The Organisation for the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC) that has fashioned a modern pathway for the people through the annual Anioma Cultural Festival has announced the cancellation of this year’s edition. The President of OFAAC, Arc Kester Ifeadi, said:…
Ngozi the commissioner spells education — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The student was different. She exuded confidence that seized the atmosphere like a charge of electricity. It was the morning assembly of the all-female Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Umuoji, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The esteemed…
The Geometric Power breakthrough in Aba — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The official commissioning of the Aba Integrated Power Project on February 26, 2024 is a watershed deserving of uncommon commendation. Professor Bart Nnaji (CON, NNOM, FAS, FAEng), the Chairman of Geometric Power Group and former Minister of Power, surmounted baleful…
The night I met a beautiful angel — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Let me today remember an Angel I once met in this life. Let’s simply call her Sola. Angel Sola Kuti. She’s Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter. My devotion to Fela as an unbeatable music maestro is a very long story, but that…
Football as a religion in Nigeria — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nothing excites and unifies Nigerians like football, especially when the national team, the Super Eagles, can claim a continental or world title. It was the typical Nigerian night of high hopes on Sunday, February 11 when Super Eagles squared up…
Rangers International @ 54 — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
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, No Vanquished”, the vanquished ones knew themselves as they sauntered…
Amazing hospitality of Chief Chux Ononuju — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The truth is that I stand guilty as charged for always looking for, and celebrating, leaders in far-out places without paying much attention to zestful achievers very near at hand. It just dawned on me during this Christmas season in…
Feats of Chairman Ofobuike as reason to believe — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s cool by me to stay out of the urban scene in the festive season in order to soak in the sweet breeze of village life. People who complain that they had not heard from me for some time should…
Why is Oshiomhole so obsessed with Fayemi? — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Former Edo State Governor who graduated to become the chairman of the country’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, always manufactures good copy for journalists. The latest grandstanding release from the stable of Oshiomhole is that…
Birthday of Ancient Man — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
My birthday is about to happen, which means that Nigeria is older than me by about three months, but I feel very ancient because of the way the country has dealt with me. The ready advice for any Nigerian who…
