Anambra represents Nigeria and Africa in World Pitch Competition – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Anambra State has scored yet another first in intellectual attainment. Six students of Regina Pacis Secondary School, Onitsha, have excelled in a global competition and are due for a trip to the United States to represent Nigeria and Africa at…

My potholes are bigger than yours -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Back in the day, Nigerians celebrated their posh cars as they rode on beautiful roads. This gave Nkem Nwankwo the inspiration to write the novel My Mercedes Is Bigger Than Yours. Now Nigerians celebrate potholes that destroy posh cars. That’s…

Anambra’s prompt salary payment despite FAAC controversy – Maxim Uzoatu

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has kept the promise of prompt payment of workers’ salaries on the 25th of every month when most states in the country have not paid their workers in the last two months due to…

Buhari must appoint a SINner urgently – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Every Nigerian needs his or her sanity examined. What this country urgently needs now is the appointment of the Sanity Inspector of Nigeria (SIN). The acronym SIN is appropriate because this is a land of sin. The sin we are…

Nollywood founder Chris Obi-Rapu hugs Anambra as movie hub – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It was quite remarkable meeting with Chris Obi-Rapu, the director of the epoch-making movie Living in Bondage, in the office of Anambra State Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, in Awka. Obi-Rapu had come in from the…

Lagos Big Boys are Government-Approved Billionaires -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Every wannabe from any remote village comes to Lagos to become an instant billionaire. The ambitious upstart may eventually get rich but he almost always ends up lost in Lagos like the lead character, Rabato Sabato, in Tony Kan’s Lagos…

A Nigerian banker is a glorified beggar – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

A Nigerian banker is,  inspite of all the fine suits and ties,  a glorified “maiguard”. The great pity is that the banker is guarding not even human beings but ordinary paper called money! That’s one of the first lessons I learnt…

It takes a macho man to marry many wives- Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It’s hip to be macho. Only macho men have the constitutional right to marry many wives. You can quote me on that. The macho man is a wise man. It takes great wisdom to accommodate many women. Let’s get into…

Oga, if you are a picture, nobody will look at you! – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

What makes Lagos tick is the art of insults. Anywhere you go to you are greeted with insults. In Mushin the other day one fine girl told a man in black suit: “If you are a picture, nobody will look…

Soaring Anambra women of Southern California -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It was a splendid day of style, culture and panache. The recent Anambra State Women Association of Southern California’s (ASWA-SC) 10th anniversary celebration which held on Saturday, June 9, at the Grand Event Center, in Long Beach, California was a…

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