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by Chi Ibe Wole Soyinka at four months old, November 1934, watched over by his sister Tinu.
by Okey Ndibe I told the SSS director that I hoped the day would come – soon – when the SSS and other law enforcement agencies would start going after Nigeria’s real enemies, the criminals who rig elections, plunder and embezzle public funds… As I approached an immigration officer at the Murtala Muhammed Airport on... Read More
by Isi Esene Sefi Atta will launch the Nigerian edition of her latest novel, ‘A Bit of Difference’ at the Glendora Bookshop, Ikeja City Mall, on December 29 at 1pm. A Bit of Difference, Atta’s third novel has been hailed as “an immensely absorbing book,” by Chika Unigwe, winner of the Nigerian Prize for Literature... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu At the launching of his new book, Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka said that slavery and colonialism were two vital historical elements in Africa which the continent’s leaders still grapple with. Speaking at the event on Tuesday December 18, he said the leaders had had to continually... Read More
Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that corruption was being used as a unifying factor in Nigeria as it had eaten deep in all sections of the country with no restriction. Soyinka stated this yesterday while speaking at the Second Muazu Babangida Aliyu Annual National Literary Colloquium at Justice Legbo Kutigi Conference Centre, Minna.... Read More
To such a degree has Religion fueled conflict, complicated politics, retarded social development and impaired human relations across the world, that one is often tempted to propose that Religion is innately an enemy of Humanity, if not indeed of itself a crime against Humanity. Certainly it cannot be denied that Religion has proved again... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The presidency has responded to the National Assembly’s threat to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over his failure to implement the 2012 budget and resolutions of the legislature. The advise from Aso Rock to the legislators is — calm down. The presidency believes that all those threats only add to the current tension... Read More
After all, when a man thinks he is the most handsome one in the room, the best way to dispel that notion is to hand him a mirror. The Washington Post is acknowledged for running the biggest act of investigative journalism the world has seen, while two of its reporters at the time, Bob Woodward... Read More
Fellow Nigerians, I’m amazed that the fad in Nigerian government circles today is to label every critic as an enemy of government. Please, permit me to speak for myself for now. I’m not an enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan. I have no reason to be. He did not engage me to demonstrate against the Yar’Adua... Read More
