Me and my Lagos

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Dancing to the music of a ticking time-bomb — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It’s a terrible Nigerian fate that every so-called democratic election is delivered like a ticking…

No more coups here — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

Back in time Nigeria owned the world record in coup-plotting by the khaki boys of…

How not to kill yourself over a woman — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

There’s this recent sad news of a pastor in Nnewi, Anambra State who killed himself…

The return of Abacha via his bagman — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It is no fake news that General Sani Abacha’s bagman has returned to the Nigerian…

Shall we tell the president? — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in…

Nigeria Prize for Literature must stop being winner takes all — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of…

My sad landlord — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It was exactly at 7 am on Friday, March 27, 2020 that my wife frantically…

The Legend of Yebo Gogo Man Kole Omotoso — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso…

Marriage by Facebook dissolves on Twitter — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

I am too ancient to understand the bytes and cookies of this new age of…

Let’s throw in the towel to save Nigerians from annihilation — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

I am here to eat my words, that is, to swallow my own vomit.  Back…

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