Any fellow with even the minutest knowledge of boxing knows that when a boxer takes…
Me and my Lagos
See why they love Lagos.
Long walk of Nelson Mandela to freedom -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There are so many uninspiring tosh all over the place, so I have just decided…
Juju oath of political godfathers -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Throwing one’s hat into the political ring in Nigeria is akin to wandering into the…
My magic music man Majek Fashek -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It takes a playfully mischievous magician to conjure heavy rain to beat on his audience…
Buying and selling human beings – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Many Nigerians will gladly sell themselves to travel out of Nigeria for keeps. Back in…
How to kill a third term -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Democracy and the African chief are mortal enemies. The chief in Africa sees himself as…
Setting forth at dawn with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Wole Soyinka did not waste any time at all from the very beginning. As if…
Becoming Nigeria’s president passeth all understanding -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The season of jostling to become Nigeria’s next president is on, and many strange characters…
64 toasts to “Things Fall Apart” -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
This year marks the 64th birthday anniversary of the iconic novel Things Fall Apart by…
Day Onyeka Onwenu came for the kill -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The sonorous songstress Onyeka Onwenu is 70, and the world is celebrating her, but my…