When a great man dies, the general rave is to read his repetitive biographical details all over the newspapers and online. It’s currently the case with the inimitable Peter Enahoro, alias Peter Pan, the legendary Nigerian journalist who recently passed…
Chairman of the party — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The inimitable Peter Enahoro, aka Peter Pan, wrote in his classic book, How To Be A Nigerian: “Next to God, there is nothing that fills the heart of the Nigerian with greater awe than a Chairman.” According to Peter Enahoro,…
Let’s destroy all the columnists! – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The acute hatred in my heart now-now, as we do say in Nigeria, is about the characters called columnists. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired over the antics of the jobbers of Nigerian journalism who call…
Oya, read the untold story of me and my fellow columnists – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerian journalism revels in its rich history of legendary reporters – and even more legendary columnists. For a rookie starting out as a columnist in a newspaper, it is indeed daunting to deign to bear the burden of extending the…