The community of Nigerian writers, scholars and journalists announces with great shock and sadness the sudden and painful passing of our friend, colleague and brother, Professor Pius Adesanmi who was aboard the Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed…
The longlist for 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction was released earlier this week, and, as you know, Naija no dey carry last. Three Nigerian women writers were selected. Sorry, make that two female Nigerian writers and a non-binary transgender person,…
Criss Jami, a young American poet and philosopher once wrote that “a rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find…
The predicament that played out on Friday, 1st March 2019, in Bayelsa is indeed a disaster like the others before it in the different parts of the country. The Mile 1 community and others within earshot were in the wee…
Gospel Porn Christian Rap Duo, Fokn Bois have retired their seemingly ecumenical calling for the earthier, contemporary and gentile-loving genre of music, Afrobeats. That curious name, Afrobeats, has failed to die several deaths, perhaps for obvious reasons. Coined by Abrantee,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked the trio of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rotoimi Amaechi and Adams Oshiomhole for his victory in the presidential elections of Saturday February 23, 2019. In a 12 paragraph statement, Buhari who beat his main rival, Atiku…
Starting at 8am today, Nigerians will troop out to their polling units to cast their votes. They will be voting to elect a new president as well as senators and members of the house of representatives. As the hour looms,…
Reports of Jussien Smollet’s arrest is no longer news. What remains is for the 36 year old actor who gained game from his turn on Fox tv series Empire to mount what his defence team has described as “an aggressive…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all eligible voters in Nigeria to “go out vote” so that we can “better perfect our democracy.” The president also assured foreign observers and monitors of their safety. He made these comments in an…
Tony Elumelu, banker, serial entrepreneur, billionaire apostle of Africapitalism and uber philanthropist needs no introduction. Starting his banking career at All States Trust Bank with, many say, a 3rd class degree from Ambrose Alli university (a state university no less)…
