Nigeria, when will this madness stop? From the local governments to the presidency, we are daily greeted with absurdities and the unusual. Or what else can we call the quest for a non-vacant seat by a failed politician and shrewd businessman? For those who don’t know, the sacking of Ondo State Government headed by Olusegun Agagu by the ... Read More »
Indeed, we cannot help wondering if the recent insensate massacre of Chinua’s people in Kano, only a few days ago, hastened the fatal undermining of that resilient will that had sustained him so many years after his crippling accident. — Wole Soyinka and J. P. Clark. “Chinua Achebe Death: We Have Lost a Brother”. The Guardian (UK), March 22, ... Read More »
Fela Anikulapo’s son, Femi, tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI and GBENGA ADENIJI what people didn’t know about the late Afrobeat musician Why did your father choose a controversial lifestyle? It was because he was too honest about his way of life. He liked women and he did not hide it. He liked to smoke marijuana and he did it in ... Read More »
POETRY: There Was An Achebe… – by Adesina Tosin Nathaniel Like a comet You came from no where You grew like a jellyfish Spreading your tentacles to the whole world From the north to the south, east & west Your glory was sang to high heavens With your pen You fought oppression You fought injustice You brought smile ... Read More »
Atiku Abubakar was the Vice-President during the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration between 1999 and 2007. The founding member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party shares his experience in the party and the privatisation exercise under his leadership in this online interview with LEKE BAIYEWU As a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, why did you leave your party ... Read More »
