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Courage and Character: The Definitive History of Osun State – Volume 1 of the Osun Trilogy 1951-2018; Published by The Erudio Alphabet Company, Lagos NG101014; 2023; 450pp Not many Nigerians…

There’s this recent sad news of a pastor in Nnewi, Anambra State who killed himself after being jilted by a lover. A hot tear for the suicidal man of God!…

The President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, Ichie Chiemeka Charles Ezenwanne, has led Nigeria to yet another triumph at the just concluded 2023 World Para-Powerlifting Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from August 22 to…

It is no fake news that General Sani Abacha’s bagman has returned to Nigerian cabinet to take charge of the budget. It is all in line with the fact that…

I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that disgraced man’s book. Nigeria is in dire straits, and I…

The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that the longlisted and shortlisted authors…

Zik’s Avenue is arguably the most hurly-burly road in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, but tucked inside Number 261 is seminal serenity. Here is the home of Awka…

I am too ancient to understand the bytes and cookies of this new age of fast weddings and faster divorces. You can log in to Facebook to see a lavish…

I am here to eat my words, that is, to swallow my own vomit. Back in time, I had written that it’s time for the Nigerian government to throw in…

Let the whole wide world join me in universal celebration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has just repeated the immortal feat of discovering ice. The first time ice was…

Politics, Economics & the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (3rd Edition) Essays by Austin Avuru; RADI8 Ltd, Lagos; 2022; 474pp Let’s start with a confession. This book, Politics, Economics & the Nigerian…

I had a pleasant phone call from my dear friend, Benjamin Uzoka alias Avenger, who had the distinction of winning a world cup as a teenager! Incidentally, his teammate and…

Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody is now totally beyond control. Nigerians have replaced the Constitution…

The young guys of these days know next-to-nothing on the art and science of catching correct babes of their choice. The dashing bachelors are too wrong-headedly romantic for their own…

Sun Ra: Space. Music. Myth by Tam Fiofori; Published by SUN ARTS: BEP, Lagos, Nigeria; 2022; 416pp The American jazz musician Sun Ra was larger than life and death in…

Surprise is the word for Lagos. My brother Isidore left our House of Hunger in Ikate, Surulere, Lagos one mid-morning in search of a job. He returned to the house…