by Imam Imam International Women’s Day is a day set aside by the United Nations to highlight achievements of the womenfolk, as well as commemorate their struggles for basic rights. I always chose a day like this to pay tribute to women whose different roles have moulded me into who I am today. Looking... Read More

Opinion

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December 10, 2016

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Otasowie Christabel Ogiemwonyi: When the curtains do not fall [Nigerian Voices]

by Otasowie Christabel Ogiemwonyi **************** Sometimes, you crave for solitude but you find out you are with company. The peripatetic bunch of memories won’t go away. They pay impromptu visits, choking you with emotions till pearly drops flow down your smooth cheeks like molten lava. Isn’t it entertaining that death teaches you a lesson by... Read More

Nigerian Voices

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February 12, 2015

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Melissa Rivers shares intimate details about her mom in ‘The Book of Joan’

by Chinwe Okafor Melissa Rivers has found a way to work through her grief for her mother, sparring partner, and closest friend, Joan Rivers- a memoir. Crown Archetype announced Wednesday that The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation will come out May 5. According to Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, the... Read More

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June 24, 2014

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Suraj Oyewale: Memoirs of a newspaper boy (Y! FrontPage)

by Suraj Oyewale Then, I could discuss pre-independence and first republic politics with precision, from the London conference to the Operation Wetie crisis. I savoured those moments. I started reading newspapers at a very tender age, probably before hitting 10. And I’m not talking about looking at cartoons or joining those crossword puzzles. Trekking, sometimes... Read More

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February 23, 2014

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Gimba Kakanda: Let me tell you how Nigeria works

by Gimba Kakanda This is the reason I’m yet to forgive Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s embarrassing masturbations in his terribly written memoirs. For a man who, before opportunism favoured and attracted him to public service, had never worked in an organisation where promotions are competitive – a man who, in a critical sense, may never pass... Read More

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May 18, 2013

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M. Yunique: Memoirs of a Miserable Lover (30 Days, 30 Voices)

the slow and sure strokes of his tongue………. did I mention the lips that cradled that tongue felt super soft and supple? Dear memoir, Tonight……… I kissed him. I kissed those lips I’ve wanted to have a taste of for three whole years. Three years of longing, of dreaming of having him all to myself,... Read More

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March 5, 2013

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Rejoinder to ‘El Rufai: Memoirs of a political scam artist’

by Adejoh Idoko Momoh Having read the book wholly, I come from it with a lot more respect for El-Rufai, I come from it, challenged and inspired. Most importantly, I come from it with the surprising knowledge that with courage and confidence, it is possible to live a life of public service without being compromised.... Read More

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October 31, 2012

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Achebe’s book is propaganda, I did not starve Igbos to death – Gowon keeps talking

by Isi Esene Nigeria’s war-time military president, Yakubu Gowon, has been unequivocal in his reaction to the book titled, ‘There was a country,’ published by renowned author, Chinua Achebe. In the book, which detailed his experience during the Nigerian civil war, Achebe had accused Gowon and Obafemi Awolowo of using hunger as a weapon of... Read More

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