Me and This Lagos
Women beware: the World Cup is here – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

The real deal is here. Nothing compares to the FIFA World Cup. Even expired players beg to play! Forget all the noise about European club football. I was at the celebrated Suya Spot on Akerele Street, Surulere, Lagos, the other…

Me and This Lagos
“The day I met the man who killed Samuel Doe,” – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

“I Used To Go To Babalawo,” – General Prince Yormie Johnson Let’s do a fast rewind to the gory video scene of the killing of then President Samuel Doe of Liberia. There was the beer-guzzling Prince Yormie Johnson sitting in…

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The Sweetest Love Letter, Ever – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

My Sweetie Sisi Eko: I hope you are swimming in the ocean of good health. If so, doxology! You are the only sugar in my tea, the sum of all my arithmetic, and above all else, the only coat in…

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Chimamanda all over – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

In my book Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the quintessential global voice in this day and age. She transcends literature to dominate multi-dimensional universal discourse. For instance, her recent encounter with Hillary Rodham Clinton on priming “wife” over all her intimidating…

Me and This Lagos
Any Dummy Can Be Editor-Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Every wannabe in any Lagos newsroom wants to be an editor. I am different. Call me a reporter, and I will take a bow and a beer. Thank you. I don’t know how it happened, but everybody just started calling…

Me and This Lagos
The Day a Black Cat Entered the Boxing Ring- Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Lagos is magic. The impossible magic I am about to narrate here happened BEHIND my very eyes many years ago when I was still a young reporter. I’ve been too shocked to write about it after these many years. Remember…

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The revolution of Art Alliance – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Nigerian art has notched up cubits ever since the advent of the Art Alliance 51 Group. It is a revolutionary art organization made up of various art groups and individuals with a common driving passion to see the rapid development…

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Masquerade: Michael Jackson alive in Nigeria – Owen Logan & Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

This book is a fraud at first glance. The title, Masquerade: Michael Jackson Alive in Nigeria, warns any savvy reader who is old enough to know. The formerly slightly chubby, afro-haired prodigy of The Jacksons and then reborn twiggy, stringy-locked…

Me and This Lagos
My name is Maxim, Obi of Ikate – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Many moons ago, long before Toni Kan became the Mayor of Lagos, I was crowned the Obi of Ikate, the overcrowded suburbia of Surulere, Lagos. I lived upstairs, in a cramped two-bedroom back-flat on Olushola-Keku Street, towards the right end…

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