I am yet to learn Queen’s English and now they have changed to King’s English. The Queen is dead; long live the King! The burial of the Queen was brought home to me when my friend and brother, Reginald Offodile,…
A Special Plea on Nigeria Prize for Literature — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that the longlisted and shortlisted authors be also rewarded with cash. While the overall winner goes…
Victory for the Vanquished: A review of Hanum Mary Chioke’s “It Is A Goal! No!” — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It Is A Goal! No! – The Necessity of Biafra by Hanum Mary Chioke; ISBN: 978-978-977-670-2; 2018; 259pp Man’s existence on earth can be understood like a football match in which a goal must be scored for victory to be…
Honorary Doctorate for Bob-Manuel Udokwu — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was a day to cherish as the esteemed actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, was honoured with a Doctorate Degree in Arts and Culture by Institut Superieur De Communication Et De Gestion (ISCG) University in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Saturday, August 27.…
The cemetery of corruption called Nigerian history — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There is talk here and there of bringing back History with a capital “H” in the Nigerian school curriculum. It is cool by me to do a short history course with the ruling party, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari. Necessary…
Villains of the Old Empire: A review of Kunle Adebajo’s Bandits and Beggars – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Bandits and Beggars by Kunle Adebajo; Lantern Books – Literamed Publications Ltd, Lagos; 2008; 111pp It is an everlasting truism that when brothers and sisters fight to the death, strangers end up inheriting their homestead. Toward the end of the…
Once and for all, “The Missing Link” between man and ape — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I am the missing link between ape and man. I am two steps ahead of the apes and one step short of man. Inside my big head lives the last word on man, the apes and original sin. In a…
Anambra broadband drive and the Soludo megacity goal — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has never hidden his initiative to turn Anambra State into one megacity. The broadband installation is the grand way to go. Just last year, on 30 March, Anambra State scored a remarkable feat by becoming the…
The most impossible article ever written — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The most challenging article ever written by me was published in Time magazine. It was one of the many friends of mine who had been asking me to write my autobiography who wanted me to tell him of the most…
Dauda the Sexy Guy comes to Big Brother Naija House — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Big Brother Naija is back in town, and you do not need any prophet to predict that raunchy sex will soon be coming live and direct on live TV. It’s my strong suggestion that Dauda the Sexy Guy should get…
