquake larger than the Richter scale. I should know because I played the game. In certain locales more people know me as an expired football player than even …

A seemingly innocuous spark in an otherwise isolated part of a nation can change the course of history. Nigerian history as we have it today owes its shape to the …

Writers can kill. The creative writer plays God by creating people on paper and destroying lives at will with an ordinary pencil or pen or a computer. The power of …

Television can be quite arresting, especially if one is in the studio being served news, politics, the economy and sports in real time. It was in a soft afternoon of …

I am allergic to dictators, even if they somehow manage to dress up in democratic robes. Nigerians cannot ever forget in a hurry how some time ago all the five …

Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola had just been annulled by the military …