Nigeria is in a class of its own. Other countries may talk of “winner takes all”, but in Nigeria the standing maxim is “rigger takes.” If you don’t agree with me, go to court! If any bloke raises further doubts,…
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…
President Tinubu discovers ice in Macondo — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Let the whole wide world join me in the universal celebration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has just repeated the immortal feat of discovering ice. The first time ice was ever discovered in human history was in the novel…
Sixty Songs for Igwebike Ifeanyi Mbanefo — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Saturday, October 22 belongs to the song of solitude. The date belongs to Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo, a son of Obosi town in present-day Anambra State, who came to Lagos to make good by traversing – and I am taking the…
Story of My Life: Marrying my own sister and turning 60 – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I cannot believe that I am the jolly good fellow of the birthday song. Not many blokes gave me any chance at all that I could ever strike the mighty age of 60 given the gung-ho escapades of my life…
Chinua Achebe: The Doyen of the African Idiom – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is well-nigh impossible for November 16 to go by without much of the world remembering that the date is the birthday of Chinua Achebe. It needs stressing that Achebe is arguably the most influential novelist who ever drew breath…
‘Memories of My Melancholy Whores’: A maestro’s touch -Toni Kan
While the jury is still out on the contentious issue of whether creative genius has a shelf life, a sell by date, if you may, a careful and sober consideration of Nobel Laureate, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy…