Even With Talent by Chinyere Obi-Obasi; Grower Literature; 2018; 219pp Every person has a talent. The task is to discover the talent and fulfil it. Going the distance can be very hard, whether doing a one-hundred-meter sprint or running a…
The Anambra oxygen plant breakthrough – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Oxygen is life. Where there is no oxygen there is no life. It’s cool to stress that Anambra State bustles with oxygen. It was indeed a sparkling breath of fresh oxygen when on his birthday, Thursday, August 8, Anambra State…
Celebrating the Professor of Doctors Tunde Adelusi at 80 – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Niteshift Coliseum on Salvation Road, Ikeja stood regal at noonday on Saturday, August 17, for the iconic octogenarian Reverend Professor Babatunde Oladipupo Adelusi. The Uniq Brothers Club of Ifaki-Ekiti put out all stops to celebrate the first Ifaki medical and…
Governor Obiano and the care of former sports stars – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria’s past sporting heroes have no greater supporter than Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State. This uncommon testament comes from no less a personage than the former captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Kanu Nwankwo. The two-time African Footballer…
Anambra wins again – this time for supporting small businesses – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is a measure of its laudable enterprise drive that Anambra State on Thursday, August 1, 2019, won the first prize in a national competition. At a ceremony led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at State House, Abuja, where the state…
Sekibo and the heritage of boosting business – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The growth of business in Nigeria is fast entering into strategic connections, locally and internationally. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank Limited, Ifie Sekibo, is at the hub of the welcome development. At the recently concluded…
New lease of life in Anambra State – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The word out there from most informed Nigerians is the agreement that Anambra State is working in an exemplary way. The concrete examples of excellence cited range from education to security and the refreshing initiative on ranching – the Anambra…
Ken Tadaferua: The quintessential communicator – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
He breathed his last at about 2pm on Sunday, June 16, in this year of Our Lord 2019. He fought cancer with uncommon doggedness until the last breath. He scored distinction in courage. Kenneth Tadaferua, Ken T, Gbenudu, Gbenudu.com, in…
Education made easy from Malaysia – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
To study abroad is the dream of every ambitious Nigerian student of the modern day. Higher education and its internationalisation in the global era cannot be gainsaid. The opportunity to study at Malaysia’s No. 1 university, University of Malaya (UM),…
The Screwing of Nigeria by Corruption – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria: Why Looting May Not Stop by Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye; Oasis of Greatness Publishers Ltd, Benin City, Nigeria; 2019; 112pp It’s corruption, stupid! I am only aping Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan: “It’s the economy, stupid!” There have been many pretenders who…