“She walks in beauty…” So begins the immortal poem written by Lord Byron way back in 1814. Like a goldfish that has no hiding place, Sally Uwechue Mbanefo can never ever escape attention anywhere she shows up. Even while taking…
Umuchu blazes trail in community security – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was an amazing sight to behold, a mission accomplished. Three gleaming security vehicles, seven rugged motorcycles, three walkie-talkies, 20 machetes, 20 security kits, 20 safety boots, 20 torches, 20 raincoats, 20 headgears and other assorted security gadgets were assembled…
It’s a plastic world – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Plastics, Plastics Everywhere (Poetics of Environmentalism and the Paradox of Our Polymer Age) by Greg Mbajiorgu; Bookcraft, Ibadan, Nigeria; 2020; 68pp What took hold of my mind once Greg Mbajiorgu’s Plastics, Plastics Everywhere got into my hands were the words…
Mathematical Segun Odegbami Shoots and Scores – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nothing can be sweeter than playing the beautiful game called football. It sweetens my soul this moment to remember that I once played in the same team with legendary Segun Odegbami, and both of us scored goals for our team…
Before Ali Baba and Okey Bakassi there was John Chukwu – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I should have been a comedian. Poetry is poverty. Comedy is cash. I have been around long enough to know the gnashing of teeth that goes with bearing the toga of Poor Poet. Along the line I have seen with…
The rise and rise of Sally Mbanefo – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Like goldfish that has no hiding place, Sally Mbanefo has recently been endowed with a new portfolio as the Commissioner of Mineral Resources, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology in Anambra State. She was the immediate past Anambra State Commissioner for…
Big Brother Naija needs Nackson the sexy guy – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The news all over town is that there is raunchy sex going on in the Big Brother Naija house. It’s as though the housemates dearly need to have Nackson the Sexy Guy in their midst to ramp up the sex…
Abacha loot as a weapon of mass palliatives – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Even in death General Sani Abacha keeps donating money to Nigeria. No ancestor has ever been this good to the Giant of Africa. What a benevolent ancestor, even though some people refer to him as an evil spirit! The staggering…
Towering testaments to a worthy wayfarer – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Wreaths for a Wayfarer, Nduka Otiono and Uchechukwu Umezurike, Daraja Press, 2020, 299 pages Professor Pius Adebola Adesanmi belongs to the class of people larger than life and death. When news filtered out that he was one of the 159…
Boko Haram regime of repainted terrorists – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The powers-that-be of Boko Haram have never had it so good. It’s as though they are in power. Who has not heard that 601 so-called repentant, sorry, I meant to write repainted, Boko Haram terrorists have been re-integrated into communities…