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Not many Nigerians know that the country won a world cup in football back in 1977. Most Nigerians would regale you with stories of 1985 when Nigeria won the maiden …

The iroko stands tall and mighty, stretching its boughs across the firmament. The song of the heart is in arresting dialogue with the iroko, the one tree that makes the …

Let’s play politics – party politics, that is. No less a worthy than Aristotle stated that man is by nature a political animal, and who am I not to obey …

Ojukwu: The ‘Rebel’ I Served by Uche Ezechukwu; ThoniMartins Ltd, Abuja, Benin, Lagos; 2012 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu almost always dominated all discourse in the course of his journey on earth. In …

They no longer make women like my very own Auntie Ngozi. No, I have to be more precise: they no longer make men and women like Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, …

Things have fallen apart completely in Nigeria. Nothing has made many Nigerians lose faith in Nigeria more than the impunity reigning in Nigeria since General Muhammadu Buhari ascended to power …

I am sorry for any Nigerian who cannot speak the language of the cow. In truth, I am daily mastering cow language, and you do need to come and see …

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka; Griots Lounge Publishing Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 2020; 96pp  Devotion to poetry is a life sentence. Echezonachukwu Nduka is a lifer. In the prison of poetry, true …

When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made the famous announcement of “No Victor, …

Chinua Achebe has stolen my thunder by stating that the trouble with Nigeria is leadership. In my own book, the trouble with Nigeria is a house. Yes, the source of …

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 …

I have just been consulted to become the National Grand Patron of the newly formed Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria (SMAN). Of course, I promptly turned down the offer knowing …

The holler of “Happy New Year” is all over the place as the world is sending off the worst of years, that is, 2020, with all its baggage of Covid-19, …

Nigeria is in dire straits, and the government of the day is burying its head in the sand like a woebegone ostrich. It takes tremendous courage to speak truth to …

I cannot believe that I am the jolly good fellow of the birthday song. Not many blokes gave me any chance at all that I could ever strike the mighty …

Let’s take a trip away from the many tragedies of Nigeria to the hypertension-curing subject of political comedy. Political comedy is sweeter than Dangote sugar – from Nigeria to America, …