A lot of searching bachelors out there cannot get correct babes of their choice. These dashing bachelors are too wrong-headedly romantic for their own good. The guys end up missing the essence and falling in love with an accident. Back…
Inside Theo Lawson’s prison anything can happen – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Please join me in thanksgiving as I have just escaped from prison. The place formerly known as Her Majesty’s Broad Street Prison has changed name to Freedom Park, but those in the know always sentence mere mortals to Theo Lawson’s…
Art explosion in Awka – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Awka, the Anambra State capital city, takes an esteemed pride of place in Igbo arts and culture. Blacksmithing in Awka, for instance, is the stuff of legend. It is in this light that Zimife Foundation in collaboration with the Awka…
The birth of a terrible beauty – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
dispossessed by James Eze; Fasihi (Daraja Press); 2019; 121pp Ever since I got a signed copy of James Eze’s debut collection of poetry, dispossessed, I’ve been possessed! Poetry can be overwhelming at the best of times such that it becomes…
The newborn future according to Professor Ezeaka – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Paving the future of humankind is so crucial in the march of civilisation and science. Everything of course starts from the newborn child. An epoch-making inaugural lecture titled, “Newborn Survival, Tomorrow’s Future: Reaching the Unreached to Breathe at Birth within…
Meeting the divine masquerade Abdulaziz Ude – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was impossible believing what my eyes were seeing. I did a double-take because it’s not every day one sees a great masquerade walking alone, without attendants or courtiers or whatever. The scene manifesting before my very eyes in the…
Tagbo: Legendary Father of a thousand and one sons – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The rule is that a Catholic Reverend Father must not father children. Another rule says that if you don’t break the rules you cannot change the world and attain the height of legends. Very Reverend Father Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo has…
How not to dissolve the people – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
No government in the world has ever won a war against the press. Killing the press is akin to dissolving the people which is well-nigh impossible. A major booby-trap for the Nigerian government is the murky relationship with the media.…
Makoko: Dead-end of Centre of Excellence – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The trip to Makoko started out as a mystery. There was a text message from the “Mayor of Lagos” Toni Kan that I should keep the evening of a certain Friday free for an engagement. Further text and email messages…
Nigerians are the baba of world literature – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A lot of bad blokes out there write many bad things about Nigeria. I don’t like that at all. Nigeria is very cool by me. The politicians may go wrong. The business goons can cut corners. The youths have given…