The iconic publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka-Pemu, remains as ever a self-effacing Nigerian patriot of uncommon class and carriage. Whether you call him “Sad Sam” or “Uncle Sam”, he is a role model to scores of journalists. It’s one…
How Enugu Rangers won the war for the vanquished – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians become united in an astonishing togetherness. There was the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-70 that could have divided the country forever.…
COVID-19 enlightenment from Anambra’s C. Don Adinuba – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It struck me as remarkable how Anambra State has been tackling the COVID-19 pandemic with methodical communication. To get a well-informed grip on the matter, I took a trip to the office of the Anambra State Commissioner for Information and…
I want to tell you about a big country and its small rulers – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The powers-that-be of Nigeria take great pleasure in describing the country as the “Giant of Africa.” A towering giant is not expected to have a very small-minded leader. A giant with feet of clay is an object of derision. A…
Meet Azuka Jebose the maddest madman of the newsroom – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I can name all the madmen in the history of Nigerian journalism, but the maddest of them all happens to be Azuka Jebose Molokwu. He is madder than the entire Yaba-Left and Aro Mental Hospital Abeokuta put together! Let him…
As Obiano leads Anambra to post-COVID-19 triumph – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There ought to be life after the COVID-19 onslaught. Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano had been on a steady course of triumphs before the Coronavirus challenge which he attacked with relentless ardour. With his eyes on the ball, he has…
Sonala strikes sixty-five – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Friday, May 15, in this Corona-tainted year of 2020 marks the 65th birthday of the inimitable journalist’s journalist Sonala Olumhense. I doubt that I would ever have become a journalist if not for my eventful meeting with the man called…
Say hello to Idama, a Niger Delta town without darkness – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The joy of journalism is that you can afford to do the impossible. Given the fact that we do have many powerful sources as journalists, we can get into circles where mere mortals can only dream of. During the heyday…
If you like relax lock down, if you like don’t – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
To relax the lockdown or not to relax the lockdow. That is not the question because, I am neither here nor there. The virus of hunger is dealing me a devastating blow as much as the fear of Coronavirus. I…
Hey, we must not speak ill of the dead – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Once a man dies in Nigeria he instantly becomes a saint. Even diabolical pagans who had a thoroughly worthless lifetime are bountifully canonised at death. There is the almost general view that one must not speak ill of the dead.…