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Fighting Corruption is Dangerous is an interesting retelling of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s legacy
2018 173 pages MIT Press According to Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the global average tenure for a finance minister is two years. In Nigeria, Ngozi…
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Book Review: Valentine Ogunaka’s ‘Dreams Wake Me’ echoes Maya Angelou and W.B Yeats
by Reginald C. Ofodile Valentine Onyeka Ogunaka, the author of Dreams Wake Me, a collection comprising of both conventional poetry and contemporary 'spoken word', is widely known as ‘Brainbox.’ This…
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“Serena beats her ass and Sharapova ascends to another level of hateration” | Twitter gives Sharapova a good beating
Grand slam winner, Maria Sharapova has released a memoir titled Unstoppable: My Life so far. From the excerpts released, via Daily Mail it appears Sharapova was more concerned with G.O.A.T…
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Book review: Lie to me, Dan: A tale of emotional adventure
by Adaugo Okoli If you would enjoy a refreshing romantic thriller steered by a pair of young adult protagonists, take your chances and settle in with Lie to Me, Dan.…
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Opinion: Why Protests Fail In Nigeria
by Anthony Ademiluyi I did my NYSC in the Shell Development Company, Warri as a human resources executive. This was my initiation into the practicalities of what I read…
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Demola Olarewaju: The life of the great fixer, Tony Anenih
by Demola Olarewaju When in July 2016 I met Chief Tony Anenih briefly at his residence in Abuja, I expressed to the facilitator of the meeting that I hoped one…
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Review: Toke Makinwa’s book ‘On Becoming’ is the first sound in a world of silence
by Afam Ade-Odiachi I worked in entertainment news for six months. I enjoyed a certain proximity to the people many call stars. I cannot say that it did much for…
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Book Review: ‘Under The Bridge’ – The Story of a People Living in Bondage
by Obinna Edeh "The Society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a very humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in Philosophy because Philosophy is an exalted activity will neither have…
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“So what went wrong?” – Ayo Sogunro reviews Chude Jideonwo’s ‘Are We The Turning Point Generation?’
by Ayo Sogunro Book Title: Are We the Turning Point Generation? Author: Chude Jideonwo Publisher: Kamsi Year of Publication: 2014 Pages: 187 But there can be no change without government,…
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Book Review: Nigeria and the legacy of the military
by Jibrin Ibrahim The author narrates in detail the war against the media and press freedom by the Buhari/Idiagbon regime. Decree 4 on Public Officers Protection Against False Accusation is…
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Book review: Romance amidst bloodletting – Andrew Eseimokumo Oki’s Bonfires of the Gods
by Echezonachukwu Nduka In recent times, African literature and story-telling in particular is witnessing a fruitful harvest of certain crops of voices which tell the African story in unique…
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“Nasir el-Rufai lied and showed lack of grasp of issues,” Ex-governor Ikedi Ohakim reviews TAPS
by Ihedi Ohakim “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone is writing a book” - Cicero It is on record that since I left office, I…
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Book review: Righteous man in power – Hope for morally upright leadership
by Samuel O. Adeyemi Among the morally uprights and sincere men and women in our clime, Politics is a dreaded word. It is regarded as a game of the crooked and…
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Review: The thing about ‘Fine Boys’
by Stanley Azuakola Title: Fine Boys Author: Eghosa Imasuen Publisher: Kachifo Limited (2012) Pages: 379 Eghosa Imasuen had quite a few doubters after the release of his début novel, To Saint Patrick. For the most part,…
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Book Review: Adebowale Adekunbi’s ‘Next Nehemiah’ looks into the norms and wrongs of Africans and Europeans
by Uwaoma Eizu, an officer of Potters Lounge, Ikoyi. Title: Next Nehemiah Genre: Nonfiction and multicultural book Author: Adebowale Adekunbi Publisher: Exòrma- published in Rome, Italy in May 2011. A book for…
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From the Magazine: Book Review – Teju Cole's 'Open City'
By Tolu Ogunlesi Title: Open City Author: Teju Cole Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd, UK (2011) Pages: 259 Category: Fiction “AND SO when I began to go on…
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Body Water – A review of ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’
by Feyi Fawehinmi I only just got round to reading Lola Shoneyin’s novel; The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and I thought I’d try my hand at a review.…
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